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Basket Case
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Basket Case is a 1982 horror film by Frank Henenlotter. It was followed by two sequels, Basket Case 2 in 1990 and Basket Case 3: The Progeny, in 1991.Young Duane is a nice young man from the country who has arrived to New York, carrying with him a big picnic basket. It actually contains his deformed separated Siamese twin brother, Belial, and they both want to get revenge on doctors who forcibly separated them as children, trying to kill Belial. | |
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Dropped link to Fanservice: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
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Rape as Drama | |
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Rape as Drama: Belial rapes and kills Sharon. | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death: Dr. Kutter is mauled, then stabbed in the face with a bunch of scalpels and left to bleed to death. | |
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Beast Man | |
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Beast Man: Two of Granny Ruth's freaks, Mouse Face and Frog Boy, have deformities that make them closely resemble their namesakes. Frog boy even has greenish skin. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: Belial, who is angry enough with his forced separation from his brother and being left to die in a trash bag to go around killing the doctors responsible for the surgery. | |
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Glass Cannon | |
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Glass Cannon: Belial's kind is incredibly powerful, but can be killed as simply as being sat on. | |
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Stock Footage | |
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Stock Footage: Nearly all of the operation scene from part 1 is in this part. Also the ending of the last movie is the start of this one. | |
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Male Frontal Nudity | |
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Male Frontal Nudity: Duane dreams to be roaming the streets of New York totally naked. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
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Disproportionate Retribution: While his brutal murder of the doctors responsible for his separation from Duane might qualify, Belial's rape and murder of Sharon as revenge for Duane getting ... a little too close to her definitely is this. | |
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Conjoined Twins | |
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Conjoined Twins: Duane and Belial, until they were separated. | |
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Back-Alley Doctor | |
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Back-Alley Doctor: Lifflander, Needleman, and Kutter, all of whom are responsible for separating the Bradley brothers. | |
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SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror | |
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Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror: The first film is dark and gritty. This and and the next sequel is sillier and introduce some humor (although dark). | |
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Twin Telepathy | |
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Twin Telepathy: When they were still joined, Duane and Belial were able to talk to each other with their minds. After their separation, only Belial is able to do this. | |
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Big Eater | |
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Big Eater: Belial sure can polish off a lot of burger patties. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: When you're called Belial — the name of a demon— it is obvious you're not going to be much of a party man. There's also — to a lesser extent — doctors Needleman and Kutter. | |
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Grounded Forever | |
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Grounded Forever: After the Sheriff catches his daughter Opal putting on a dominatrix outfit and routine for Duane: | |
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Mook Horror Show | |
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Mook Horror Show: Belial killing the Sheriff's deputies. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Belial is the name of a demon. | |
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Babies Ever After | |
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Babies Ever After: Basis of the film, as Belial's lady love gives birth to their offspring. | |
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Special Effects Evolution | |
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Special Effects Evolution: Belial was originally a clay puppet mixed with stop motion. Here, he's been upgraded to an articulate animatronic. | |
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Spotlight-Stealing Squad | |
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Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Granny Ruth and the other freaks. | |
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Villain Protagonist | |
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Villain Protagonist: Duane and Belial become this by this film. | |
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil | |
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Belial's raping of Sharon makes Duane tell he's had enough of him. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: The back alley doctors who separated the two, the twins' father, one of Duane's neighbors who tries to rob his hotel room, and a guy in a movie theater who tries to steal Belial's basket. | |
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Two-Part Trilogy | |
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Two-Part Trilogy: This and the next films are more similar in tone and share more cast with each other than they do with the first film. | |
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Always Identical Twins | |
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Always Identical Twins: Averted to hell. | |
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Move Along, Nothing to See Here | |
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Move Along, Nothing to See Here: The placard on the traveling freaks' refurbished school bus reads "No One You Know". | |
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The Family That Slays Together | |
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The Family That Slays Together: Sort of. Belial does most of the slaying; Duane just brings him to his intended victims. | |
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Homage | |
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Homage: The film seems to homage the original Freaks film and the horror comic Beautiful Freak. | |
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Red Eyes, Take Warning | |
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Red Eyes, Take Warning: Belial's eyes glow red when he is having evil thoughts. | |
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Face–Heel Turn | |
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Face–Heel Turn: Although Duane originally just wanted to get revenge on the doctors who forcibly separated him from Belial, he is obviously shocked from the latter raping Sharon and tries to get rid of him. From this sequel onward, he turns cold-blooded and has no qualms for letting people die for trivial reasons. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
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Abusive Parents: Mr. Bradley. While he did claim to love Duane, he refused to accept Belial as his son, even going so far as to name him after a demon. He hid his sons away for many years until he arranged for a group of back-alley doctors to separate them against their will, hoping that Belial would finally die. It didn't work. | |
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Mini-Mecha | |
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Mini-Mecha: Belial gets one, allowing him to battle the Sheriff. | |
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Death by Childbirth | |
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Death by Childbirth: Mrs. Bradley died giving birth to her sons. | |
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Longest Pregnancy Ever | |
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Longest Pregnancy Ever: In her words, Susan is pregnant (and not showing at all), and has been for the last six years. | |
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick | |
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: This exchange between Duane and the reporter who threatened Belial along with his fellow freaks. | |
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Black Comedy Rape / int_f599a110 | |
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That Thing Is Not My Child! / int_f599a110 | |
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