Browsing: Basket Case

THE BLOODY APE *** USA 1997 Dir: Kevin Crocker. 77 mins That sound you hear is Edgar Allan Poe turning (or, perhaps, wanking) in his grave at being credited for inspiring this horny, rough-and-ready Super 8 “homage” to the oft-filmed “Murders in the Rue Morgue”. You’ll know quite early on…

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Franchise Corner Entry: Basket Case BASKET CASE **** USA 1981 85 mins Dir: Frank Henenlotter. Frank Henenlotter crafted a suitably gaudy love letter to Herschell Gordon Lewis – to whom the film is dedicated – for his feature debut, cannily combining splatter, tragedy and pastiche. The genuinely peculiar Kevin Van…

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