Frank Henenlotter's wacky formula still works, and he ends his Basket Case trilogy on a high note. This film has Granny Ruth taking her family of freaks on a road trip to Georgia where Belial's "wife", Eve, can give birth to their children(12 in all!) in the safety of Granny Ruth's brother's home. Granny Ruth also has a reunion with her son, a freak himself, who becomes one of the clan. Duane's along for the ride too, but at this point he's more or less a prisoner and tries to escape from the group for about half the movie. All's not well once the children are born though. The local police become aware of the Bradley twins residing in their town and are looking to cash in on that million dollar reward. They kidnap the newborns in the hope of luring Belial into a trap. Duane, now excited about being an uncle, steps in to help his brother once again. More fun and craziness, everything you'd pretty much expect from a Basket Case movie. It's a fitting end to the series, though I'd personally welcome a fourth. Not much else to say, you know what you're getting into!
June 16, 2008 |  | IF YOUR A FAN OF THE SERIES LIKE ME YOU'LL LIKE IT! WHERE IS PART 2 ON DVD? |  |
I am a fan of this director's work. This film is way over the top, but if you are a fan you'll enjoy this movie. I do not understand why there isn't a DVD release for the Basket Case 2 in the U.S.? They released Basket Case 3 why not complete the trilogy? Look for more of this director's films( Frank Henenlotter )if you like something different.
April 9, 2007| | | Basket case 3 :- The progeny. | |
What can I say about Basket case 3 well it was definently an improvement from the second film in the series but thats not saying much I still perfer the first film. The whole reason to watch this is that Bilial finally gets to show us what he's realy made of in one of the better scenes in the film, when two cops kidnapp his small freakish children and accidently kill his freak like girlfriend he soon gets his revenge on the whole police station in a hilarious and very gory sequence. Frank Henenlotter definently adds alot of humor in his film so I suggest nobody should take this seriously just like Peter Jakson's earlier films like Bad taste.
April 16, 2005 | | The Most Over-The-Top Of The Series | |
Defying description even more than the first two, "Basket Case 3: The Progeny" takes the series further into the outrageous and surreal than ever before. Now pretty much a full-fledged horror comedy but not only one of the rare examples of that form that works very well, but of a whole different nature than most of its peers at a fundamental level. NOT a spoof or light, the horror elements are stronger, more fearsome and more graphic than most 'straight' horror movies, and the elements of harrowing tragedy that dominated the original Basket Case are still in place, but so are elements of sexiness, cute appeal, insane action and over-the-top strange hilarity, including an 'armored Belial' scene that makes "Evil Dead 2" and even "Gremlins 2" seem as intently somber as "The Sixth Sense". There is probably no way all these differnt elements should come together as well as they do, or that it should be able to do it and stay in tune with more 'fully dark' original; it should come off as much of a misfire as "Jason X" but somehow doesn't - it's the only movie to fly on all these radically different tracks at the same time and succeed, and brings the "Basket Case" trilogy to a victorious conclusion.
November 22, 2004THE ORIGINAL BASKETCASE IS A HIT HORROR/COMEDY WHITH ENOUGH LAUGHS KILLS CHILLS THE SEQUEL BASKETCASE 2 IS RUBISH BORING HAD AN OK ENDING.THIS ONE IS UP THERE WITH THE ORIGINAL THIS ONE TAKES COMEDY AND HORROR TO THE EXTREME.BELIHLE HAS NOW HAD KIDS THEY GET STOLE IL LEAVE IT THER.
IF YOU LIKED THE FIRST TWO BUY
IF LIKED THE FIRST BUT NOT THE SECOND BUY
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