This is possibly Frank Henenlotter at his best. It's easy to see why 'Basket Case' is an important piece of horror cinema history. Bilal crawled so that Gabriel could run backward!

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 30, 2024

I’m pretty sure that makes it the ultimate high-brow/low-brow horror movie.

| Oct 22, 2024

[Henenlotter's] tribute to the grindhouse horror films he loves, a low-budget monster movie with creative twists and DIY special effects created with a mix of puppets, models, and stop-motion animation.

| Oct 29, 2022

One of the pioneers of exploitation horror, complete with nudity, gore, hilariously absurd dialogue, and silly creature effects.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 31, 2020

It shouldn't work at all. but amazingly it does and exceptionally well too.

| Apr 14, 2020

Henenlotter took a slice of every one of his beloved subgenres and built a bloody, rubbery yet tasty horror sandwich that gave watchers a monster they would not only fear but feel sympathy for by the end of the movie.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Aug 9, 2019

Everything about the film is gratuitous, and, despite its essential humorlessness, it's almost hilarious in a sidelong sort of way.

| May 4, 2018

An exploitation masterpiece.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 6, 2018

A downright unwatchable horror comedy...

| Oct 11, 2012

The DIY effects may look naively amateur today but there's a loving B-movie attitude and a genuine sense of character to the "monster," the misshapen, fleshy, snaggle-toothed Belial.

| Sep 28, 2011

If you've never experienced Frank Henenlotter's insane masterpiece that lovingly celebrates the sometimes schlocky and sleazy side of cinema, then I can't think of a better introduction than this.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 24, 2011

Delicious offbeat tongue-in-cheek humor.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 20, 2011

Its singularity makes it far more valuable than any number of movies made at an ostensibly higher level of quality.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 4, 2011

Uproariously disgusting

| Nov 15, 2009

A classic slice of horror! "bloody" good fun!

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 23, 2008

If you're in the right mood, this monster mash is vile fun.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 9, 2007

A thing of modest B-movie beauty.

| Original Score: B | Jan 18, 2007

O culto a este filme prova que absolutamente qualquer porcaria pode, de uma maneira ou de outra, despertar o interesse de algum.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 22, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 27, 2005

Good creepy Hell's Kitchen horror flick.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2005