[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Remember that Bond/Carly Simon song...'Nobody Does It Better'? Well,when it comes to refreshingly mad cult 'B' movies,nobody does it quite like New York helmer Frank Henenlotter.
BASKET CASE introduced the world to Duane Bradley and his siamese twin Belial,who is transported around in a wicker basket/hamper.Seperated by vets and left to die,Duane's mutant brother uses his sibling to seek a gory revenge on those responsible.......
Filmed around Times Square and 42nd Street in early eighties New York,the film really catches the esscence of the sleaziness of the city before it was cleaned up.
Followed by two sequels,which while enjoyable,were no way gonna match up to the raw energy and originality of the first.
Brain Damage perhaps came closest to Basket Case with it's tale of the Alymer,a phallic parasite,which induces it's victims with an addictive hallucinogenic drug in return for victims,on whose brains it can feed!
Frankenhooker offers an amusing and gory twist on films like Frankenstein (Obviously!) and Re-Animator,whilst his latest offering Bad Biology,a twisted take on Deep Throat,and dealing with sexual satisfaction,is needless to say,not quite what you'd expect......
Henenlotter's first film in sixteen years,let's hope it doesn't take 'Mad Frank' quite as long to churn out his next twisted creature feature......