2. Frank Henenlotter‘s Basket Case (1982)

Welcome to the show notes for the second episode of the ground-breaking, teeth-gnashing, future award-losing Loathsome Things Podcast! The best podcast about horror movies! For this episode, we reviewed Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case. This fever dream of a movie is an absolute assault on the one’s better judgement, resulting in maniacal humor, passages of violent low-budget greatness, and a unique style that threatens the viewer with a higher plane of absurd horror movie bliss. This combination lulls an audience into a false sense of good cheer, before throwing that good mood out the window with some shockingly horrific scenes. For a movie that is so enjoyable and full of good humor, it gets REALLY DARK. Content Warning: In addition to the sort of violence and menace you would expect from a standard horror film, Basket Case portrays surgical assault on children, sexual assault, rape and/or necrophilia. Yikes! To see what Frank Henenlotter is up to, please follow him here: https://www.facebook.com/frank.henenlotter Note: We recorded this episode before the movie was made available on a certain horror streaming service. That is to say, we were watching this movie before it was cool If you would like to recommend a movie, congratulate us for our outstanding achievements in podcasting, correct our factual errors, criticize our word-choice, or sneak into our bedrooms to steal our thick wads of cash, you can do so by reaching out to us on Twitter: @LoathsomePod Instagram: @LoathsomePod Facebook: @LoathsomePodcast Email: [email protected] This episode has been brought to you by Hotel Broslin. Use code LoathsomeBroslin no later than noon for $20 off your stay.