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  • Basket Case 2 (1990)
    Review preview for Basket Case 2

    For all the creature effects and gore on offer here - not to mention bad acting and risible dialogue - Basket Case 2 feels cosily tame.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    A man and his basket-case mutant brother hole up in suburbia.
  • Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1992)
    Review preview for Basket Case 3: The Progeny

    Besides fraternity, paternity and family, craziness forms a major theme here.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    Duane's mutant brother is about to become a dad.
  • Basket Case - The Trilogy (2012)
    Review preview for Basket Case - The Trilogy

    Strange to think that a film made 30 years ago has never looked so good.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Trilogy of films about a man and his basket-bound mutant brother
  • Basket Case (1982)
    Review preview for Basket Case

    The sort of film that any aspiring director of schlocky shock should be proud of having as their debut.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Cult horror à la basket.
  • Boiled Angels: The Trial Of Mike Diana (2018)
    Review preview for Boiled Angels: The Trial Of Mike Diana

    Biafra brings real energy and passion to the job, helping to make this a film that’s consistently gripping and never gets dry even when dealing with legal details.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A look at the politics and courtroom shenanigans behind the first ever US conviction of an artist for obscenity.
  • Brain Damage (1988)
    Review preview for Brain Damage

    Creative tension, daring storyline and genuinely unsettling dreadfulness.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    A man becomes attached to a parasite that gives him an unnatural high.
  • Frankenhooker (1990)
    Review preview for Frankenhooker

    It's all so lovingly trashy that it's impossible not to go along with the anything-goes vibe.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    After his girlfriend is decapitated, a former medical student aims to build her a new body from pieces of streetwalkers.
  • Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather Of Gore (2010)
    Review preview for Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather Of Gore

    In its sly way, this film presents a revealing portrait of a man with very precise control over his own image.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the great exploitation director's work, from nudie cuties to the birth of gore, exploring the origins of the genre as a whole.

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