Basket Case 3

Basket Case 3 (1992)

It's time to build a bigger basket!

Duane recovers from his delusional breakdown to find his freakish basket-bound brother Belial will soon become a father. But not everything is joyous as the once tight knit brothers no longer seem to trust each other.

Date of release
1992-02-21
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (129)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Director
Frank Henenlotter
Collection
Basket Case Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Basket Case 3: The Progeny is a 1991 American horror comedy film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. It is the third and final installment of the Basket Case series. It was released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in 2004. Synapse Films released a new DVD on October 9, 2012. Troma Entertainment released the film on its streaming service Troma Now! on October 1, 2021.

Production

During the filming of Basket Case 2 and Frankenhooker, producer James Glickenhaus of Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment requested a third installment in the Basket Case series. Writer-director Frank Henenlotter initially agreed only if he could also make Voodoo Doll, a film that he had written. Voodoo Doll would remain unproduced due to financial issues.

Following the film's production and release, Henenlotter tried to get other projects made. He failed to find investors, who expressed interest in doing another sequel to Basket Case. Henenlotter took a hiatus from filmmaking until his return with Bad Biology in 2008.

Production was initially set to begin in New York City in July 1990, with a budget of $2 million. However, filming eventually took place Senoia, McDonough and Conyers in Georgia instead. The film was shot in 27 days.

Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross and other actors who had appeared in Basket Case 2 returned to reprise their roles. Henenlotter initially wanted the film to have unrated gore scenes similar to the first film, such as in the scene where Eve gives birth to her and Belial's babies. This was rejected by Shapiro-Glickenhaus, who wanted the gore to be toned down, forcing him to remove 11 pages of the script during filming.

Most of the costumes for the "unique individuals" were recycled from Basket Case 2. Gabriel Bartalos created some new individuals for the film at his company Atlantic West Effects, based on designs that he was unable to make for Basket Case 2. Additional makeup effects were done by Greg Baker, John Deall, David Dupuis, Joel Harlow, Lance Jacobson, David Kindlon, Bruce Larsen, and Michael O'Brien.

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