# Frank Henenlotter
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frank henenlotter (born August 29, 1950 in New York City) is an American screenwriter, film director and film historian. He is known primarily for his horror comedies, though he would prefer to be classified as an "exploitation" filmmaker (rather than horror). "I never felt that I made ‘horror films’, he has said.
Basket Case (1982)
This week, The B-Movie Boys crack open Basket Case (1982), Frank Henenlotter’s gloriously sleazy tale of a man, his wicker basket, and the deformed telepathic twin brother living inside it. What starts as a grimy revenge story set in the worst hotel New York City has ever produced quickly mutates i…
Basket Case
We're headed to Dirty Old New York this week with the boys from Holy Terrors to discuss Frank Henenlotter's Basket Case (1982).
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After surviving one deadly game, a group of old friends must now outrun four rival podcasts competing not for chart supremacy, but for a powerful treasure - the friends they made along the way. On Episode 723 of Trick or Treat Radio our featured film discussion is Read…
Basket Case (1982)
Oh, the Horror! with Sam and Sarah is officially live. Welcome to the new podcast where actors Sam Pancake and Sarah Burns meet up once a week to cover some of the most iconic and sometimes the most bonkers horror films from across the decades. We've got a double feature! Don't forget to follow thi…
EPISODE 150: Maestros of Mayhem~ Frank Henenlotter
For this milestone episode we pay tribute to the self-proclaimed "strange little man" who inspired millions to ask the simple question "What's in the basket." Today we honor the mad genius of Frank Henenlotter. From deformed siblings to exploding streetwalkers. He is the last true exploitation dire…
4 - Brain Damage (1988)
A couple of Frank Henenlotter superfans, Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad, take on his not so subtle drug-addiction allegory Brain Damage from 1988.
*Episode Trigger Topic Warnings*: Substance abuse, addiction, suicide.
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Episode 5: Kingdom of the Spiders – Eight-Legged Terror, Small-Town Screams & Maximum Shatner
B-Movie Blitzkrieg Podcast – Season 2 Episode 5
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Hide your shoes, check the corners of the room, and whatever you do...don't look under the bed, because Duncan & The Baz are marching into one of the creepiest, crawliest and most gloriously committed creature features o…
Episode 6: Basket Case – Wicker Baskets, Mutant Mayhem & Manhattan Madness
Keep your basket firmly closed, avoid suspicious-looking luggage, and whatever you do...don't ask what's inside, because this week on the B-Movie Blitzkrieg Podcast, Duncan & The Baz check into one of the sleaziest, strangest and most gloriously low-budget hotels in cult cinema with Basket Case (19…
Brain Damage (1988)...Is It The Greatest ANTI-DRUG Movie Ever?
Brain Damage (1988) might legitimately be one of the greatest anti-drug movies ever made — it just happens to deliver that message through a talking, brain-eating parasite pumping psychedelic blue juice directly into a guy's brain.
This week on The Cinema Psychos Show, we're revisiting Frank Henen…
FRANKEN-BRIDE | The Bride! (2026) & Frankenhooker (1990)
*Please note, there are no trigger warnings and the first half of the episode is spoiler free!*
Everyone's favorite monster is Frankenstein right?? So much so that today we're covering just two of the hundreds of alternative Frankenstein tales out there. Cult classic b-movie extraordinaire, Franke…
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