 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is for the 1991 film basket case 3 the progeny obviously by Frank Hennelotter and if you didn't know all of the Reviews for well the two reviews for the first basket case and the second basket case are currently on my channel already I even created a playlist Just for Frank Hennelotter film so you can check out all the reviews of his stuff that I've done so The second basket case came eight years after the first one and then this one was just one year after the second one so quick quick turnaround and I think that kind of adds to more of a continuity of look to it Obviously a continuity of the one of my what I'm calling the children or other people in the film are calling it freaks Which by the way, it's very funny because in the review for the second basket case and for this one very random This is just what I happen to wear today this shirt. We are the mutant uprising Which I didn't plan that out But you know what this really plays into especially basket case 3 Because there really is a as people say mutant uprising in the end of the film as they start taking over the airwaves But we'll talk about that more later Anyway written and directed by Frank Hennelotter Of course who's done brain damage Franken Hooker bad biology and then documentaries Herschel Gordon Lewis the godfather of gore Chasing Banksy and Boyle Angels the diet the trial of Mike Diana Obviously for the third film in a row of these Kevin Van Hinton Rick as Dwayne Bradley is in it. Love him in this film. Love him. Love him in this film And I do feel like His his acting is a certain way I wouldn't say he's a good actor, but you do see change from the first movie to the third movie with him He does become way more comfortable with the material way more comfortable with the character it does seem like he settles in more as the films go on and He does become a better actor as time goes on. So, you know, you'd probably assume that with you know getting more Practice at that role and it does show and I mean honestly His acting is my fate is probably my favorite part of all the films to be honest in the first one because it's so laughably bad, but then in the second and third ones because It feels familiar like I've already fallen in love with it from the first one So that when he comes back in the second one and the third one even though he's gotten to be more a better actor He still has that certain Kevin Van Hinton rake style And I mean Frank Hennan-Lotter style too because of the way the characters written and the acting that he asks for for the films Even though this is the final basket case film apparently Hennan-Lotter has said that he could see doing a fourth one If that ever happened, I'm sure I would check it out But I don't think I'd be like super excited because honestly with this and you'll see with my final rating on this It's my least favorite of the three It is you know like with a lot of films that have multiples to them are a lot of franchises that have multiples to them It's diminishing returns as it goes down because one of my biggest things with this film in particular It doesn't really feel like the story progresses Obviously in the first basket case there's plenty of story because everything's brand new to us So we get everything second film. There's more story There's more development between not only the psychic abilities between Dwayne and Belial, but their Relationship and a lot of other stuff, you know, there's plenty of new things happening in that one So with this one it feels kind of stagnant to a degree I know there's stuff that happens and the big change obviously being Belial having babies and then his you know baby mama dying it's There is stuff happening, but it doesn't feel like the overall story for basket case is really moving anywhere except for maybe the Reconciling that goes on between Belial and Dwayne, but even then that is so slow and it's so like off and on like Oh, will they reconcile won't they it just doesn't feel like they're doing much for the overall story So that's one of the big things that kind of like made me like and not as interested But that said there's still things I enjoyed with the film obviously When I was when I first started watching I was like really you're gonna start with the sex scene from the second one That's such a like I said, it's such a weird thing to see. It's a little bit creepy. It's a little bit disgusting It's a little bit funny. It's all of those things and I think Ken and lotters Really good at capturing that mixture. It's not all creepy all scary all disgusting or it or all funny He just he's good at getting that together and that's actually seen in a lot of the Practical effects the the costuming for the children You know granny Ruth's children So a lot of them they're they're kind of funny looking a little cartoonish But they're also kind of scary kind of creepy kind of gross, you know all those things and so I like the fusion of that aesthetic Like I said with the last review for basket case 2 I hate the fact that they pull so much from the first film into this film as well now now you've had the Backstory scene of the separation surgery in the first film the second film and the third film they put him in all of it There's absolutely no reason for that another thing that there's absolutely no reason for was what they did in the second one which was playing a Decent portion of the very end of the first film to start the second film You don't need that if people saw basket case one They remember what happened going into the two and if they saw two they remember what happened going in the three So I just don't understand that choice. It's such a weird choice, and I don't like it That kind of takes me out of the film in the beginning. Obviously there's stuff to re-engage me, but initially I don't like that So at this point Dwayne is basically a prisoner in something that kind of seems like his own personal hell Especially based off the events of the end of the second film because he's trying to get away at that point He's had it. He needs to get away from Belial and everyone like Belial But and then that's when he freaks out and sews them back to him But then you know, obviously he's in a straight jacket and he's basically being held prisoner there He spends a good amount of the time during the film trying to get away Finally until realizing, you know, this is kind of where he needs to be he needs to reconcile with Belial and You know things basically get patched up, but initially it is kind of interesting that like he stuck again Like it's this continual. He's stuck thing. I Think I would have liked if maybe he got away a little bit and then they you know Kind of he found his way back on his own But then I guess you don't get as much of the children Which I feel like is a major focus of the second and third film is we have more money We have these great practical effects. Let's try and put him in as many scenes as possible Just look at these Children these freaks these mutants whatever you want to end up calling them just look at So like I get it but to some degree like maybe a little more focus on story Just saying Because that's the thing with the first basket case is it had a good mix of stuff Um As expected more children are introduced So I did like that more of granny Ruth's children I did like that And I I like the fact that they end up going on this trip because they're leaving home and you're like Oh, what what can they get up to? So, you know that kind of creates a level of excitement for seeing where we're going with it Uh What's with the song the personality song on the bus and then playing it at the end of the film during the credits? I didn't get that like it seems too over the top. It seems too too weird um, I could Definitely do without it But the bus trip thing is is a good idea Um, they were in the last one and I kind of forgot to talk about it a little bit But all the the little noises that they have for each individual one of granny Ruth's children Are so good like the the noise designs a sound design for it with all of these individuals is great Um, it gives a a certain personality and a certain voice to each one of them and they're different And I really like that about it. It's a good attention to detail Um I was very intrigued to find out how little how would end up fitting into this film Although then once little how was really in the film. I realized I hate little how Um terrible acting terrible character very very annoying especially the scene where the birth is happening of the 12 belial babies and he just keeps Talking about every single one that comes out and he's like, oh, you know It's twins. Oh, it's triplets. Oh, it's quite and making rhymes about it Like that scene is a way too long and b all the rhyming is so over the top and so annoying and not funny and The actor who was handling the character of little how Was not even like bad fun. He was just bad bad and bad annoying and I don't know if that has if that's The way he was written and hen and lotter wanted him or if that's the way the actor did it or a combination of the both But I hated little how on this and in the end little how doesn't even really matter You know, like except for building the suit. I guess that's the main reason little how is really there Is to build that that you know mech suit for belial, which is cool. It is cool um, but you know Other than that, I hated little how and like his deformities like they don't even look good Just the fact that he's like big doesn't mean it's cool Like he just he just doesn't look good, especially not in comparison to all of, you know, granny ruse children I'm just saying Uh, the water breaking scene real quick was pretty funny. That's less of water breaking and more of a water main breaking I know it's kind of Kind of corny, but I thought it was a little bit funny when it occurred to me um And just like in basket case two Dwayne ends up throwing himself at the first normal-looking female that he sees Here he is making yet another mistake With yet another woman throwing himself at opal the sheriff's daughter Just like he was throwing himself at susan It seems like because he's not used to you know, living a normal life and interacting with people He just is doomed to always throw himself at the first normal-looking female. He sees Uh, I just found that kind of funny I like how little howl could care less that his father was viciously attacked That's another thing they go and get little howl to help out with the birth after House, I guess big out scumbag out big howl after big howl was attacked and like it's like nothing happened Like no acknowledgement from little howl that his father was attacked, which i'm like you gotta you gotta address that to some degree I mean come on The other thing is when beliles brought in and when the birth is happening Like it looks like his reaction is this mix of like, oh my god. What did I get into and like like terrified and disinterested at the same time and it's kind of like I mean, I get it because you know, I don't want to have anything to do with kids too Let alone 12 of them But I thought it was kind of funny that he's just like Like it looks like his own personal help basically So maybe he was starting to figure out what dwayne was feeling Nothing that the cops did their whole plan about getting the million dollars for getting dwayne Well, just getting belial basically None of that plan really made sense. They made a lot of dumb choices and did dumb things And I feel like that whole aspect of like the cops trying to you know, kidnap belial or kill belial either way I felt like that whole plot aspect was very half-baked and and not really worked out all that well Should have taken some more time with it because they could have come up with it in a much better way Just didn't like it Opal as a dominatrix was very out of left field, but I loved how Dwayne ended up reacting to it like his whole like And like backing up made for a very good funny funny scene. So I did enjoy that Uh, it's weird because the setup of the sheriff is that he's actually sympathetic to little how and his situation So I didn't really get Why he then turns into such like a tear such like a bigot basically towards Granny roost's children. I don't know. It's weird. Maybe it's because of just what the other police said But it seems like he's more sympathetic in the beginning and and then he goes away from that Uh, I do love the scene of belial when he comes in and attacks the police station And he squeezes the dude's neck so much that like his eyes and everything pops out of his head That looks great awesome special effects or practical effects And then also when he's biting the guy's face and then rips his head off by biting his face and pulling Insane strength. Once again, we've seen it before from belial and it's amazing in this film Uncle dwayne didn't really seem to care when opal got shot and then she fell on the one baby belial He literally saw it happen and was like, oh, oops Or like that something to the to the to the degree of like, oh, that's not good You know, so it was just kind of funny. He was just like, I don't care Now because of the psychic link between dwayne and belial that had been established quite a few times with the films I don't understand why dwayne didn't know that belial was shot when they were getting out of out of the police station That didn't make any sense. The fact that it's like a shock to him that he got shot We've seen before where when something happens to one of them or something Extreme is going on emotionally or physically like they they know like they can feel it So I feel like that was a slip up with the script a little bit overlooked They've shown they had shown so much in the movies that when the Belial mech is used to go after the the first two cops You feel really cheated and kind of upset that you don't you only see the arm of it But then finally they give you the payoff when there's the big showdown with the sheriff And then I was just like this is awesome. I'm very happy with the way this looks Seeing belial like moving that mech suit was super super cool And it reminded me of teenage mutant ninja turtles crang how he had his little suit and he was in the Similar design, you know what I'm saying people um I like that beaver lee bonner shows up in this again That's one of the big things to note about frank henna lotter films Is it beaver lee bonner always shows up in the film even in you know small roles in this one She was the cashier at the fast food restaurant when the family when the uh Granny ruth and her family show up and they just start, you know, terrorizing everyone and eating all their food, which You know, why was she ordering food then if they were just eating everyone else's food? It's kind of you know a thing Uh, so the babies end up being in inherently feral and wanting to eat people Like belial, I guess just because belial's the only parent alive That's kind of a weird thing to me just because I thought they'd be more of a neutral Creature or person or whatever you want to call them I thought they'd be more neutral and more like able to be molded as they grew up Because it seems that the mother was actually very docile and not at all like belial um Except for the moment where you know the police bust in and she starts to You know act like she's gonna attack them, but you know, that's that's self-defense. So that's a different situation So I just thought it was a little bit weird that the babies would just naturally attack especially because they're so young I don't know. It was a little weird, but you know, it plays well for the finish of the film And now grainy ruth at the very end of the film when the whole family busts into What is a veiled attempt at showing a herald or Rivera show They become she's basically turned her family into a terrorist organization Like that's literally what she's doing is like busting in and terrorizing people. They did it at the restaurant as well So it's gone from in the second film being this family of just like creating a loving environment and caring and everything And over time has just changed into now. We're a terrorist group and we're coming to your town and we're taking you down So I was just like, okay So really in the end other than the baby beliles like I was saying this film doesn't really move the overall story a whole lot It's just kind of an expansion on the second film It's it's just basically like the next hour and a half of what is basket case too So it's not really another chapter. It's just A continuation of the second one really so I'm sure some people love that about it There are things I did like about that because you know, you saw more of the children and you saw You saw the same ones that were in the second one more, which is always fun And you get you know the violence that you're looking for the mech suit You know, there's a lot of good stuff in this but there's stuff that I didn't like about it obviously so Rating this two ways The first way with five stars possible with half stars in play as as a film film I'm going to give it a two star rating Because there's some achievements in there But as a so bad it's good film. I'm going to have to go ahead and give it a I'm between a three and three and a half because it's almost on par with the second one Um, I'll give you know, I'll give it a three and a half I think it I think it's pretty comparable to the second one as far as a so bad. It's good film If I gave quarter stars, I'd drop it just a quarter to the 3.25 But I think it makes sense to put it 3.5 with the second one So those are my feelings on basket case three the progeny Do what you want to do make your comments down here your thoughts on it. Let's get nerdy about it And you know, maybe one day there will be a fourth basket case in which case What would you want to see for that fourth basket case? The baby beliles grown up and how they deal with that Maybe belial and duane being dual parents to all these 11 now 11 baby beliles I don't know Anyway, do me a quick favor hit that subscribe button If you like this video or any video that I've ever done that's your best way to repay me and it Literally takes you a second. So it's very painless and it does mean a lot to me personally So I would really appreciate that also hit the subscribe button because that way you know anytime I'm putting up a new review or unboxing or doing a live stream. 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