Review of Basket Case (1982) by Jonathan R — 09 Mar 2014

Supposedly a bit of a classic, but it was pretty rubbish...not a bad story, but it's dated really badly...lots of blood and a mutant version of Morph...

This review of Basket Case (1982) was written by Jonathan R on 09 Mar 2014.

Basket Case has generally received positive reviews.

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