Basket Case (1982) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - July 16, 1982

While I was unable to see Basket Case on the big screen, I was able to see Basket Case 2 on the very same big screen, it seems. Because the sequel, released in 1990, also had a series of midnight screenings at the very same Roxie theatre. Go figure.

Another 'quick' trip down the rabbit hole of memory lane versus magazine and newspaper archives places my first learning of the existence of Basket Case at either the very end of 1981 or the very beginning of 1982. Whenever it was that I first cracked open the sixteenth issue of Fangoria magazine and studiously examined the plethora of grisly stills from the film.

I did not see the film itself until 1983, when it was released on home video by Media Home Entertainment, and I loved it. So much so that I bought my own VHS of the release, just so I could watch it on the regular. Which I did, with relish.