#MORE ASKING ME ABOUT THE SPINTEREST PLEEEEASE MWAH

[basketcase1982]

what are some of your favorite pieces of henenlotter trivia 😳

being indulged is so exhilarating im literally shaking right now... EHEHEHE

probably my favorites to parrot to new watchers are the gross-out tidbits LMAO. i love the scenes in the public theater and the bradley's basement, which were a gay porno theater and an underground sex dungeon respectively. to shoot this scene:

they used one of several identical baskets with the bottom cut out, and Frank laid on the floor with his head stuck through the gap and the camera angled up. laying on the floor of a bathroom. the public bathroom of a gay porno theater. in NYC. the presence of bodily fluids just didnt occur to him until he was already on the ground

more under cut cus i'm silly and it got long

another favorite from BC is the 2-second shot where Belial is being puppeted by an 8 year old girl (Ilze Balodis' daughter) because the foam had shrunk and decayed so much only her tiny hands could fit inside the prop. she was scared of the monster and they had to gently warm her up to it by letting her pet the puppet and stuff. this is during the scene in Casey's room when B just wiggles his fingers lol. it's really cute and to me exemplifies how much of a little family-made film this is

i have so so so so many more but other than basket case (sorry), the entire absolute shit show that was the making of bad biology 2008. it's recounted in the rap song during the credits, but my personal favorites:

right before plans to start shooting, their budget was ripped out from under them because the main investor was found by police dogs in the middle of the woods. i dont remember how or why

one week before shooting the landlord of their location tripled rent, so they had to move

producer found a 22 room mansion to film in somehow, so problem solved

they go broke a week into shooting anyway

they are living on set in the mansion with no heat or water

sewer pipes in the mansion bust and flood piss and shit everywhere

then a fuse box explodes in the basement

which catches the fucking mansion on fire

Frank puts out the fire by himself with cans of diet pepsi?

other unfortunate highlights include: finding the lead actor from MySpace, scrambling for actors because of pull outs and no-shows, being mistaken for potential terrorists, and the film being unrated because they literally just didn't have the money to pay the MPAA. to top it all off, Frank was diagnosed with cancer a month before shooting, and was in radiation therapy every single morning while working on the film :(

the universe did not want that fucking movie to be made but by gods grace he did it & i respect it immensely