Have you ever seen the cover or poster of a movie a million times but have never actually seen the movie?
I have found that is a common thing with horror movies from the home video era of the mid eighties. My eyes gazed upon the box art of the VHS of "Basket Case" so many times I cannot even remember. The art had the classic blood red letters and some kind of green creature with horrifying eyes peeking out of a basket. All I remember about the back of it is that it had the shot of the lead character hanging from a hotel window. Back then the video box art was a common source of spoilers. But hey, once you realized that the box had ruined the movie it was too late. You had already rented it.
I never ended up renting it during the VHS era but did see it on DVD at some point and was not that impressed due to its grainy dark picture quality. But thanks to modern technology we now have a great bluray version of this cult classic.
Sure it may not be everybody's cup of tea, but it is worth viewing at least once. If just for the room trashing scene alone.
But you don't have to be alone while you watch it, cue it up with your old friend Birdhands and lets figure out whats in the basket. SPOILER ALERT: It's a Boglin.