My cousin worked on death row over in Huntsville and saw Leatherface himself get the chair.” But this is understandable because the film falsely marketed itself as “based on a true story.”ĩ. People would say something like: “No, they happened. Hansen also said that the power of the chainsaw myth they created on film persists with such tenacity in Texas that people would not believe him when he said that no such chainsaw crimes ever happened in the state. If you look above the Coca-Cola sign at the gas station you will see “W.
In his much-praised book, “ Chain Saw Confidential“, Gunnar Hansen, who played the character of Leatherface, said that the name of the depraved family in the first film is Slaughter, not Sawyer. And even though some days were well over 100 degrees, they had to press on to get filming done in a month, come hell or high water – and hell is what they got.ħ. Hooper said everyone suffered mightily because there was no stopping to wait for cooler weather. You can see the sweat dripping off, even streaming off, the actors. Perhaps the most horrifying aspect of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, for the actors at least, was that it was filmed in the middle of the scorching Texas summer. He inspired not only Leatherface, but he was also the demented muse for Norman Bates in “ Psycho” and Buffalo Bill in “ Silence of the Lambs“.Ħ. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how iconic art is born.ĥ. He realized that if he started up one of those chainsaws the sound alone would part that sea of shoppers giving him a quick path to the exit. As he stood in front of the chainsaws he had a disturbing epiphany. The store was annoyingly crowded with aggressive shoppers. So where did the chainsaw idea come from? Tobe Hooper, the director, said that he was in a Montgomery Ward store a few days before Christmas. I know, disappointing right? Wisconsin Chainsaw Massacre just doesn’t have the same poetic ring to it.Ĥ. Gein did his killing in Wisconsin, not Texas. Ed Gein only killed two people, not dozens. What he wore was worse: a mask made of human skin.Ģ. Ed Gein is the name of the real criminally insane killer who inspired the character of Leatherface. In honor of Halloween, I thought I would help you appreciate this hallowed film here are 10-and-a-half things you may not have known about the film.ġ. Related: Interview with the Texas native who directed 2022’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’
He said it had achieved “cataclysmic terror.” And my favorite critique comes from Anton Bitel who said that the “very fact that it was banned in England was a tribute to its artistry.”
When the celebrated master of horror, Wes Craven, first saw the movie, he wondered “what kind of Mansonite crazoid” could have produced such a thing.
THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE COLLECTION MOVIE
That’s right, our very own charming little low-budget film, “ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre“, is considered by many critics to be the best (and most horrifying) horror movie ever made.Īt the time of its release in 1974, the famous film critic Rex Reed said that it was the most “terrifying” movie he had ever seen. But you may be surprised to know that we are also number one in horror.
Texas is number one in a great many things: oil, ranching, rodeo, cotton.
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