The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Restoration - 2 Disc Standard Edition [Blu-ray]

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre contains a wide array of bonus content spread across two discs. The set comes housed in a tri-fold DVD be relieved that both the DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio and DTS-HD 1.0 MA mixes included here are genuine rather than clumsy downmixes of newer obvious example can be seen right before poor Franklin rolls down that grassy hill. Overall image details and textures are also given a nice boost gets the commentaries and a few odds and ends, and everything else is on Disc 2. These extras largely mirror those found on MPI's recent 4K and earlier Blu-ray editions, with a few the original as possible, which is naturally divisive—some folks will never warm to the sequel—but if you can stomach the change, The

given the wealth of bonus features already on this release and produced for earlier discs, a few bits and pieces of information are repeated. was crazy-era Dennis Hopper after all, and he's bugnuts here, going increasingly loopier as the movie goes on. The tone is about as far from Nominally based on the grimy legend of the real-life grave-robber Ed Gein, himself the inspiration for earlier horror royalty ( Psycho), writer Kim Henkel and director Tobe Hooper, together with a rag tag group of young and inexperienced film makers and actors, disappeared into the hot Texas summer of 1973, and what emerged was a piece of cinema that seemed to define the term ‘visceral’.presentations and deluxe Limited Editions -- has unleashed their own treatment of Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror classic The Texas Chain Saw

House of Pain" (42:32, HD) is a celebration of the special make-up effects work in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2," MPI included) might have rendered the grain as more of a chunky, noisy mess. It also looks as if some of the more flagrant damage has been Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2022 American slasher film directed by David Blue Garcia, with a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin, from a story by Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues. [3] It is the ninth installment of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Set several decades after the original film, [Note 1] the story focuses on the serial killer Leatherface targeting a group of young adults and coming into conflict with a vengeful survivor of his previous murders. The project is a joint-venture production between Legendary Pictures, Exurbia Films, and Bad Hombre. The film stars Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Moe Dunford, Nell Hudson, Jessica Allain, Olwen Fouéré, Jacob Latimore, and Alice Krige. the differences between this film and the original, the budget, the film's look, shooting locations

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following of fans who appreciate it for its utter ridiculousness. Taken as a grisly comedy—and not necessarily as a "horror" movie—it does work fitfully, alternate artwork. No inserts are included. Bonus features are spread across both discs; most have been ported over from MPI's own 40th Anniversary Edition

Interviewees include screenwriter L.M. Kit Carson, cinematographer Richard Kooris, production designer Cary White, property master Michael the business, eventually claiming work on "The Lamp," and offered a job on "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2." Working mostly without a script, The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (new) – feature length appreciation of by film makers and writers/academics (82 mins)

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Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw (legacy) – another behind the scenes look at the film (71 mins) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" was slammed through production, going from principal photography to theatrical release in just three months. Such

Williams made the leap to lead work in a hurry, making her way to Austin, Texas to impress director Tobe Hooper for "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre the film itself -- offers a very well-produced retrospective of the film from several different vantage points including a few international subtitled aggressive sound effects, the film's title weapon -- the chainsaw -- buzzes with a horrific presence Production was initially slated to begin on May 4, 2020. [26] Principal photography commenced on August 17, 2020, in Bulgaria. However, after being unimpressed with what was filmed, the studio fired Ryan and Andy Tohill. David Blue Garcia was hired to replace them as director. The footage shot by the Tohill brothers would not be used, with Garcia starting over on the production. [5] Director of photography Angus Mitchell left the project along with the directors and was replaced by Ricardo Diaz. [27] Garcia and Diaz were given a very short amount of time for preparation and worked off of "shorthands and bullet points", as well as their understanding of the first film. [28] Garcia said it was a challenge to make Bulgaria look like Texas, but they leaned into the idea that it looked more like West Texas, near the Fort Davis mountains. Garcia praised production designer Michael Perry and set decorators Asen Bozilov and Joey Ostrander for building a good replica of a Texas town, even if there wasn't enough barbed wire to fully emulate Texas. [29] Post-production [ edit ] And then Leatherface ( Gunnar Hansen) shows up and all hell breaks loose for these five teenagers. Hooper’s independent classic is one of those rare breed of genre films. Much like Night of the Living Dead, it is much better than it needs to be. Standing as a metaphor for everything from animal cruelty to our involvement in Vietnam, the dark entrails on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre have been dragged through many a film student’s thesis. The fact that the material – involving a family of serial killers – is so malleable is proof of its continued importance.

they'll still likely be eclipsed by Second Sight's upcoming remastered 4K edition. Like I said, well-represented. Following the film's release, many journalists and film critics commented on its themes of gun violence and gentrification, as well as minor commentary on social media and influencers. Lex Briscuso of Paste wrote that the film is "ultimately conservative in its messaging." [59]