Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Blu-ray) (1974)

Director: Tobe Hooper  Starring: Marilyn Burns  
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Publisher: MPI
Format: Blu-Ray DVD
UPC: 00030306180298
Buy.com Sku: 208217705
Item#: V2R32M
Buy.com Sales Rank: 24791
Category Keywords: Black Comedy  Cannibalism  Cult Film  Essential Cinema  Killer  Murder  Psychos  Slasher  Theatrical Release 
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Features: DVD
 
It has been called “grisly,” “sick,” and “perverse," as well as “raw,” “unshakeable,” and “the movie that redefined horror.” It was attacked by churches, banned by governments, and acclaimed by only the bravest of critics. It stunned audiences worldwide and set a new standard in movie terror forever. In 1974, writer-producer-director Tobe Hooper unleashed this dark, visionary tale about a group of five young friends who face a nightmare of torment at the hands of a depraved Texas clan. Today it remains unequaled as a landmark of outlaw filmmaking and unparalleled in its impact as perhaps the most frightening motion picture ever made.

Bonus features include:

  • Brand new never-before-seen featurette with reclusive actress Terri McMinn entitled “Off the Hook”
  • Feature-length commentaries with director Tobe Hooper, cinematographer Daniel Pearl, actors Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danzinger, and art director Robert A. Burns
  • Featurettes “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth” and “Flesh Wounds”
  • Theatrical trailers and TV and Radio spots
  • A tour of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre House with Gunnar Hansen
  • Deleted scenes and outtakes
  • Blooper reel and still gallery

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    "“… the Ultimate, the zenith, the most exhaustive possible celebration and dissection of this horror classic. I’d even wager that no one will be able to put out a better one in the next 10 years…" "   Fangoria
     


    Editor's Note

    THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is, without a doubt, the granddaddy of all splatter films. Inspired by 1950s mass murderer Ed Gein, Tobe Hooper's debut feature opens with five unsuspecting teenagers driving in a van through sun-scorched rural Texas. After a terrifying exchange with a demented hitchhiker, the group ends up at an old farmhouse. At first, the house appears to be abandoned, but soon, the evil residents begin to wreak havoc on the youngsters' lives. With her friends and wheelchair-bound brother Franklin (Paul A. Partain) disappearing one by one, the terrified Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) must summon the strength to escape from the ghoulish family of mass murderers, who are led by the gruesome, chainsaw-wielding Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen).

    Hooper's low-budget exploitation horror film became a cult hit and favorite midnight movie that helped define the splatter genre by introducing such standard features as the house of terror, where innocent victims meet horrible ends, and the girl in peril who survives the mayhem to become the heroine. Spawning several sequels, as well as a 2003 remake, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remains an untouchable work of sheer terror that continues to shock audiences all over the world.


    Plot Summary

    The granddaddy of all splatter films. Five teenagers driving through rural Texas stumble onto an old farmhouse which turns out to be inhabited by a ghoulish family of mass murderers. Chainsaws and meat hooks are the tools of these white trash psycho-killers' trade -- they decorate their home with human bones, skin and other gruesome relics, supplementing the body count with corpses from the local graveyard when fresh victims are scarce. It looks like curtains for certain for the teen travellers trapped inside this house of horrors -- unless one scantily-clad female can elude the powertools and survive the night of terror intact.

     

    Features
    Full Frame - 1.33
    Additional Release Material:
    Featurette: All new featurette with actress Teri McMinn


     
    Technical Info

    Release Information
    Studio: MPI
    Release Date: 9/30/2008
    Running Time: 84 minutes
    Original Release Date: 1974
    Catalog ID: 1802
    UPC: 00030306180298
    Number of Discs: 1

    Audio & Video
    Original Language: English
    Available Audio Tracks: English
    Video: Color

     
    Cast & Crew
    Paul A. Partain
    Ed Neal
    Gunnar Hansen
    Allen Danzinger
    Teri McMinn
    William Vail
    Jim Siedow
    Marilyn Burns
    Kim Henkel - Screenwriter
    Tobe Hooper - Composer
    Wayne Bell - Composer
    Sallye Richardson - Editor
    Larry Carroll - Editor
    Robert A. Burns - Art Director
    John Larroquette - Voice
    Daniel Pearl - Cinematographer
    Tobe Hooper - Screenwriter
    Tobe Hooper - Producer
    Tobe Hooper - Director

     
    Memorable Quotes
    "My family's always been in meat." ---- Hitchhiker (Edwin Neal)


     
    Professional Reviews
    Entertainment Weekly
    "...CHAINSAW is one of the scariest movies of all time..." 05/23/2003 p.29

    Total Film
    "...Tobe Hooper's horror classic remains as sharp as ever..." 07/01/2003 p.118

    Variety
    "Few horror films can match the unflinching, sadistic force of this low-budget 1974 triumph..." 10/06/2003 p.91

    Ultimate DVD
    4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film throws the American Dream into a hellish world of murder and cannibalism....Often copied, rarely equalled." 09/01/2006 p.202

    Total Film
    5 stars out of 5 -- "CHAIN SAW remains one of the most punishing, exhilarating films ever made." 12/01/2008 p.143

      
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