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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise created by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper.It consists of nine films, comics, a novel, and two video game adaptations. The franchise focuses on the cannibalistic spree killer Leatherface (who uses a chainsaw as his signature weapon) and his family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside ...
The film faced similar difficulties internationally, being banned in several countries, and numerous theaters stopped showing the film in response to complaints about its violence. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was released in the United States on October 11, 1974. While the film initially received mixed reception from critics, it was highly ...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released in North America on October 17, 2003, in 3,016 theaters. [23] It grossed $10,620,000 on its opening day and concluded its opening weekend with $29.1 million, debuting at number 1 at the U.S. box office. [23] Within 17 days of its release, the film had grossed over $66 million in the US. [24]
His name is Leatherface (Dan Yeager), and he has a particularly sharp chainsaw burning a hole in his pocket. ... Related: The 24 best horror movies of the '80s. 1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Marcus Nispel (born 26 May 1963) [1] is a German film director and producer, best known for several high-profile American remakes such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well as an extensive career in television commercials and music videos.
The original concept for what became The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was a pitch by Hooper and co-writer Kim Henkel titled Beyond the Valley of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. [5] [6] The idea was meant to satirize the 1980 horror-comedy Motel Hell, which itself was a spoof of Hooper's original film. [7]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Serving as a remake to the 1974 original, 2003's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre sees five Lynyrd Skynyrd-bound young adults take a detour when an encounter with an ...
Henkel and Hooper co-wrote the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre screenplay. Henkel both wrote and directed a sequel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995). [ 3 ] He also wrote and co-produced the Eagle Pennell classic Last Night at the Alamo (1983) as well as the adaptation for Hooper's Eaten Alive (1977).