When “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” hit theaters in October 1974, audiences were horrified – and enthralled.
Yet the elevated carnage of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was a new world.
Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
Now that “Texas Chainsaw” is turning fifty, there are screenings in theaters all across the US, limited-time merchandise and cast and crew reunions.
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Persons:
Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, “, –, ” Henkel, ”, Marion Crane, baddie, Leatherface ”, – you’ll, Hooper, Henkel, ” “, Gunnar Hansen, Leatherface, Everett, Roger Ebert, Joshua Dysart, Dysart, ” Dysart, Kirk, Heather Langenkamp, Wes Craven, Craven, Lagenkamp, slashers, ’, Jourdain Searles, Searles, ” Searles, “ It’s, Casey, Drew Barrymore, Ghostface, Carmen Electra, Michael Myers, Tony Moran, Shutterstock Dysart, there’s, Alex Svensson, Svensson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ryan Green, “ Svensson, Wes Craven’s, Casey Becker, Jason Vorhees
Organizations:
CNN, The, Texas, Cannes Film, “, Hollywood, ITV, Emerson College, ”
Locations:
Texas, The Texas, Austin, Los Angeles, Corpus Christi, Nancy