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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)
''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' is an American horror franchise consisting of nine slasher films, comics, and a video game adaptation of the original film. The franchise focuses on the cannibalistic spree killer Leatherface and his family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside, typically killing and subsequently cooking them. The original film was released in 1974, directed and produced by Tobe Hooper and written by Hooper and Kim Henkel. Hooper and Henkel were involved in three of the later films. The film series has grossed over $252 million at the worldwide box office. Films ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', released in 1974, written and directed by Tobe Hooper, was the first and most successful entry in the series. It is considered to be the first of the 1970s slasher films, and originated a great many of the clichés seen in countless later low-budget slashers. Its plot concerns a family of cannibals living in rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Henkel
Kim David Henkel (born January 19, 1946) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He is best known as the co-writer of Tobe Hooper's horror film ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre''. Early life Henkel was born in Virginia and grew up in several small towns in South Texas. He began his university studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1964 Academic major, majoring in English major, English. He graduated in 1969. Mutual friends introduced Henkel to Tobe Hooper and Henkel acted in Hooper's first feature film, ''Eggshells (film), Eggshells'' (1969).Alison Macor. ''Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas'' University of Texas Press: Austin, 2010. Career 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). He also wrote and co-produced the Eagle Pennell classic ''Last Night at the Alamo'' (1983) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
''Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'' is a 1990 American slasher film directed by Jeff Burr and is the third installment of the ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' series. The film stars Kate Hodge, William Butler, Ken Foree, Tom Hudson, Viggo Mortensen, Joe Unger, and R.A. Mihailoff as Leatherface. The film follows Leatherface and his cannibalistic family stalking a motorist couple in the backroads of Texas. The film was distributed by New Line Cinema, who bought the rights to the series from The Cannon Group after producing ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2''. Initially, this film was given an X-rating by the Motion Picture Association of America, which limited the studio's release possibilities. After the studio made cuts, it was re-rated R, and New Line released it on January 12, 1990. It was refused classification in the UK upon its initial release. It has since been released on home video in both unrated and rated versions, and a cut version was accepted with an 18 cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |