This Charles Manson caricature is clearly a product of casting, because on the page H&H described him with curly carrot-coloured hair. Out on the highway we are introduced to Hitchhiker. With this shot, Hooper is able to make the camera, and therefore the audience, become the wandering eyes of the lusting rednecks in the graveyard. Sally is braless and her breasts bounce enticingly beneath the thin fabric of her t-shirt. When they leave the confines of the vehicle to wander around the cemetery she is quite definitely singled out on the page for her sex appeal. The only hint of his weight is the ‘sagging ramp to the ground’ when he exits the camper van for a pee. Even wheelchair-bound Franklin is simply described as: ‘a young man in a wheelchair’. ![]() Just another one of the five stereotypical young Americans in a camper van driving through Texas. First she is an archetype – ‘a beautiful blond girl’. Glover dared to watch TCM in 1985 she wrote in the introduction of her book Men, Women and Chainsaws: ‘It jolted me into questioning for the first time the notion of the “male gaze” and its assumption of masculine.’ This is best illustrated by the way our hero, Sally Hardesty, is introduced in the script. The main reason for this is that only half of the first 40 pages actually ended up on the screen: much pointless, hippy dippy dialogue about the zodiac and unnecessary exposition were thankfully dropped. TCM is a short film, clocking in at only 83 minutes. Roughly speaking one page of script equals one minute of screen time. This was reduced to 103 by the time it went into production. H&H’s first draft of ‘Leatherface’ was a whopping 160 pages. Intrigued, I decided to explore some of the key moments of the screenplay to see how what Hooper and Henkel (H&H) wrote on the page shaped the film. There is also no mention of the grave-robbing or the freeze-frame flash of the camera showing us the gruesome sculptures Hitchhiker left behind. Instead, it has the rotting carcass of a dog baking in the hot sun before the camper van zooms by. Watching the ‘making of’ documentary The Shocking Truth I was amazed by the accidental way in which the armadillo spinning in the road in the opening moments ended up in TCM. The two-disc limited edition Steelbook Blu-ray is packed with new bonus features, including a new audio commentary by Tobe Hooper. ![]() The 40th anniversary restoration of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is released in the UK on Blu-ray by Second Sight on 17 November 2014. Five hippie kids (Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, Kirk, Pam and Jerry) visiting their grandfather’s long forgotten, dilapidated house in rural Texas are terrorised by a grave-robbing family of cannibals (Old Man, Hitchhiker, Leatherface and Grandpa). The title alone is a work of art, but it’s the way the film transcended traditional notions of the genre and threw us headlong into a terrifying nihilistic attack on the American dream that secured its longevity. A classic was born.Ģ014 sees the 40th anniversary of its release. One of the players suggested an alternative name – The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (TCM). ![]() Partain, Gunnar Hansenĭuring the pre-production of ‘Leatherface’, a horror film script by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel, the production manager, Ron Bozman, was away in Houston playing poker, and he pitched the idea around the table. Blending new school color bomb and traditional American tattoo style with a mid-century illustrative aesthetic, Marty has perfectly captured the feel of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre while infusing the characters with his own sense of the mad and macabre.Screening as part of the 58th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank, LondonĬast: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danzinger, Paul A. Based out of Nashville, TN at Red Nimbus Tattoo Club, Marty has partnered with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to create this original tattoo flash sheet based on the 1974 film. ![]() He is best known for his kewpie doll-like creations and has gained widespread acclaim for his pop culture take on Valentine’s Day cards, Halloween die cuts and vintage inspired tattoo art, featuring his monster-mash ups. Marty McEwen is a world-famous tattoo artist, sculptor and painter best known for his whimsical interpretations of classic horror movie characters. Print ships rolled in heavy duty mailer tube Printed direct on high quality William Turner 190 paper stock The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and tattoo artist Marty McEwen (One Man Riet) have teamed up to bring you the first official, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” custom flash sheet.
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