When it comes to raw, visceral horror, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has no equal. Now, Classic Monsters of the Movies' Nige Burton and Jamie Jones cover the 1974 groundbreaker as its enters its 50th anniversary release.
This frightening, rural masterpiece is complemented by a basic but effective, documentary-ish chronicle, cowritten by Hooper with Kim Henkel, ignited by David Pearl's steamy cinematography, Bob A. Burns' skeletal sculptures and Hooper and Wayne Bell's chilling, sound-effects score.
The cast, which employs an ensemble of then unknowns, flavors the movie's saturating realism: Marilyn Burns, Alan Danziger, Jim Siedow, Edwin Neal, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Paul A. Partain, John Dugan, John Larroquette (as the foreboding narrator) and of course, Gunnar Hansen as the hulking, Ed Gein surrogate with manic swagger, Leatherface.
To bitter-sweeten the grisly pot, the commemorative issue includes sharp, jolting photos from the production and fabulous, John Febonio artwork, guaranteeing that Chain Saw fans come away well fed.
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