The Man Behind the Leatherface Mask
Gunnar Hansen signing "Chain Saw Confidential" at Bookpeople Sunday
"...have changed a lot since 1974, when UT student Gunnar Hansen joined a little independent horror film called The..."
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Sept. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974
"...film. Director/co-writer/co-producer Tobe Hooper, co-producer/co-writer Kim Henkel, Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen – all were UT grads. Teri McMinn, who..."
Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
'The Last Supper'
Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas: an excerpt
"...the sequence, which often put him downwind from [actor Gunnar] Hansen. Like the other actors, Hansen had been told..."
Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Alison Macor
Mosquito
"...D: Gary Jones (1995); with Gunnar Hansen, Ron Asheton, John Reneaud, Margaret Gomoll, Josh Becker...."
June 16, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw
Rondo and Bob
An Austin film legend's obsession with a Hollywood monster
"...Burns (played in flashbacks by Williams) and future Leatherface Gunnar Hansen (Hanson) and their history going back to Austin..."
May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Screamlines
"...D: Tobe Hooper (1974) w/Gunnar Hansen, Ed Neal, Marilyn Burns..."
Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature
Housecore Horror Calls for More 'Saw
'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2' revs, plus VHS and 35mm joy
"...Ed Neal, desiccated grandpa John Dugan, and of course Gunnar Hansen, the original Leatherface. Now the sequel offers up..."
Aug. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Housecore Horror Reunites The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Austin hosts the official gathering of the original Lone Star terror
"...who played the decript old Grandpa; and of course Gunnar Hansen, the original Leatherface. Hell, Housecore even found Ed..."
May 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup
Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners
"...mystery. Cast: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Krysten Ritter, Ryan Hansen, Enrico Colantoni (World Premiere)..."
Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese
Fantastic Fest Review: Hellraiser
The Cenobites are back in the third best entry in the franchise
"...Barker wrote the original part. It's like anyone but Gunnar Hansen being Leatherface: you'll always be one of the..."
Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Panic Fest 2022: The History of Metal and Horror
"You got gore in my riffs!" "You got riffs in my gore!"
"...the filmmakers and onscreen performers, like Sid Haig and Gunnar Hansen, who note how much support they get from..."
May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Panic Fest 2022: Rondo and Bob
Austin-made history of an Austin original, and his obsession
"...Austin - of pre-slacker slackers Burns and future Leatherface Gunnar Hansen and their history going back to Austin High,..."
May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Bulgarian Chainsaw Massacre
David Blue Garcia proves you can take Leatherface out of Texas in the new Netflix horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre
"...Leatherface played by Gunnar Hansen..."
Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
What If The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Was Really About the Horrors of Modern American Society?
Putting the Austin-made seminal slasher back into context
"...deserves a place in the horror academic canon beside Gunnar Hansen's autobiographical Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the..."
March 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
DVDanger: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Bill Moseley on being Chop Top, and living as a horror icon
"...Chop Top. Sometimes horror actors end up typecast, so Gunnar Hansen ended up with Leatherface over his shoulder all..."
April 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
DVDanger: Of Manos and Mosquito
Two schlocky classics get a pre-Halloween restoration
"...moments, wooden acting, and stunt casting (look out for Gunnar Hansen, aka Leatherface, as a hippy-looking survivalist, and the..."
Oct. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price
"...and so he makes the killers rounded. Even Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) could have just been a hulking force. Instead,..."
Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Texas Chainsaw
Decades after the original, this story about the deranged, backwoods cannibal with a power tool still has legs – and extra 3-D torque.
"...Rae, Richard Riehle, Bill Moseley, David Born, Sue Rock, Gunnar Hansen and Marilyn Burns...."
Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Otaku* Overload!!!
After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)
"...really weird is that just a few days later, Gunnar Hansen [Chainsaw's legendary Leatherface] showed up on our doorstep..."
Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Last House on the Left
Louis Black reviews Night of the Living Dead, Last House on the Left, Texas Chain-saw Massacre, and Halloween -- all featured in IFC's new documentary, American Nightmare
"...Chainsaw Massacre D: Tobe Hooper (1974); with Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Ed Neal, Allen Danzinger, Paul A. Partain, William..."
Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black
After a Fashion
Fashion correspondent Tom Palmer reports from Iceland's Futurice fashion week.
"...of cyberstyle Björk, up-and-coming ambienteers Sigur R#243;s, and even Gunnar Hansen, the original Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. With..."
Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
The Buzz Heard 'Round the World
"...Gunnar Hansen as Chainsaw's Leatherface..."
Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Short Cuts
Kat Candler can't be stopped, Robert Burns will live forever, Pedazo Chunk chips in free beer and films, and Steve Mims loves L.A.
"...native son) Tobe Hooper to Ed "Hitchiker" Neal and Gunnar "Leatherface" Hansen. And yes, there will be meat for..."
