Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Join us tonight for a livetweet of the Lone Star classic

"...a bunch of crazy UT grads, a house in the middle of nowhere, and a farm tool: The Texas..."

March 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Join Us For The Texas Chain Saw Massacre At Home

Live tweet this Thursday night: here's where you can stream

"...Who's ready to watch a classic Texas horror film? We definitely are, so how's about we..."

March 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: Restoring the 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre'

40 years on, Tobe Hooper talks about the movie that shocked the world

"...If it hadn't been for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, there'd be no Texas film..."

March 7, 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

"...The wait is over: The Housecore Horror Film Festival has..."

May 1, 2014 Screens Post 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

"...To paraphrase George Santayana, those who cannot remember the past may well be condemned to a chain saw..."

March 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...A dead armadillo in the middle of the highway. One of the first images..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blood on the Controller With The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Who will play, and what will become of them?

"...For the better part of 50 years, video game fans who..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Join Us For The Texas Chain Saw Massacre At Home

Live tweet this Thursday night

March 27, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Star Marilyn Burns Dies

A sad farewell to Texas' original scream queen

"...has gone out. Marilyn Burns, who played Sally Hardesty, the defining last girl in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,..."

Aug. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A 'Texas Chain Saw' Pedigree

‘Butcher Boys’ are after you, and on DVD today

"...The first time I met Duane Graves was in 2000..."

Oct. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

DVDanger: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Bill Moseley on being Chop Top, and living as a horror icon

"...The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has been called the grandfather..."

April 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Helped Shape Austin Filmmaking

The saw remains the same for Mike Blizzard

"...It's been said that there would be no Austin filmmaking scene without The Texas..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas hills are again alive with the sound of chainsaws.

"...and Stephen Lee. Tobe Hooper’s original 1974 production of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which was filmed just outside..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The True Story of the Somewhat Lost Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger star in this largely forgotten sequel

"..."August 18, 1973. News of a bizarre, chainsaw-wielding family – reports of which were to ignite the..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

In this prequel to the original Chainsaw, we learn how Leatherface grew up to become a monster.

"...Jordana Brewster, Andrew Bryniarski, R. Lee Ermey, Taylor Handley, Matthew Bomer and Diora Baird. Origin stories are difficult and..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

The scary sequel shot in the Statesman

"...Austin, highlighting locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining. There's a sad note to today's local-created film, and its..."

April 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Killing Fields, Kind Of

A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

"...Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, a neat farmhouse stood on..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Man Behind the Leatherface Mask

Gunnar Hansen signing "Chain Saw Confidential" at Bookpeople Sunday

"...Gunnar Hansen joined a little independent horror film called The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as the hulking butcher Leatherface...."

Sept. 28, 2013 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.

"...Of all the remakes, reboots, and sequels of The Texas Chain Saw..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bulgarian Chainsaw Massacre

David Blue Garcia proves you can take Leatherface out of Texas in the new Netflix horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre

"...David Blue Garcia knows the trenches of indie filmmaking. The Austin filmmaker's first feature,..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Alamo South Pulls Out All the Stops For Closing Bash

Cramming everything you love about the Drafthouse into one night

"...and foreign fare, merci beaucoup? Can't get enough of them genre kicks? Whatever you are, whatever you love, the..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Reporting Life

Oh, the places you'll go

"...Our reporting has taken us everywhere from the Supreme Court and death row to up and down..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...Every month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Housecore Horror Relights the Superjoint

Fest adds Superjoint Ritual, Voivod, and a resurrected Gwar

"...hiding something special in its bag of tricks. Now they’re unleashing it. Phil Anslemo conjures up his old band..."

Aug. 19, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'The Mangled'

Horror/thriller has big names and bigger ambitions

"...UPDATE: The Mangled team has informed us they've cancelled their current..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Saw

Saw is indeed a horror movie, but not necessarily in the manner the filmmakers intended.

"...with so much hype surrounding it that nothing in the film could ever be as shocking as the realization..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Griffon Ramsey Carves Up the Food Network’s Outrageous Pumpkins

Visiting the Texas pumpkin chain saw massacre

"...The award-winning Austin-based chain saw artist, who has built an..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Sara Hutchinson

Brahms: The Boy II

The well-dressed, porcelain, miniature killer is back. Um … how?

"...Quoth the other, more bewhiskered and musically inclined Brahms, “The only..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beneath the Darkness

This thriller starring Dennis Quaid was filmed in Smithville and Bastrop.

"...Devon Werkheiser and Brett Cullen. Despite its release during the dreaded post-holiday theatrical dumping grounds of January and February,..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Housecore Horror Calls for More 'Saw

'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2' revs, plus VHS and 35mm joy

"...The Housecore Horror Film Festival had already announced that it..."

Aug. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

1   2   3   4   5   6   7     NEXT ›    7 »