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

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 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

Tobe Hooper Remembers 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

"...Austin Chronicle: Where did you get the crazy idea that you could make a movie here..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

"...Directed by: Kim Henkel. Starring: Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks, Tonie Perenski, Lisa Newmeyer, Joe Stevens,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 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

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

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

'Texas Chainsaw' Facts

"...There seems to be a lot of conflict as to..."

Oct. 22, 2003 Postmarks

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

'Texas Chainsaw' Facts Part Two

"...Editor: My friends' debate has once again started. Was there a massacre in Travis County, or is this whole..."

Oct. 22, 2003 Postmarks

The Mangler

"...Daniel Matmor, Jeremy Crutchley and Demetre Phillips. Adapted from the short story by Stephen “Bad Film Adaptations of My..."

March 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil's Rejects

A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.

"...Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory, Leslie Easterbrook, William Forsythe, Michael Berryman, Mary Woronov,..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hitcher

This remake of Robert Harmon's original 1986 horror semiclassic serves as a primer in how not to generate suspense.

"...McDonough. Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production company continues strip-mining the horror films of my youth with this pointless remake..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bold One

Action / horror heartthrob John Saxon brings two classics to the Alamo.

"...Brooklyn-born actor John Saxon, who began his career at the Actors Studio under the legendary Stella Adler, has tackled..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rob Zombie Resurrects the Firefly Family for 3 From Hell

Here to do the devil's work: Director talks how being cool is no excuse

"...Filmmaker Rob Zombie first introduced the world to the murderous, cannibalistic, necrophiliac Firefly family in..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Luke Wilson, Tommy Lee Jones to Recieve Texas Film Awards

Hollywood heavyweights, indie icons, and an honorary Texan lauded

"...With their 15th outing being the crystal anniversary, the Texas Film..."

Jan. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

On the Road Again

Texas Monthly teams with Rolling Roadshow for summer series

"...Texas has always fancied itself a country unto itself, so..."

May 16, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Featuring Texas

Films From Around the State

"...boasts an impressive lineup of native works ranging from the sublime to the sublimely silly, and from the elegiac..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...Not just setting local temperature records for the month of June, this year’s Oblivion Access marked a..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Where the Wild Things Star

'Secondhand Lions' is only the latest production in which Bobbi Colorado-trained beasts play a part.

"..."They say never work with kids or animals, so we..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Write Place

The Austin Heart of Film Festival

"...Every writer knows what simple joy the graceful waltz of fingers across the lettered keyboard can..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Now Streaming in Austin: Friday the 13th

When Camp Crystal Lake came to the ATX

"...Remember in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan when Jason Voorhees..."

April 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Buzz Heard 'Round the World

"...Gunnar Hansen as Chainsaw's Leatherface..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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

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