Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Join us tonight for a livetweet of the Lone Star classic

"...nowhere, and a farm tool: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre...."

March 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

"...movie was titled The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and it starred a couple of “unknown” actors named..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Join Us For The Texas Chain Saw Massacre At Home

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

"...the OG Lone Star terror, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?..."

March 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror Reunites The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Austin hosts the official gathering of the original Lone Star terror

"...40th anniversary cast reunion of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre...."

May 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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 of Texas independent horror...."

April 26, 2016 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 industry. On Monday, as..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger star in this largely forgotten sequel

"...five long years, silence ..."– Opening narration, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation..."

Dec. 21, 2018 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

"...the first images in 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the icon of Austin as roadkill...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Helped Shape Austin Filmmaking

The saw remains the same for Mike Blizzard

"...no Austin filmmaking scene without The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The 1974 freak-out horror put ATX on the map..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

The scary sequel shot in the Statesman

"...was made within its corridors – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2...."

April 24, 2020 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

"...Kim Henkel's grueling, gruesome masterwork, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The real – ahem – meat here is the..."

March 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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

"...Hooper’s original 1974 production of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which was filmed just outside of Austin proper, remains..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Levitation Review: Black Angels, Brian Jonestown Massacre

Festival hosts snarl laments of doom and gloom

"...Stubb’s on Sunday, preceding San Francisco ensemble Brian Jonestown Massacre flourished a typically Haight-Ashbury set that previewed their upcoming..."

April 30, 2018 Music Post by Clara Wang

'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Star Marilyn Burns Dies

A sad farewell to Texas' original scream queen

"...the defining last girl in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, has died at age 65...."

Aug. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Join Us For The Texas Chain Saw Massacre At Home

Live tweet this Thursday night

March 27, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How The Pulse Nightclub Massacre Transformed "Conversion Therapist"

Local horror-tinged short makes the personal political

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Releases Statement on Dark Knight Massacre

Austin cinema institution is "deeply saddened"

July 21, 2012 Screens Post 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.

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Father's Day Massacre

A brief analysis of a number of Gov. Perry's vetoes

June 29, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Tobe Hooper Remembers 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...Living Dead (1968), Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), and Wes Craven's A..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

September Dawn

This movie about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of Sept. 11, 1857, during which local Mormons murdered 120 members of a wagon train heading West, reeks of ulterior motives.

"...The movie presents the story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of Sept. 11, 1857, in which some 120 California-bound..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Killing Fields, Kind Of

A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

"...primary location for Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a shoestring production of such creative vision that it..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Unrelentingly Hostile

Three decades later, 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' is still about everyday evil. In 1977, two UT grad students explained.

"...Living Dead (1968), Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), and Wes Craven's A..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Peterloo

A political massacre loses all urgency in this bloodless period piece

"...The Peterloo Massacre is a thick, dark scar in British history. In..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tobe Hooper, R.I.P.

Remembering The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director

"...bloody thumbprint on cinema with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: not just for horror, but for independent moviemaking as..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...There's a moment in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre that marks the end of an era. "I'm about..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Waltz With Bashir

This Israeli filmmaker creates a dreamy, animated psycho-documentary about his attempt to recall buried memories of his participation in a massacre while serving in the military.

"...role – if any – he played in the massacre of Palestinian civilians (most of whom were women and..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Any Way You Slice It

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

"...of languishing in limbo, the Austin-lensed film Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (originally titled The Return of the..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

William Dear Says Freedom, R.I.P.

Biker tale 'The Northville Cemetery Massacre' revs at Weird Wednesday

"...let the bikers shoot back in The Northville Cemetery Massacre...."

July 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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