The Apparition

A supernatural presence is released during a college experiment.

"...cinematographer Daniel Pearl shot both the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its 2003 remake – but Lincoln's story is..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Then There's This: Salvaging a Middle Ground

Once a scrap yard, always a scrap yard

"...cast a vote favorable to the salvage yard. Tree Massacre..."

March 30, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Beneath the Darkness

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

"...Texan actor channeling not only The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's Edwin Neal but also a manic, Renfield-esque madman? Those..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

This is the rare horror comedy that near-perfectly balances its blend of grue, guffaws, and gag reflexes.

"...genre-savvy teens believe they've stumbled into a hillbilly chainsaw massacre. The whole thing is pitch-perfect, up to and including..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror

Tracing horror's evolution from the camp-serious bastions of Roger Corman to the post-countercultural killing fields of The Last House on the Left and on

"...of The Last House ..., The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Halloween. For John Carpenter (whose middling comeback film..."

July 15, 2011 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Rubber

Rubber is a movie about a sentient, telekinetic, and homicidal tire on a rampage.

"...the film's intriguing, fourth-wall-shattering prologue. "In the excellent Chainsaw Massacre by Tobe Hooper," he elucidates, "why don't we ever..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...Colin Goddard, a survivor of the tragic gun shooting massacre which occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, April 16th,..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Case 39

Renée Zellweger stars as a social worker who protects a child whose family has created dark forces around her.

"...Academy Award-winner and former Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre ingenue Zellweger plays Emily Jenkins, a social worker assigned..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2010 Paramount Summer Film Classics

"...In this terrorism thriller inspired by the Black September massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Freddy Krueger is back to disturb everyone's sleep.

"...responsible for iffy remakes of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Friday the 13th), the chief point of interest..."

May 7, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Moving Pictures

Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time

"...kicks off with Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (see excerpt "The Last Supper") and winds down with..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Campus Gun Bill in Crosshairs

A lot of folks are fired up about a bill that would allow guns on Texas university campuses

"...to mark the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre in memory of the 32 students and staff who..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Last Call With Lou

Remembering actor Lou Perryman

"...Whole Shootin' Match and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and hand 'em out free of charge on..."

April 10, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFF: The Wackness

AFF film review Psycho Sleepover

"...creative team behind last year's way better Street Team Massacre – is a horror comedy in PR only. Horrible..."

Oct. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Letters @ 3AM

Samuel Adams gave Americans a vocabulary both for revolution and for the building of a republic

"...by Adams' propaganda that they were in danger of massacre from their enemies" (Miller). The result: a deadly street..."

July 4, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Film News

Casting news for Terrence Malick's new film, meet the new AFS communications manager, and more

"...scene was born with the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre back in the Seventies. You can see the first..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Other Conquest

This amazing-looking Mexican epic is a work of historic fiction by a first-time filmmaker, and focuses on the aftermath of the takeover in 1519 of the Aztec empire by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortés.

"...Moctezuma's sons,bg who is a witness to his people's massacre, and then captured by Cortes' army, renamed Tomás, and..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pathfinder

A Viking movie with this many graphic decapitations shouldn't be such a bore.

"...No More’s “A Small Victory” and 2003's Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. The action sequences are ingenious and competently staged,..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hitcher

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

"...came Bay's The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre retoolings (bigger, louder, dumber), and now this. I'm beginning..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Turistas

Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.

"...of its cues from genre bible The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Stockwell and writer Michael Ross have managed to update..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fantastic Five

What we'll (try to) see

"...5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning: Okay, so the remake wasn't the original,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters @ 3AM

Every contributor to a newspaper – not least, the letter-writers and ad designers – creates an artifact precious to history

"...Draft Tomorrow ... Petrograd Afire, Many People Slain, "indiscriminate massacre of people in the streets ... [reports] did not..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...about the staged news photos of the supposed Israeli massacre of civilians at Qana on July 30 (www.eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/08/corruption-of-media.html)?..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

Shadowboxer

Not reviewed at press time. Stars Çuba Gooding Jr. and Helen Mirren as passionate yet unlikely lovers, as well as assassins and stepmother and stepson. And if that's not enough drama, one of them also has a fatal disease.

"...all soaked in pointed symbolism that makes Spielberg’s infamous orgasm/massacre juxtaposition in Munich seem as subtle as an Ozu..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Fall to Grace

Shot in Austin with a mostly local cast and buoyed by a fine, evocative score, Fall to Grace is a quiet little ensemble film that pulses with its own unique heartbeat.

"...her uncle Auggie (Johnson, Leatherface of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), she's a character in search of a reason...."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Voice in My Heart

A Genocide Survivor's Story of Escape, Faith and Forgiveness

"...bringing him to Austin). You also learn how the massacre strengthened Tuhabonye's faith, and how that faith has become..."

June 2, 2006 Books Review by Rita Radostitz

The Black Angels

The Black Angels get their war on

"...love child: clean, minimalist tones dosed with Brian Jonestown Massacre's psych adrenaline. Their debut full-length, Passover, out in April,..."

March 3, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Starry Eyes

Roky Erickson's monumental comeback

"...especially his desire for a copy of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It also reminds Roky of a biopic being bandied..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Realms of Inspiration

Erik Hokkanen, Finnish and fiddling in Austin

"...films, including DOA, The Newton Boys, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. In Michael, John Travolta's rebel archangel kicks up..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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)

"...in Tobe Hooper's seminal splatter film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Hell's own hitchhiker, thumbs up for horror? That guy?..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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