THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE / CHAIN REACTIONS

ABOUT THE EVENT:

Q&A with screenwriter Kim Henkel, cinematographer Daniel Pearl, actors Teri McMinn, Edwin Neal, William Vail, Allen Danziger, John Dugan and Ed Guinn, production manager Ron Bozman, post-production sound supervisor Wayne Bell, sound recorder Ted Nicolaou, editor Larry Carrol and camera assistant Michael McClary following THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE.

Q&A with filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe following CHAIN REACTIONS.

ABOUT THE FILMS:

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, 1974, Dir. Tobe Hooper, 83 Min, MPI Media, USA

One of the best American horror films of all time. After hearing of a cemetery desecration, Marilyn Burns and friends go on a jaunt in the broiling Texas countryside to check on her grandparents graves, only to become stranded at the rural home of a family of inbred cannibals. Director Tobe Hooper expertly escalates the horror until you can’t stand it anymore!

FORMAT: 35mm

Print Courtesy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre Collection at the Academy Film Archive

CHAIN REACTIONS, 2024, Dir. Alexandre O. Philippe, 103 Mins, Dark Sky Films, USA

Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, CHAIN REACTIONS charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists—Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama—through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes, and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), CHAIN REACTIONS goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the Zeitgeist.

FORMAT: DCP