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Film:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:18:03 GMT

Title: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Year: 1974
Director: Tobe Hooper
Plot: Tobe Hooper's influential cult classic continues the subgenre of horror films based on the life and "career" of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein, which began with Alfred Hitchcock's own influential cult classic Psycho. When Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) hears that the Texas cemetery where her grandfather is buried has been vandalized, she gathers her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin (Paul A. Partain) and several other friends together to see if grandpa's remains are still in one piece. While in the area, Sally and her friends decide to visit grandfather's old farmhouse. Unfortunately, a family of homicidal slaughterhouse workers who take their job home with them have taken over the house next door. Included amongst the brood is Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen), a chainsaw-wielding human horror show who wears a face mask made out of human skin. Sally's friends are rapidly exterminated one-by-one by the next-door neighbors, leaving only Sally left to fight off Leatherface and his clan. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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Spout Post: Re:Which of these movies with a US State name in its title is your favorite?

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:18:03 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: Movie Polls
Post Date: 7/29/2009 11:18:03 AM
Body: [quote user="Dr_Gor"] Bet you can't guess which one I voted for... The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is on many lists (including mine) as one of the best Horror Films of all time. Tobe Hooper has always been a hit-or-miss type director (he also directed Poltergeist as well as some forgettable TV movies) he hit the nail right on the head with this classic. One of the most brutal and sadistic films ever made in spite of the fact that there is virtually NO on-screen gore! All of the actual butchery in this movie takes place just off the screen, leaving your imagination to fill in the details. Still one of the most disturbing and brutal films of all time. I also enjoyed the 2003 remake (in no small part due to Jessica Biel in a sweaty t-shirt and tight jeans). It was actually a very good Horror Movie in it's own right and, as a sequel, they upped the on-screen gore quotient by a lot and changed the story enough to keep it interesting. < GOR > [/quote] Heh, yeah I knew you'd like that when I realized that movie would be on the list. I guess I should check out this remake too. Would you say it's one of the better or best remakes of classic horror films from that era?

Spout Post: Which of these movies with a US State name in its title is your favorite?

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:34:37 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: Movie Polls
Post Date: 7/23/2009 2:34:37 PM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. I know this may seem like a silly poll since none of these films have much in common other than this facet regarding their title. And titles are often pretty arbitrary things. And also, there are so many movies out there with states in their title that I had to arbitrarily select which films to have in this poll since I didn't want to list too many to make it too unwieldy. But I still thought it would be interesting. Another interesting thing I discovered. Keanu Reeves has been in three films with states in the title: The Prince of Pennsylvania, My Own Private Idaho, and Feeling Minnesota. Also the original title for the film Point Break was "Johnny Utah", the name of his character. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Arizona DreamChristmas in ConnecticutLouisiana StoryMississippi BurningMy Own Private IdahoNorth to AlaskaOklahoma!Sweet Home AlabamaThe Texas Chain Saw MassacreVernon, FloridaWisconsin Death Trip

Spout Post: MAKE-OUT WITH VIOLENCE: SXSW Preview

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:05:17 GMT

Post By: Karina
Post To: Karina on SpoutBlog
Post Date: 2/27/2009 6:05:17 PM
Body: Make out with Make-out with Violence It’s rare that you Google the title of a film making its SXSW premiere in the Emerging Visions program, and discover a two year-old making of short, complete with impressively-looking underwater photography and 70s style voiceover, but the Deagol Brothers, the young minds behind Make-Out With Violence, seem hellbent on defying expectations. For one thing, unlike the Wilson, Duplass and Zellner Brothers who preceded them at SXSW, the Deagols aren’t real brothers; as their bio puts it, they’re “a collective of multimedia artists that strive for excellence in art and entertainment” who, “attracted by the communal aspect of film production, choose to not be credited as individuals.” We assume, then, that the above short outing the trio’s real names (we think?) will soon either be edited or made to disappear, so watch it while you can. Until then, the Brothers celebrate the communal aspect of film promoting by answering The 5 Questions We Ask Everyone in one voice, below the jump. Tell us about your movie. Who did you work with, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, “It’s like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!” pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE is a semi-autobiographical magical realist romance made over five years by a team of high school friends. [Like] if John Hughes directed Tarkovsky’s Solaris, meets Weekend at Bernie’s as an atmospheric musical (inspired by Brian Eno’s four pop records), but no one sings. The core group of filmmakers are the Deagol Bros, Eric & Jordan Lehning, Kevin Doyle, Cody De Vos, Leah High, and Shellie Shartzer. We were all high school friends from Hendersonville, TN and returned home from art school to make our own film. We were inspired by Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to make a low budget horror picture and felt that a “high school” movie was also something we could wrap our minds around - so we came up with this story of supernatural unrequited love. The “quick and dirty pitch” leaves out the long and dirty production of the film: the trials we put our friendships through, the personal mistakes along the way and the creative process that ultimately held us together. Do you have a day job/a non-filmmaking occupation that raises money for your filmmaking efforts? Tell us about it. We all work odd jobs to get by, sometimes involving creative things, mostly not. Grading standardized test papers for the department of education, hocking old comic books and laserdiscs, working part time at the Frist, illustrating children’s books, managing a shoe store, freelance graphic design, painting murals, serving at Sir Pizza and working at Tower Records before the downfall are all ways we’ve spent our 9 to 5. Eric & Jordan formed the rock band The Non-Commissioned Officers to play the soundtrack around Nashville and raise money/awareness for the picture. We have put a lot of our own money into the film over the years, but the majority was paid for by friends and family. Have you been to SXSW before? If so, tell us about your funniest story from the experience. If not, what are you looking forward to re: the festival and/or the city of Austin? We have never been to SXSW. We’ve been fortunate enough to take part in some great festivals recently and SXSW feels like further vindication for the five years that we spent pouring our hearts and lives into the film. We’re hoping for a good time and a great opportunity to expose our film to a larger audience. Let’s get hypothetical: You’re on death row. The night of your execution, you’re allowed to watch any two films of your choice. What would you pick for your last-night-on-Earth double feature? LOTR Trilogy, Lawrence of Arabia, Crank and 2001: A Space Odyssey. In that order. 2001 would be last so that we could go beyond the infinite - go out in a beautiful dream after getting injected with the Chinese shit (”Beijing cocktail”). We picked six movies because there’s three Deagols. There’s been some criticism that the only way to get into SXSW is by being a part of an “incestuous scene where everybody knows everybody.” So who did *you* have to sleep with to get in? (Metaphorically or literally: are there any SXSW filmmaker(s) past or present that you’re close with personally and/or professionally, and how have those relationships helped or hurt the process of producing your film and getting it seen?) We don’t kiss and tell. That would be ungallant. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth

Spout Post: MAKE-OUT WITH VIOLENCE: SXSW Preview

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:01:54 GMT

Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/27/2009 6:01:54 PM
Body: Make out with Make-out with Violence It’s rare that you Google the title of a film making its SXSW premiere in the Emerging Visions program, and discover a two year-old making of short, complete with impressively-looking underwater photography and 70s style voiceover, but the Deagol Brothers, the young minds behind Make-Out With Violence, seem hellbent on defying expectations. For one thing, unlike the Wilson, Duplass and Zellner Brothers who preceded them at SXSW, the Deagols aren’t real brothers; as their bio puts it, they’re “a collective of multimedia artists that strive for excellence in art and entertainment” who, “attracted by the communal aspect of film production, choose to not be credited as individuals.” We assume, then, that the above short outing the trio’s real names (we think?) will soon either be edited or made to disappear, so watch it while you can. Until then, the Brothers celebrate the communal aspect of film promoting by answering The 5 Questions We Ask Everyone in one voice, below the jump. Tell us about your movie. Who did you work with, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, “It’s like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!” pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE is a semi-autobiographical magical realist romance made over five years by a team of high school friends. [Like] if John Hughes directed Tarkovsky’s Solaris, meets Weekend at Bernie’s as an atmospheric musical (inspired by Brian Eno’s four pop records), but no one sings. The core group of filmmakers are the Deagol Bros, Eric & Jordan Lehning, Kevin Doyle, Cody De Vos, Leah High, and Shellie Shartzer. We were all high school friends from Hendersonville, TN and returned home from art school to make our own film. We were inspired by Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to make a low budget horror picture and felt that a “high school” movie was also something we could wrap our minds around - so we came up with this story of supernatural unrequited love. The “quick and dirty pitch” leaves out the long and dirty production of the film: the trials we put our friendships through, the personal mistakes along the way and the creative process that ultimately held us together. Do you have a day job/a non-filmmaking occupation that raises money for your filmmaking efforts? Tell us about it. We all work odd jobs to get by, sometimes involving creative things, mostly not. Grading standardized test papers for the department of education, hocking old comic books and laserdiscs, working part time at the Frist, illustrating children’s books, managing a shoe store, freelance graphic design, painting murals, serving at Sir Pizza and working at Tower Records before the downfall are all ways we’ve spent our 9 to 5. Eric & Jordan formed the rock band The Non-Commissioned Officers to play the soundtrack around Nashville and raise money/awareness for the picture. We have put a lot of our own money into the film over the years, but the majority was paid for by friends and family. Have you been to SXSW before? If so, tell us about your funniest story from the experience. If not, what are you looking forward to re: the festival and/or the city of Austin? We have never been to SXSW. We’ve been fortunate enough to take part in some great festivals recently and SXSW feels like further vindication for the five years that we spent pouring our hearts and lives into the film. We’re hoping for a good time and a great opportunity to expose our film to a larger audience. Let’s get hypothetical: You’re on death row. The night of your execution, you’re allowed to watch any two films of your choice. What would you pick for your last-night-on-Earth double feature? LOTR Trilogy, Lawrence of Arabia, Crank and 2001: A Space Odyssey. In that order. 2001 would be last so that we could go beyond the infinite - go out in a beautiful dream after getting injected with the Chinese shit (”Beijing cocktail”). We picked six movies because there’s three Deagols. There’s been some criticism that the only way to get into SXSW is by being a part of an “incestuous scene where everybody knows everybody.” So who did *you* have to sleep with to get in? (Metaphorically or literally: are there any SXSW filmmaker(s) past or present that you’re close with personally and/or professionally, and how have those relationships helped or hurt the process of producing your film and getting it seen?) We don’t kiss and tell. That would be ungallant. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog

Spout Post: Re:The Last House on the Left (2009)

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:12:04 GMT

Post By: Dr_Gor
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 1/27/2009 10:12:04 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] Now that I've seen it I can guess, even though I still haven't seen Last House on the Left, that this movie is probably a lot less graphically disturbing than that film, at least in a matter of fact way. But it certainly is quite emotionally disturbing, and maybe at least cinematically visually disturbing without being explicit. Gor, I know that you have a broad definition of what "horror" is, but even in a narrower definition I wouldn't be too hesitant to say there are some pretty horrific elements to this. Some redemptive qualities too I'd say though. [/quote] I am going to write you a prescription, Rizzo. You ABSOLUTELY MUST see Last House on the Left and then tell me what you think about it! And I would absolutely LOVE to see Virgin Spring .... Don't kid yourself, Rizzo. There is VERY little or NO "on-screen" gore or splatter in a LOT of the greatest ones.. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , Night of the Living Dead , Psycho ... But as for the most DISTURBING I would include such movies as Deliverance and I Spit on Your Grave and Nekromantik and THE EXORCIST (!) ... and Last House is an easy tie for first place! This movie has that certain appeal to it that makes you want to go take a shower after you see it... < GOR >

Spout Post: Re:Is there anything scarier than the imagination?

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:14:10 GMT

Post By: seely
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 1/15/2009 9:14:10 AM
Body: Ugh! Thanks for making me relive that! Its funny everyone has mentioned TCM, because that was one of the films I specifically had in mind as I wrote my original post. I would cite Uwe Boll and the Saw series as examples of what I see as the problem with modern horror. I think its the suspense that is lacking--instead of long drawn out seat clinging girlfriend wrapped around your neck scenes, we're often hit with a barrage of brutal scenes and gore, one after the other with little build up. Is anyone today still making TCM-style films, and leaving the audience to terrify themselves? [quote user="Risselada"] Sometimes it's the suspense that you might see something horrible that is so disturbing. I actually found the very beginning sequence of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to be super freaky because of this. You know how everthing is black and then you see a flash and hear that noise of the flash bulb coming up? It's been a while since I've seen this movie, but I remember for just a moment each time you hear that noise you see a quick flash of something grotesque. Although I don't think anything was actually that bad, somehow you were afraid that with the next flash you were going to see something even worse! [/quote]

Spout Post: Re:Is there anything scarier than the imagination?

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:10:20 GMT

Post By: Dr_Gor
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 1/14/2009 10:10:20 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] Sometimes it's the suspense that you might see something horrible that is so disturbing. I actually found the very beginning sequence of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to be super freaky because of this. You know how everthing is black and then you see a flash and hear that noise of the flash bulb coming up? It's been a while since I've seen this movie, but I remember for just a moment each time you hear that noise you see a quick flash of something grotesque. Although I don't think anything was actually that bad, somehow you were afraid that with the next flash you were going to see something even worse! [/quote] That was such a good movie! Try to imagine a pretty young Damsel going through a nightmare like that... For a movie that has (virtually) no gore, this is one of my favorites. The story itself is so violent and bloody and graphic that they don't really need to show all the details! The climactic end on the highway was priceless and this is one of my favorite movies of all time. < GOR >

Spout Post: Re:The Onion AV Club recently featured a list of "5 unnecessary film sequels that are great anyway." Which do you find the best?

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:19:51 GMT

Post By: SkyPilot
Post To: Movie Polls
Post Date: 1/14/2009 9:19:51 AM
Body: I haven't seen the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre or the sequel, but I'm surprised to see #2 here. I can tell you that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) is both unnecessary and not great. Can you believe it took 12 years for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 to come out? It's hard to imagine that, since these days more Saw films than James Bond flicks come out.

Spout Post: Re:Is there anything scarier than the imagination?

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:33:41 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 1/13/2009 11:33:41 AM
Body: [quote user="Dr_Gor"] [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="seely"] I was thinking about Horror films as I walked to work today, and I came up with a question for you all... Is there anything scarier than your own imagination? I always feel as though too often there are incredibly detailed, graphic potrayals of violence and brutality in horror films for the shock value. Some of the truly scariest horror scenes that I can remember were ones actually left to the viewer's imagination... you don't see exactly what happened, so you're forced to imagine what did. I almost feel as though directors now don't give their audiences enough credit when making these explicitly graphic films. Curious to hear how you all feel about it... [/quote] You are probably right. I found The Blair Witch Project to be one of the scariest movies and there's really hardly anything really shown. Just the fear of main characters. [/quote] This is a good subject. Many of the BEST horror films have NO on-screen gore at all! Blair Witch is an EXCELLENT example, Rizzo! The Haunting and Frankenstien and Dracula and almost everyone of those old Universal Horror Movies! All of the violence takes place JUST off-screen and we are treated to some sound effects to make the illusion complete. Try watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre one more time and you will think that you are watching an edited version of that film! There is virtually NO on-screen gore at all! It is all done with sound effects and your own imagination... < GOR > [/quote] Sometimes it's the suspense that you might see something horrible that is so disturbing. I actually found the very beginning sequence of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to be super freaky because of this. You know how everthing is black and then you see a flash and hear that noise of the flash bulb coming up? It's been a while since I've seen this movie, but I remember for just a moment each time you hear that noise you see a quick flash of something grotesque. Although I don't think anything was actually that bad, somehow you were afraid that with the next flash you were going to see something even worse!

Spout Post: Re:Is there anything scarier than the imagination?

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:49:35 GMT

Post By: Dr_Gor
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 1/12/2009 9:49:35 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="seely"] I was thinking about Horror films as I walked to work today, and I came up with a question for you all... Is there anything scarier than your own imagination? I always feel as though too often there are incredibly detailed, graphic potrayals of violence and brutality in horror films for the shock value. Some of the truly scariest horror scenes that I can remember were ones actually left to the viewer's imagination... you don't see exactly what happened, so you're forced to imagine what did. I almost feel as though directors now don't give their audiences enough credit when making these explicitly graphic films. Curious to hear how you all feel about it... [/quote] You are probably right. I found The Blair Witch Project to be one of the scariest movies and there's really hardly anything really shown. Just the fear of main characters. [/quote] This is a good subject. Many of the BEST horror films have NO on-screen gore at all! Blair Witch is an EXCELLENT example, Rizzo! The Haunting and Frankenstien and Dracula and almost everyone of those old Universal Horror Movies! All of the violence takes place JUST off-screen and we are treated to some sound effects to make the illusion complete. Try watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre one more time and you will think that you are watching an edited version of that film! There is virtually NO on-screen gore at all! It is all done with sound effects and your own imagination... < GOR >

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