The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Companion

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Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword by Gunnar Hansen; Unexpected; Prelude: Eggshells; "Psychedelic Crap!"; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; "We Just Want to Make Something For a Buck"; Fixing It: The Joys of Post-Production; 30 Years After and It Just Won't Die!; Texas Chain Saw and the British Censor; "The Pornography of Terror"; Texas Chain Saw and the Critics; "The Absolute Degradation of the Artistic Imagination"; The Career of Tobe Hooper; Eaten Alive; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2; "This Is the Cinema of Excess!"; "Worth Cutting Further.";In 1974, a low-budget, no-star horror movie was unleashed on the world, causing panic among the censors and provoking glee from its intended audience. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is still as powerful today as when it was first seen almost thirty years ago, and will return to the screens in a high profile remake this Halloween. Now, in this long-awaited companion to Tobe Hooper's groundbreaking film, Stefan Jaworzyn gives us the inside story of one of the most successful, controversial and influential horror films ever made, as well as in-depth coverage of the three sequels, various documentaries and other movies also based on the life of serial killer Ed Gein. Packed with exclusive interviews, rare and unseen pictures, and with a foreword from the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface himself, Gunnar Hansen! Cover Copyright Title Page Acknowledgements Contents Foreword by Gunnar Hansen Unexpected Prelude: Eggshells "Psychedelic Crap!" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre "We Just Want to Make Something For a Buck" Fixing It: The Joys of Post-Production 30 Years After and It Just Won't Die! Texas Chain Saw and the British Censor "The Pornography of Terror" Texas Chain Saw and the Critics "The Absolute Degradation of the Artistic Imagination" The Career of Tobe Hooper Eaten Alive The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 "This Is the Cinema of Excess!" "Worth Cutting Further." Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III"Junior Likes Them Private Parts" The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre "There's No Way You Can Go Over the Top!" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 "A Unique Way of Grossing People Out" Documentaries and Associated Films "The Texture of Human Beings at Work" The Life and Crimes of Ed Gein "A Human Horror Story of Ghastly Proportions" Afterword A Horror Film to Scare the Shit Out of You Cast of Characters Credits, Select Bibliography and Weblinks.