1.00PM -FRIDAY 27TH AUGUST -TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

Total Icon Retrospective - Time has not dimmed the shock value of the seminal classic from director Tobe Hooper, based on the same real-life Ed Gein case that inspired PSYCHO. Only granted a certificate from the British Board of Film Classification for its 25th Anniversary release in 1999, this highly influential scream-filled chiller tells the story of five Texas hippies who encounter a family of murderous cannibals who kill passers-by and use the human meat in their special recipe sausages. Hooper masterfully uses documentary-style realism, coupled with the horror of anticipation and suggestion, to take the terror factor into stunning and disturbing areas. Made on a micro-budget that adds to the harsh tone, this razor-sharp nightmare began the power tool cult and brought Gunnar Hansen’s Leatherface to horror icon glory. But it’s the brutal accumulative effect of Hooper’s mater-of-fact direction that freezes the scalp and puts alarmed imagination on overdrive.

83 mins

Director: Tobe Hooper

Marilyn Burns - Sally
Gunnar Hansen – Leatherface
Allen Danziger - Jerry
Edwin Neal - Hitchhiker
Paul A. Partain – Franklin

USA 1974

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