Scarecrowber: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (4K Restoration)
October 4 - 16, 2024
50 years old and still the apex of horror films! The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a dirt-sweaty and utterly terrifying 84 minutes about an impenetrable monster introducing an unfortunate group of post-Summer of Love twenty-somethings to his cannibalistic family and human trophies in his dilapidated Austin home. Based on “…one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history…” that also inspired Psycho‘s Norman Bates, and The Silence of the Lambs' Buffalo Bill. —Jensen
Restored in 4K.
Passes: $100 | $75 Members - Provides access to all Scarecrowber screenings
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50 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was unleashed on a politically and socially tumultuous America in 1974. Facing a storm of controversy, censorship, and outcry throughout its troubled release, this masterpiece of horror has stood the test of time to become a landmark motion picture and cultural milestone.
- Director: Tobe Hooper
- Principal Cast: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen
- Country: USA
- Year: 1974
- Running Time: 84 min.
- Producer: Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, Jay Parsley, Richard Saenz
- Screenplay: Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel
- Cinematographers: Daniel Pearl
- Editors: J. Larry Carroll, Sallye Richardson
- Music: Wayne Bell, Tobe Hooper
- Filmography: Poltergeist (1982), Eaten Alive (1976), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
- Language: English
- Format: 4K Restoration