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‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ gets 4K Steelbook release

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Dark Sky Films is releasing a director-approved 4K restoration of Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE on UHD for the first time in a special SteelBook release.

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.​

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EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Todd Tucker, co-founder of Illusion Industries – the team behind the new Leatherface mask for ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ 2022 (with behind the scenes photos!)

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We were delighted to speak with Make Up/Special Effects Artist and Director Todd Tucker whose company Illusion Industries Inc. provided a new take on the iconic Leatherface mask for the 2022 film Texas Chainsaw Massacre (click here to read our review).

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“…It opened the door for every icon slasher character that came after including Michael, Jason, Freddy, the list goes on. It was an honor for our team to create the new version of Leatherface”

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Toolbox Murders 2 gets UK release 

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Toolbox Murders 2 gets an October 12th UK DVD & Download release just in time for Halloween.

The handyman of horror is back with a new box of tricks in in this terrifying sequel to Tobe Hooper‘s 2004 reimagining of the 1978 cult favourite. The 2004 counterpart has become a classic in its own right.
Picking up directly after the events of Hooper’s film, we follow ‘Coffin Baby’, Hollywood’s most twisted killers, as he plans to put the screws to a new victim – Samantha, the sister of his prey from his previous rampage. Samantha finds herself held captive in a house of horrors and forced to undergo the most unspeakable tortures. Continue reading →

Horror Month: Interview with Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2)

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Horror Month – June 2015

Bill_Moseley_Comic_Con_Premiere_Devil_Rejects_wnh0FbLKxoflWe spoke with horror legend Bill Moseley known for his role as Choptop Sawyer in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. He has had many other notable roles in horror including House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects, Halloween (2007) with Rob Zombie and Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness. 

” I loved and was terrified! by the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre”

 

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Horror Month: Interview with R. A. Mihailoff (Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III)

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https://i0.wp.com/www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/R+Mihailoff+2007+CineVegas+Film+Festival+Day+33mmRgfu4Sdl.jpgHorror Month – June 2015
We spoke to horror icon R. A. Mihailoff who is best known for playing the iconic character of Leatherface in Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. He has also appeared in films such as Drive, Hatchet II & Pumpkinhead II.


“I think that the best villains don’t intentionally set out to be evil per se, if they believe that their cause is just then their actions are justified. Leatherface certainly falls under this category.”

BluRay Review: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Limited Edition – 2013)

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Written by Lewis Mainwaring

This Limited Edition (Nov 2013) release by Arrow Films (10,000 copies) of the 1986 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is the sequel to the 1974 iconic movie The Texas chainsaw Massacre.IMG_2332

Tagged lined ‘The Buzz is Back’ this second installment of the franchise sees the Sawyer clan relocated from their family home and on a killing spree in an abandoned amusement park.

The original film poster is a parody of the 1985 film The Breakfast Club.

Chainsaw-wielding maniac Leatherface (Bill Johnson) is up to his cannibalistic ways once again, along with the rest of his twisted clan, including the equally disturbed Chop-Top (Bill Moseley). This time, the masked serial killer has set his sights on pretty disc jockey Vanita “Stretch” Brock (Caroline Williams), who teams up with Texas law-man Lefty Enright (Dennis Hopper) to battle the psychopath and his family deep within their lair.
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