“A Whole Family of Draculas:” Subverting Gothic Horror in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The 1970s saw the end of the reign of Hammer horror. That studio had kicked off its long-running...
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Massacres and Traps: Tobe Hooper’s Southern Horror Films
It is not surprising that the term ‘American Gothic’ still makes folk automatically...
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre turns 40!
This year marks the 40th anniverary of Tobe Hopper’s 1974 classic, The Texas Chainsaw...
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Talking Terror: Joe DeRosa
Horror. To some, the genre is that of cheap thrills, startles and nightmare fodder to allow...
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Texas Chainsaw 3D (Film Review)
The Socially Conscious Revamp That Never Was Allow me to preface this review but stating that, in...
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“Texas Chainsaw” Director John Luessenhop Pops His Horror Cherry in 3D
Speaking with Diabolique, John Luessenhop recalls a pre-production discussion he had with Screen...
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