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The Texas chain saw massacre / Vortex ; story and screenplay, Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper ; producer/director, Tobe Hooper.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DVD8090 | Dark Sky FilmsLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]Distributor: Orland Park, IL : MPI Media Group : Dark Sky Films Edition: 40th anniversaryDescription: 1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 078861777X
  • 9780788617775
Other title:
  • Texas chain saw massacre
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Daniel Pearl ; editors, Sallye Richardson and J. Larry Carroll ; music score, Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell ; music performers, Arkey Blue, Roger Bartlett & Friends, Timberline Rose, Los Cyclones.
Cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn.Summary: 40 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.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD HORROR Texas ch Available 33111009509056
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD HORROR Texas ch Available 33111009509049
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

40 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.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0, mono.

Title from container.

English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles.

Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn.

Cinematographer, Daniel Pearl ; editors, Sallye Richardson and J. Larry Carroll ; music score, Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell ; music performers, Arkey Blue, Roger Bartlett & Friends, Timberline Rose, Los Cyclones.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.

"All new 4K digital restoration"--Container.

Rating: R.

40 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.

Bonus features: 4 commentaries.

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