1/18/2024 0 Comments Edwin neal texas chainsaw massacreThe bunch of kids driving out to a secluded cabin (in the woods, indeed), and all the rest. Lots of horror movie tropes in this one, which is fair since this is the one they all came from. I confess to ignorance, never having really seen much of his stuff (I hadn’t seen this before either, and I haven’t seen any of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre sequels and remakes), but this was definitely a nice build up to a shockingly abrupt and violent series of gory murders (that first appearance of Leatherface with the hammer, bwaaahahaha) and suitably horrible creepy-redneck cannibal family antics. Hooper creates – or so I’m told – great atmospheric and slow-build stories, particularly in his horror. Fahrenheit we were the only four people in the theatre who weren’t enjoying the movie ironically, but that might be uncharitable of him to say. The reboot-reboot?Īnyway, this is a true classic and highly enjoyable. My main take-away was that the crazy hitchhiker character looked suspiciously like James Franco. And check out the stuff about the mafia front that acted as original film distributor. The IMDB page linked above, and the Wikipedia page here, have a lot of fun info about the movie.įor example, John Larroquette (of Boston Legal fame, among many many other things) claimed that his payment for narrating the movie was a marijuana joint. This was really fun and – considering its age – an excellent film, very much a classic of the cinema and the genre and … okay, it was cheesy and hammily-acted at best and generally old-movie-looking, but it has held up really well. Start screaming now with SCREAMBOX on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Prime Video, Roku, YouTube TV, Samsung, Comcast, Cox, Philo, and practically cosplayed as the Sawyer family. SCREAMBOX has more than stocking stuffers, with the service now streaming several holiday horror gems from Rare Exports to Christmas Evil, Day of the Beast, Deep Red, Black Christmas and even Silent Night, Deadly Night 2, as well as Original/Exclusives Secret Santa and Night of the Missing! You’re going to walk away thinking, damn that was fun! Sometimes a film comes along and all you can say is ‘that is exactly what I needed.’ Santastein is the kind of playful and ridiculous film that makes holiday horror such a unique genre. ![]() Written and directed by Manuel Camilion & Benjamin Edelman, the film was produced by Fernanda Lamuño, Leonardo Pereira, Vasisth Sukul & Natalie Veater and will be released as a SCREAMBOX Exclusive in December, just in time for the holidays! ![]() When Santa attacks their friend’s Christmas party, it’s up to them to take the holiday icon down.” What they don’t realize is that instead of a jolly gift giver, they unleash a bloodthirsty monster. When they decide to bring back the body of a man dressed like Santa Claus, Max feels it is his chance to right the wrongs of his past having accidentally killed Father Christmas when he was six. With their first successful rodent resurrection, they set their sights on something bigger, following in the footsteps of Frankenstein himself. ![]() “Santastein tells the story of two friends (Max & Paige) with a rather peculiar hobby, they like to bring things back from the dead. “The perfect comfort-watching stocking stuffer,” as Josh at the Movies describes it, the film follows a young man who brings a serial killer Santa Claus back to life. Here comes Santa Claus has never been such a sinister warning…įollowing its triumphant premiere at this year’s Popcorn Frights Film Festival, the horror-comedy Santastein is ready to wreak havoc on a whole new audience with Santa being resurrected on SCREAMBOX tomorrow, just in time for Christmas!
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