Episode 186: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Secret Ingredient

==Show Notes==
: It's Shocktober! We start the spookiest month of the year with a deep dive into THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE FRANCHISE. The original! The Cannon sequel! The first Leatherface! The Next Generation! It's all watched and discussed.
==Films Discussed==
* Directed by Tobe Hooper
** The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
** Eaten Alive (1977)
** Poltergeist (1982)
** Lifeforce (1985)
** The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
** Invaders from Mars (1986)
* Directed by Jeff Burr
** Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (1990)
** Puppet Master 4 (1993)
** Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)
** Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994)
* Directed by George A. Romero
** Dawn of the Dead (1978)
** Land of the Dead (2005)
* Directed by Jonathan Liebesman
** Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
** Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
* Cat People (1942) Dir. Jacques Tourneur
* The Last House on the Left (1972) Dir. Wes Craven
* Friday the 13th (1980) Dir. Sean S. Cunningham
* The Taming of Rebecca (1982) Dir. Phil Prince
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995) Dir. Kim Henkel
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Dir. Marcus Nispel
* Killer Joe (2011) Dir. William Friedkin
* Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) Dir. Jon Luessenhop
== Discussion Notes ==
* What scares our hosts?
** Justin - Jump scares
** Will - Snuff films and taxes
* What's enjoyable about slasher film?
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
** A movie you can smell
** Authenticity in desperation
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) - the perfect sequel?
** Subtext becoming text
** Will: The 80s are Ronald Reagan, cocaine, and Star Wars
* Collective disgust at 'elevated horror'
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995) 
** One of Matthew McConaughey's best performances ever?
* The varied cast of the chainsaw massacres in Texas
** Marilyn Burns, Dennis Hopper, Viggo Mortensen, Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger, Jessica Biel, Bill Moseley, Gunnar Hansen
==Listener Letters==
* No letters this week!
== Post-Outro Discussion ==
* Our hosts chastise their younger selves and look back at old episodes
** 'Dumb guys talking about high art'
** Young Will: obsessed with 'are these people great filmmakers'
** Young Justin: wanted to talk about things he couldn't talk about with others
* Does exploring canonical filmmakers serve to only reinforce the canon?
* Elaine May
** A New Leaf (1971)
** The Hearbtreak Kid (1972)
** Mikey and Nicky (1976)
** Ishtar (1987)
* Peter Bogdonavich
** Targets (1968)
** The Last Picture Show (1971)
** What's Up, Doc? (1972)
** Paper Moon (1973)
** Saint Jack (1979)
* Radley Metzger
** Misty Beethoven (1976)
* Episodes to potentially revisit?
** Bay vs. Woo
** Abel Ferrara
*** The Driller Killer (1979)
*** The Addiction (1995)
** Ingmar Bergman
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