The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel, written by Scott Kosar, and starring Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour and R. Lee Ermey.
It s plot follows a group of young adults traveling through rural Texas who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family.
It is a remake of Tobe Hooper's 1974 film of the same name, and the fifth installment in" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise.
Several crew members of the original film were involved with the project: Hooper and writer Kim Henkel served as co-producers; Daniel Pearl returned as cinematographer; and John Larroquette reprised his voice narration for the opening intertitles.
The film was released in the United States on October 17, 2003, and grossed$ 107 million at the U.S. box office.
It is considered one of the most commercially successful horror film remakes of the 21st century, despite receiving mixed- negative reviews.
A prequel was released in 2006, titled.
" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was the first film to be produced by Platinum Dunes, who would go on to produce remakes of several other 20th- century horror films.
Mario Imperoli
Mario Imperoli( 24 June 1931- 24 December 1977) was an Italian director, producer, screenwriter and journalist.
Born in Rome, Imperoli started his career as a journalist for several magazines and newspapers.
He entered the cinema industry in 1970, as the screenwriter and producer of the Vittorio De Sisti's giallo" L'interrogatorio".
He later directed eight films, often characterized by erotic themes.
He directed Gloria Guida in her debut film," Monika".
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Beginning is a 2006 American slasher film and a prequel to the 2003 film" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
The sixth installment in" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise was directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper( co- creators of the original 1974 film).
The film's story takes place four years before the timeline of the 2003 film.
It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer and R. Lee Ermey.
Originally, the film had the subtitle" The Origin".
New Line had to pay$ 3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the rights to the franchise after Dimension Films made a large offer to buy it from the original right- holders.
" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" went into release in North America on October 6, 2006, by New Line Cinema.
The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed$ 51.8 million on a budget of$ 16 million.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
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The Next Generation( originally The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is a 1995 American slasher film written and directed by Kim Henkel, and starring Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Jacks as Leatherface.
The plot follows four teenagers who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family in backwoods Texas on the night of their prom.
It is the fourth installment in the" Texas Chainsaw Massacre" series, and also features uncredited cameo appearances from Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, and John Dugan, all stars of the original film.
Writer- director Kim Henkel had previously co-written the original" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"( 1974) with Tobe Hooper; the events of the previous two sequel films are addressed in" The Next Generation" s opening prologue as" two minor, yet apparently related incidents" which happened after the events of the original film, though no explanation is given for how Leatherface survived his apparent offscreen death at the end of the second film.
" Next Generation" was shot on location in rural areas outside of Austin, Texas in the summer of 1994.
The film was screened as" The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in 1995 before being shelved by Columbia Pictures.
Two years later, it was re-cut and released under the title" Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation" on August 29, 1997, after Zellweger and McConaughey had both become major Hollywood stars, but was a critical and financial failure.
Though a full soundtrack was never released, a companion single featured in the film performed by star Robert Jacks and Debbie Harry was released on compact disc in 1997.
This was the final installment in the original series, with the next entry being a remake of the original film.
Bill Johnson (film and television actor)
Bill Johnson( born December 16, 1951) is an American actor, known for his role as Leatherface in the 1986 horror film" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2".
Tobe Hooper
Willard Tobe Hooper( January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror genre.
The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time.
Born in Austin, Texas, Hooper's feature film debut was the independent" Eggshells"( 1969), which he co-wrote with Kim Henkel.
The two reunited to co-write" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"( 1974), which Hooper also directed.
The film went on to become a classic of the genre, and was described in 2010 by" The Guardian" as" one of the most influential films ever made."
Hooper subsequently directed the horror film" Eaten Alive"( 1977), followed by the 1979 miniseries" Salem's Lot", an adaptation of the novel by Stephen King.
Following this, Hooper signed on to direct" The Funhouse"( 1981), a major studio slasher film distributed by Universal Pictures.
The following year, he directed the supernatural thriller" Poltergeist", written and produced by Steven Spielberg.
In the mid-1980s, Hooper directed two science fiction horror films:" Lifeforce"( 1985) and" Invaders from Mars"( 1986), followed by" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2"( 1986), a big- budget sequel to his original film.
The 1990s saw Hooper directing various horror and sci-fi projects, including" Spontaneous Combustion"( 1990), which he also co-wrote; the television anthology film" Body Bags"( 1993); and" The Mangler"( 1995), another adaptation of a Stephen King story.
Hooper directed several projects throughout the 2000s, including the monster film" Crocodile"( 2000), an episode of the sci-fi miniseries" Taken"( 2002), and two episodes of" Masters of Horror"( 2005 – 2006).
He died in 2017 at the age of 74 of natural causes.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2( marketed as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2) is a 1986 American black comedy slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper.
It serves as a sequel to" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", also directed and co-written by Hooper.
It was written by L. M. Kit Carson and produced by Carson, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Hooper.
Starring Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley and Jim Siedow, the plot follows a radio host victimized and captured by Leatherface and his cannibalistic family while a former Texas Marshall hunts them down.
During its theatrical release, the film grossed$ 8 million against its$ 4.7 million budget and became popular on home video.
The sequel received a mixed reception from critics and audiences alike.
Positives and negatives referred to its emphasis on black comedy and gore, which departed from the first film's utilized minimal gore, low- budget vérité style and atmosphere to build tension and fear.
Director Tobe Hooper decided to focus on its black comedy as he believed this was present in the first film, but was unacknowledged by viewers because of its gritty content.
Despite the mixed reception, the film eventually gained a cult following.
It was followed by.
Marietta Marich
Marietta Marich( April 5, 1930 – September 28, 2017) was an American actress, singer, writer, stage director, and television host, best known for her role in the 2003 film" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
Like Rabid Dogs
Like Rabid Dogs is a 1976 Italian crime- thriller film written and directed by Mario Imperoli.
It is loosely inspired by the Circeo Massacre, in which three young men abducted, and then raped and tortured, two young women over a two- day period.
Lou Perryman
Louis Byron" Lou" Perryman( August 15, 1941 – April 1, 2009), also known as Lou Perry, was an American character actor.
He acted in a number of small roles both on television and in films such as" The Blues Brothers PoltergeistBoys Do n't Cry" and" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2".
He was a film crew member on the original" Texas Chainsaw Massacre" film.
Perryman also starred in Texas independent filmmaker Eagle Pennell's" The Whole Shootin' Match" and" Last Night at the Alamo".

Question: Which film has the director died later, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 or Like Rabid Dogs?
Answer: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2