{"id":115437,"date":"2025-11-01T05:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T05:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/115437\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T05:50:09","slug":"chain-reactions-heads-to-blu-ray-with-8-rare-versions-of-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/115437\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Chain Reactions’ Heads to Blu-ray with 8 Rare Versions of ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chain Reactions\u00a0will be released on Blu-ray mediabook on December 2 exclusively from Dark Sky Selects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The documentary is accompanied by eight (!) rare versions of the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, along with a 24-page booklet with exclusive photos and essays.<\/p>\n

The set will cost $44.98, but it\u2019s 20% off at $35.98 during the pre-order period. For one week only, you can also get an edition with a Texas Chain Saw tee from Rucking Fotten for $59.98.<\/p>\n

Disc 1 \u2013 Chain Reactions:<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary by Writer-Director Alexandre O. Philippe
\nThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre Outtakes
\nTheatrical Trailer<\/p>\n

Disc 2 \u2013 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre:<\/p>\n

16mm Overscan Print (85 mins)
\n16mm \u2018BBQ Edition\u2019 Print (84 mins)
\n35mm Grindhouse Print (80 mins)
\n1984 K-Tel Australian VHS (85 mins)
\nK-Tel Australian Trailer<\/p>\n

Disc 3 \u2013 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre:<\/p>\n

1981 Wizard Video VHS (84 mins)
\n1987 Bootleg Czechoslovakian VHS (69 mins)
\n1978 Super 8mm Print (Iver Film Services) (22 mins)
\n1980s Slovakian Betamax (83 mins)<\/p>\n

The Czechoslovakian and Slovakian versions are presented in their original language without subtitles.<\/p>\n

In the 1974 genre-defining masterpiece, five youths traveling through rural Texas fall prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family.<\/p>\n

Tobe Hooper directs from a script he co-wrote with Kim Henkel. Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, and Jim Siedow star.<\/p>\n

In Chain Reactions, master of horror Stephen King,\u00a0actor\/comedian Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer), Australian film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and director Karyn Kusama (Jennifer\u2019s Body, The Invitation) each discuss their memories and experiences with the horror classic.<\/p>\n

By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats, the doc goes to the heart of how a low-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.<\/p>\n

Alexandre O. Philippe (The People vs. George Lucas, 78\/52, Memory: The Origins of Alien) directs.<\/p>\n

Daniel Kurland wrote in his review<\/a>, \u201cChain Reactions is a love letter to Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its grander impact on horror and film. It\u2019s also such a glowing celebration of the power of cinema and its ability to open minds and bring people to new worlds, as glib as that may seem.\u201d<\/p>\n

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