{"id":737323,"date":"2026-08-14T02:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737323\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T02:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:52:11","slug":"first-photo-animated-texas-chain-saw-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737323\/","title":{"rendered":"First Photo: Animated &#8220;Texas Chain Saw Massacre&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/first-photo-animated-texas-chain-saw-massacre.jpg\" data-caption=\"Dark Sky Films, Fathom Entertainment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/first-photo-animated-texas-chain-saw-massacre.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"first-photo-animated-texas-chain-saw-massacre\"\/><\/a>Dark Sky Films, Fathom Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>A first photo has been released from a fully hand-drawn rotoscoped version of Tobe Hooper\u2019s horror classic \u201cThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Art Director Paul Beck (\u201cA Scanner Darkly\u201d) is behind the work, leading a team that will trace the live-action version frame-by-frame to create a new spin on the cult classic.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the project is to preserve the performances, atmosphere and intensity of the original while creating an entirely new visual experience.<\/p>\n<p>Dark Sky Films and Fathom Entertainment will offer a first-look behind-the-scenes featurette for the film with their one-night-only screenings of the original film\u2019s 4K restoration in cinemas next Tuesday (August 18th).<\/p>\n<p>The clip will explore the painstaking art of rotoscoping, a century-old animation technique seen on such films as Richard Linklater\u2019s \u201cWaking Life\u201d and Ralph Bakshi\u2019s \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The companies are marketing the original film\u2019s re-release as \u2018Texas Chain Saw Day\u2019.  Tickets are now on sale.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/crystal-lake-posters-tease-the-voorhees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCrystal Lake\u201d Posters Tease The Voorhees<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/supergirl-lobo-featurette-gets-pulled\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSupergirl\u201d Lobo Featurette Gets Pulled<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dark Sky Films, Fathom Entertainment A first photo has been released from a fully hand-drawn rotoscoped version of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[94966,96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-737323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}