{"id":350807,"date":"2026-06-26T01:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350807\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T01:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:26:18","slug":"see-a-classic-slasher-in-theaters-on-texas-chain-saw-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350807\/","title":{"rendered":"See a Classic Slasher in Theaters on TEXAS CHAIN SAW Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u26a1 Quick Take<\/p>\n

Texas Chain Saw Massacre is returning to theaters this August in 4K quality.<\/p>\n

The original film was released over 50 years ago, but its fanbase is still alive and well.<\/p>\n

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of the great classics in horror movies, without a doubt. One of the first major slashers of the seventies, even 50 years later, this movie is still terribly disturbing. Now, it is returning to theaters for one night only on August 18.<\/p>\n

\"Leatherface<\/p>\n

Bryanston Distributing Company<\/p>\n

After last year\u2019s Texas Chain Saw Day, the hosts of the event, Dark Sky Films and Fathom Entertainment, have decided to make the event annual.<\/p>\n

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.<\/p>\n

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre took heavy inspiration<\/a> from the story of Ed Gein, a real-life murderer and body snatcher. Gein\u2019s odd family dynamic was very significant to why he turned out the way he did. These themes come through<\/a> in Texas Chain Saw Massacre, with its main antagonist, Leatherface, living in a house with his cannibal family and taking part in chaotic and terrifying dinner rituals. The gross connections between the two stories continue\u2014Gein used tanned human skin in crafty ways, and Leatherface wears a tanned human face. The house shown in the dinner scene also contains furniture made out of human skin and other parts.<\/p>\n

Ed Gein inspired other fictional killers. The Silence of the Lambs\u2018 Buffalo Bill and Psycho\u2018s Norman Bates both utilized aspects of Ed Gein\u2019s real story.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Netflix produced<\/a> a remake of TCSM. I am of the personal belief that if it ain\u2019t broke, there\u2019s no reason to fix it. Nonetheless, A24 is also working on a \u201creimagining\u201d of the franchise, with a movie<\/a> and television<\/a> series in the works. Obsession writer-director Curry Barker is attached to the movie.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, though, the screening on Texas Chain Saw Day is of the original film. Tickets for the event will be available on July 21, so be sure to check your local theaters for a place to participate.<\/p>\n

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