One thing about the late, great Tobe Hooper: He left the ding-dang-diddly dog alone, whether it was intentional or not.
Of all the things in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” the 1973 horror picture contains a lovely deception not unlike the shower scene in “Psycho,” in that you think you saw more bloodshed than you really saw.
One common horror trope that escapes the spinning Poulan 306A blades is that of the slaughtered domesticated pet.There are plenty of memorable, notorious images from Hooper’s influential take on the dysfunctional American family, mostly from its Large Adult Son Leatherface, who has sliced and diced his…The post The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s Opening Was a Pure Ridiculous Accident appeared first on /Film.
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