"That was me, having to go back and do it one more time. The slasher film would evolve into a formula of highly sexualized, graphic violence with minimal plot and buckets of blood and a key Final Girl who outlives her teenage counterparts and emerges from the horrific events a changed. "When I was crazy at the end of the movie, laughing hysterically, that wasn’t acting," Burns says. 2 Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) was one of the first to pioneer the ‘slasher horror’ genre. The bizarre nightmare of this production is best reflected in Burns who was asked to return to set once more for reshoots.
These characteristics are predominantly concerned with the gratuitous violence, the body and gender. With an environment like this, it is no wonder The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has gone down in history as one of the most horrific slasher films of the 20th century, even originally earning an X-rating, despite Hooper aiming for PG-rating. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre helped usher in this new era of postmodern horror and these five characteristics of the postmodern horror film are easily identifiable within it. Furthermore, as mentioned earlier, Burns was struck several times in the head, and what prompted this was several cast and crew members, including Burns, encouraging Jim Siedow (Old Man) to actually "hit her." It was hugely influential for horror films that followed, and so. Because of this, many of the cast grew to dislike him on set. Made for only 140,000, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was a massive hit, grossing 26.5 million the year it was released. Partain (Franklin) decided to take a method approach to his role as Sally's annoying brother. A tale of five friends en route to visit a grave in Texas who end up falling victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
Other actors were also deeply invested in their characters, effecting the raport on set. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE not only changed the face of horror in 1974 but still remains one of the most shocking, powerful and terrifying films ever made.
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