![]() Partain), a character who remains for the efforts of Hooper and Partain (apparently so irritating in real life that his cohorts were relieved by his on-screen demise) one of the most unapologetically irritating and pathetic figures in film and find noteworthy not that a handicapped person is allowed to be a self-pitying asshole, but that we're not let off the hook (as it were) for our own prejudices. Look at the assiduous reduction of wheelchair-bound outcast Franklin (Paul A. More than the typical rise-of-the-bumpkins horror conceit, it is, along with John Boorman's Deliverance from two years earlier, the classic example of a film that isn't about what it's ostensibly about. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedowīy Walter Chaw If we start from the position that Sally (Marilyn Burns) is burdened from the get-go by two misfit monsters, then we can look at Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as not only a keen autopsy of a particular moment in our country's history (circa 1974), but also a profoundly sensitive look at social prejudices and the toll said prejudices take on the human social organism. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen), who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.Starring Marilyn Burns, Paul A. After a detour to their family’s old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. Partain), set out with their friends to investigate. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper, 1974 / 83 mins / 18A) When Sally (Marilyn Burns) hears that her grandfather’s grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin (Paul A. ![]() Alternately, you can bring this information with you to the venue, and we will do our best to help you at the box office. *If you are looking to redeem your tickets to either a canceled Rio Theatre screening or a Rio Theatre gift certificate, please email with info including your name, canceled receipt number, gift certificate info, what you are wanting to see and when, and we can make the switch for you in advance. Rio Theatre Groupons and passes OK for any single film screening only. ![]() Late Night Date Night! Be a hero and bring a friend or a date for 2-for-1 admission. “Thanks to a smart script and documentary-style camerawork, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE achieves start-to-finish suspense, making it a classic in low-budget exploitation cinema.” ( Rotten Tomatoes)ĭoors 10:30 pm | Movie 11:00 pm *Start time subject to change. More than just a mere slasher or exploitation film, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE works almost entirely because of the absolute commitment from its principle cast there are very few instances of a character in a film (horror or otherwise) whose silent, wordless presence is capable of delivering the tremendous balance of sheer terror and pathos that Gunnar Hansen convey as Leatherface, whose performance as the chainsaw-wielding cannibal who terrorizes a young woman (another of the film’s phenomenal performances from scream queen Marilyn Burns) and her friends is as tense and frightening today as it was in 1974. Though the film did not enjoy immediate success at the box office, it has since gathered a hefty cult following, and is considered by many to be groundbreaking work in the genre of horror. Most noteworthy is “Leatherface” ( Gunnar Hansen), the chainsaw-wielding fellow who has something of a penchant for human flesh. When a sister and her brother take a group of friends to visit the farmhouse of their deceased grandfather, they discover that just next door lives a whole family of repugnant psycho killers. ![]() Just as Alfred Hitchcock‘s PSYCHOwas based on the life of deeply disturbed farmer Ed Gein, so is this little story of depravity and dementia. The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series on Friday, August 19 with one of our all-time favourite late-night, scary cinematic offerings: Tobe Hooper‘s iconic 1974 slasher masterpiece, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE ( gore-geously remastered in 2014!). ![]()
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