The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: (4K UHD and Blu-ray) Limited edition

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And then Leatherface ( Gunnar Hansen) shows up and all hell breaks loose for these five teenagers. Hooper’s independent classic is one of those rare breed of genre films. Much like Night of the Living Dead, it is much better than it needs to be. Standing as a metaphor for everything from animal cruelty to our involvement in Vietnam, the dark entrails on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre have been dragged through many a film student’s thesis. The fact that the material – involving a family of serial killers – is so malleable is proof of its continued importance. Massacre, as it clearly surpasses all previous home video editions and likely even original theatrical showings. It's quite simply that

presentation featuring additional restoration work" and a "Dolby Vision/HDR presentation produced by Second Sight Films" (as well as a Blu-ray copy Audio Commentary #3 - The first of several larger group chats, this one with cinematographer Daniel Pearl, editor J.be relieved that both the DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio and DTS-HD 1.0 MA mixes included here are genuine rather than clumsy downmixes of newer The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Limited Edition) is out in the UK on 4K Ultra HD 10 April, 2023, from Second Sight Films. For a synopsis of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, please read Martin Liebman's review of MPI's 2008 Ultimate Edition Blu-ray. This is a clear genre

Blu-ray... yet it still falls a little short of whatever qualifies as "perfection" in this dark corner of cinema. Commentary with Cinematographer Daniel Pearl, Editor J. Larry Carroll, and Sound Recordist Ted Nicolaou

reveal the obvious improvements achieved in regular high definition. The picture is certainly a bit brighter but not unnaturally so, again with much Horror fans raised on a gluttonous diet of increasingly simpler, or even more complicated horror films, might be dismissive toward The Texas Chain Saw Massacre upon their first viewing. It’s a simple premise by any decade’s standards, but it’s the quality of the material that stands up. It doesn’t help that the film was sequelized and remade, becoming a franchise almost by accident, meaning that those who’ve seen its later iterations may not be as affected by it. But for the rest of us, that initial stunned feeling of seeing it in a theater in 1974, or later on VHS when your parents weren’t around and you were able to rent it without restriction, can rarely be equaled. Second Sight has done the impossible and made this low-budget classic horror film look almost like a reference quality release. Their 4K restoration of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre immediately moves to the top of the heap. Recommended. Now, it’s important to note that all of these differences are subtle ones. Second Sight’s version isn’t necessarily a night-and-day improvement, but it’s still an improvement across the board. When viewed in native 4K via projection, Second Sight is the clear winner. Depending on the size and type of display that you have, as well as your viewing distance, your mileage may vary. Yet the differences are still there, if you look for them.

Granpaw's Tales (HD, 16 min) — An interview with John Dugan reminisces on his involvement with the production, his performance and ultimately, his reaction to the film.The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - a new feature length documentary produced by Second Sight Films