Posted by Rob Galluzzo on May 21, 2015 · 1 Comment
Tobe Hooper’s original 1974 classic ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre‘ is not only one of the greatest horror movies ever made, but it also happens to be one of my all time favorite films of any genre. And even now, 40 years later, I still revisit it often, read articles and books, watch any & […]
Category Articles, Fandom, NEWS, People, Retrospectives · Tags Ed Neal, Gunnar Hansen, Icons Of Fright, Jim Siedow, Leatherface, Marilyn Burns, Phantasm, Steven Spielberg, Texas BBQ, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Cook, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper
Posted by Jerry Smith on September 29, 2014 · 1 Comment
This is pretty awesome. The folks at HalloweenCostumes.com wanted to celebrate the 40th anniversary of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and its iconic Leatherface character and sent this awesome artwork/infographic (props to Jacob Kuddes, Jimm McShane and Marlon Heimerl for doing an excellent job on it!) our way. I don’t know about you fright fanatics, but […]
Posted by Jerry Smith on September 23, 2014 · 3 Comments
We’ve all experienced THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE in different ways. For some of us, it came later in life (my embarrassing introduction to the original film can be read here) and for some it was an odd yet interesting experience (during our interview with Bill Moseley a while back, he mentioned seeing it as a […]
Posted by Jerry Smith on September 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment
On the previous Beyond Fright entry, I wrote about The Huntingtons’ “Let’s Go to Haddonfield“, a song that was written about John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN. For this one, I decided to focus on two songs that went in the direction of somewhere else, that place being Texas. Full of heat, barbecue and some good ol’ fashioned murder […]
Category Articles, BEYOND FRIGHT, Fandom, ICONS REVIEWS, People · Tags Chainsaw, Leatherface, Real Solution #9, The Ramones, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, White Zombie
Posted by Jerry Smith on August 8, 2014 · 1 Comment
From the word of mouth travelling around, the new 40th Anniversary 4K transfer of Tobe Hooper’s classic, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is one not to be missed. Icons head honcho Rob G wrote up one hell of an event report for the recent screening of the film, complete with a special Q&A between Hooper and […]
Posted by Jerry Smith on August 6, 2014 · 1 Comment
Yesterday, we all found out that Marilyn Burns had passed away, and while it might not have affected some, it certainly did leave a mark on horror fans everywhere. It seems that a lot of people throw stories up about the passing of genre greats almost immediately, and for a good while today, I fought […]
Posted by Rob Galluzzo on July 23, 2014 · 2 Comments
Monday evening, July 21st, 2014 was a very special night for horror fanatics based in the Los Angeles area! The Vista Theater in association with the fine folks over at the Cinefamily held a very special screening of the legendary horror classic ‘THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE‘ to celebrate it’s 40th (!) anniversary. This version boasts […]
Category Articles, COLUMNS, Event Report, Fandom, NEWS, People · Tags Icons Of Fright, Leatherface, Marilyn Burns, Texas Chainsaw 40th anniversary, Texas Chainsaw new Blu-Ray, the Cinefamily, The Exorcist, the Silent Movie Theater, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Vista, Tobe Hooper, William Friedkin
Posted by Jerry Smith on May 29, 2014 · 2 Comments
Last year, the Icons of Fright staff and I all began contributing to what we called “Icons Firsts”, a series of articles detailing the stories of our first encounters with classic horror films. While it’s a task at times to wrangle everyone together, due to schedules and such, I’m very into the idea of sharing […]