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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)
''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' is an American horror film, horror media franchise, franchise created by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper. It consists of nine films, comics, a novel, and two video game adaptations. The franchise focuses on the Human cannibalism, cannibalistic spree killer Leatherface (who uses a chainsaw as his signature weapon) and his family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside, typically killing and subsequently cooking them. The film series has grossed over $252 million at the worldwide box office. Films ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', released in 1974 in film, 1974, written and directed by Tobe Hooper, was the first and most successful entry in the series. It is considered to be the first of the 1970s slasher films, and originated a great many of the clichés seen in countless later low-budget slashers. Its plot concerns a family of cannibals living in rural Texas, who abduct customers from their gas sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Henkel
Kim David Henkel (born January 19, 1946) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He is best known for co-writing the horror film ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' with Tobe Hooper. Early life Henkel was born in Virginia and grew up in several small towns in South Texas. He began his university studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1964 majoring in English. He graduated in 1969. Mutual friends introduced Henkel to Tobe Hooper and Henkel acted in Hooper's first feature film, '' Eggshells'' (1969).Alison Macor. ''Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas'' University of Texas Press: Austin, 2010. Career Henkel and Hooper co-wrote the original ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' screenplay. Henkel both wrote and directed a sequel, '' Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation'' (1995). He also wrote and co-produced the Eagle Pennell classic ''Last Night at the Alamo'' (1983) as well as the adaptation for Hooper's '' Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menahem Golan
Menahem Golan (; May 31, 1929 – August 8, 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israelis, Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He co-owned The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon specialized in producing low-to-mid-budget American films, primarily Film genre, genre films, during the 1980s after Golan and Globus had achieved significant filmmaking success in Israel during the 1970s. Golan produced films featuring actors such as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and for a period, was known as a producer of comic book-style films like ''Masters of the Universe (1987 film), Masters of the Universe'', ''Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'', ''Captain America (1990 film), Captain America'', and his aborted attempt to bring Spider-Man to the silver screen. Golan also wrote and Screenwriting#polish, polished numerous film scripts under the pen name Joseph Goldman. At the time of his death, Golan had pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheldon Turner
Sheldon Turner is a screenwriter and producer. His produced credits as a screenwriter include '' The Longest Yard'' (2005), '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' (2006), '' Up in the Air'' (2009) and '' X-Men: First Class'' (2011). He is an alum of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Turner was featured in ''The Dialogue'' interview series. In this 90-minute interview with producer Michael De Luca, Turner charts his detour from law school to screenwriting. Turner will be writing the live action ''Splinter Cell'' film. His production company Vendetta Productions recently signed a first-look deal with A+E Studios. Filmography Film writer * '' The Longest Yard'' (2005) * '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' (2006) * '' Up in the Air'' (2009) * '' X-Men: First Class'' (2011) (Story only) * ''Everest'' (2024) Television Awards ''Up in the Air''s script won: * The BAFTA Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay * The Golden Globe Awards for Best Screenplay * The Wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Liebesman
Jonathan Liebesman (born 15 September 1976) is a South African film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films ''Darkness Falls (2003 film), Darkness Falls'' (2003), ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' (2006), ''Battle: Los Angeles'' (2011), ''Wrath of the Titans'' (2012), and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (2014). Personal life Liebesman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He studied filmmaking at the AFDA, The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance and at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He is Jewish. His cousin is director Dean Israelite. At Tisch, he co-wrote and directed an 8-minute short film, ''Genesis and Catastrophe'', adapted from a Roald Dahl short story. The film was screened at numerous festivals around the world, and in 2000 won an award in the category of 'best short' at the Austin Film Festival. This earned Liebesman the "Hollywood Young Filmmaker Award" a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beginning
The Beginning may refer to: Film * ''The Beginning'' (1970 film), a 1970 Soviet film * '' Missing in Action 2: The Beginning'', a 1985 American action film * '' Psycho IV: The Beginning'', a 1990 American horror film * ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Beginning'', the working title for the first ''Star Wars'' prequel film ''The Phantom Menace'' * '' Exorcist: The Beginning'', a 2004 American horror film * '' Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning'', a 2004 Canadian horror film * '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'', a 2006 American horror film * ''The Beginning'' (2007 film), a 2007 skateboarding film * '' The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning'', a 2007 American comedy film * '' Jan Dara: The Beginning'', a 2012 Thai erotic-period-drama film * '' Baahubali: The Beginning'', a 2015 Indian film * ''Warcraft: The Beginning'', the alternative title of ''Warcraft'', a 2016 American action fantasy film based on the eponymous video game series * ''Gogol. The Beginning'', a 2017 Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Fleiss
Mike L. Fleiss (born April 14, 1964) is an American television producer and writer. Early life Fleiss was raised in Fullerton, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley. Career He was the creator, producer, and writer of '' The Bachelor'', The WB's '' Superstar USA'', '' The Bachelorette'', '' The Will'', and '' High School Reunion''. His first reality TV romance show was '' Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?'' He was also the producer of the 2003 remake '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' and its 2006 prequel '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' and the films '' Hostel'' (2005), '' Hostel: Part II'' (2007), and '' Hostel: Part III'' (2011). In 2008, his Next Entertainment production company signed a deal with Warner. Personal life His 24-year marriage to his high school sweetheart, Alexandra Vorbeck, ended in 2012. He married former Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler, in April 2014. The couple's son, Benjamin, was born in May 2015. In November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bay
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget high-concept action films with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include ''Bad Boys (1995 film), Bad Boys'' (1995) and its sequel ''Bad Boys II'' (2003), ''The Rock (film), The Rock'' (1996), ''Armageddon (1998 film), Armageddon'' (1998), ''Pearl Harbor (film), Pearl Harbor'' (2001), the first five films in the ''Transformers (film series), Transformers'' film series, ''13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'' (2016), ''6 Underground (film), 6 Underground'' (2019), and ''Ambulance (2022 film), Ambulance'' (2022). His films have grossed over worldwide, making him the List of highest-grossing directors, fourth-most commercially successful director in history. He is co-founder of the production house The Institute (company), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Kosar
Scott Kosar is an American screenwriter whose films include '' The Machinist'', the 2003 remake of the classic horror film ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', and the 2005 remake of ''The Amityville Horror''. In June 2006, he was presented with the Distinguished Achievement in Screenwriting Award by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Kosar was appointed the Hunter/Zakin screenwriting chair at UCLA for 2009–2010. Career Kosar wrote the script for '' The Machinist'' while attending the graduate screenwriting program at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The movie became notorious for actor Christian Bale's dramatic weight loss (Bale dropped his weight to 120 pounds for the film) and was described by Stephen Holden of ''The New York Times'' as "one of the few movies to scale the barrier between chilly fantasy and authentic cinematic nightmare." During the years that it took for ''The Machinist'' to be produced, the script attracted the attention of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Nispel
Marcus Nispel (born 26 May 1963) is a German film director and Film producer, producer, best known for several high-profile American remakes such as ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003). He has also directed various television commercials and music videos, including C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" and "Things That Make You Go Hmmm...", Janet Jackson's "Runaway (Janet Jackson song), Runaway", Fugees' "Ready or Not (Fugees song), Ready or Not", and Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life". Early life and career Nispel was born on 26 May 1963 in Frankfurt. He grew up near McNair Barracks and was able to learn English from hanging out with children of soldiers. At the age of 15, he got a job at a boutique called Hessler and Kehrer. When he had his first interview at an American ad agency, he was asked what do Oreos mean, and he realized the importance of understanding American culture, and how working in advertisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 Film)
''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel (in his feature directorial debut), written by Scott Kosar, and starring Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, and R. Lee Ermey. Its plot follows a group of young adults traveling through rural Texas who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family. It is a remake of Tobe Hooper's 1974 film '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', and the fifth installment in ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' franchise. Several crew members of the original film were involved with the project: Hooper and writer Kim Henkel served as co-producers, Daniel Pearl returned as cinematographer, and John Larroquette reprised his voice narration for the opening intertitles. The film was released in the United States on October 17, 2003, received mostly negative reviews from critics, and grossed $107 million at the box office on a budget of $9.5 million. A prequel was released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
''The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', later released as ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation'', is a 1995 American black comedy slasher film written, co-produced, and directed by Kim Henkel in his directorial debut, and starring Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Jacks. It is the fourth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (film series), ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' film series. The plot follows four teenagers who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family in backwoods Texas on the night of their prom. It features cameo appearance, cameo appearances from Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, and John Dugan (actor), John Dugan, all stars of the original film. Henkel, who also wrote the screenplay for the 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, original film, developed ''The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' with producer Robert Kuhn, intending to create a film closer to the source material, but with exaggerated characters that serve as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schow
David J. Schow (born July 13, 1955) is an American author of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays. His credits include films such as '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'', ''The Crow'' and '' The Hills Run Red''. Most of Schow's work falls into the subgenre splatterpunk, a term he is sometimes credited with coining. In the 1990s, Schow wrote ''Raving & Drooling'', a regular column for ''Fangoria'' magazine. All 41 installments were collected in the book ''Wild Hairs'' (2000), winning the International Horror Guild Award for best non-fiction in 2001. In 1987, Schow's novella ''Pamela's Get'' was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction. His short story ''Red Light'' won the 1987 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction. And in 2015, ''The Outer Limits at 50'' won the Rondo Award for Book of the Year in a tie with ''The Creature Chronicles'' by Tom Weaver, of which Schow was a contributor. As an editor, Schow's work includes three volumes of writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
