Double Feature: THE FUNHOUSE & THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Tobe Hooper in Person! August 14, 2010

Double Feature: THE FUNHOUSE, 1981, Universal Pictures, 96 min. This stylish and atmospheric slasher from American master of horror Tobe Hooper centers on four teenagers who unwisely set up camp at a carnival funhouse for a night of cheap thrills. The sleepover quickly becomes a deadly nightmare as the kids realize they are being stalked by a ghastly carnival freak - a freak who shows no lack of creativity when it comes to carnival props doubling as slaughter weapons.

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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, 1974, MPI Media, 83 min. One of the best American horror films of all time. After hearing of a cemetery desecration, Marilyn Burns and friends go on a jaunt in the broiling Texas countryside to check on her grandparents’ graves, only to become stranded at the rural home of a family of inbred cannibals. Director Tobe Hooper expertly escalates the horror until you can’t stand it anymore!

Discussion between films with director Tobe Hooper, moderated by Mick Garris.

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