Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times: 75 mins
Format: colour
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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Blue Underground / Exploited Film
Producer: David Gregory
Co-Producer: Jake Shaw
Associate Producer: Carl Daft

SCRIPT
Script: David Gregory

DIRECTION
Director: David Gregory

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jeff Culbertson
Additional Photography: David Flint, Lucas Harvie, Joseph Miklaszewski, Jim Stedman, David Szulkin
Camera: Nathan Shepherd
Tobe Hooper Lighting: M Square Productions
Film Colourist: Graham Wojakowski
Cameras Provided By: David Flint, Viewpoint TV

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Tod Corman
Online Editor: Mark Beutel
Assistant Editor Barney Hunter

MUSIC
Original Music: Mark Fox
Song Performed By: Roger Bartlett and Friends (Fool for a Blonde)

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistance: Amanda Gregory, Brian Lavelle
Additional Research: Tim Harden
Interview Transcriptions: Louisa Achille
Programme Consultant: Xavier Mendik

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: Barbara Achille, Louisa Achille, Matthew Bell, Wayne Bell, Paul Brown, Marilyn Burns, Robert Burns, Jeff Burr, Nigel Burrell, Tim Coley, Allen Danziger, Bridget Di Salvo, David Flint, Amanda Gregory, Gunnar Hansen, Tim Harden, Dean Harvie, Lucas Harvie, Kim Henkel, George Higginson, Tobe Hooper, Tony Hooper, Jeff Krulik, Robert Kuhn, Eric Lasher, Brian Lavelle, William Lustig, Xavier Mendik, Bill Moseley, Ted and Beckie Nicolaou, Paul Partain, Dorothy Pearl, Dr Julian Petley, Jennie Pyles, Bryan Rosenthal, Mike Sanders, School of Cultural Studies, University of Northampton Jim and Ruth Siedow, Jim Stedman, David Szulkin, Marcus Taylor, William Vall, Jim VanBebber, Viewpoint TV, Caroline Williams
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Stock footage courtesy WPA Film Library; 20th Anniversary Footage Courtesy Jeff Krulik; Cine XS Footage Courtesy Paul Brown Midnight Media; Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre-The Documentary Courtesy River City Films; Chainsaw 2 Behind-the-Scenes Footage Courtesy Eric Lasher; Texas Chainsaw Manicure Courtesy Bill Moseley
Stills used by permission courtesy of Vortex Inc / Kim Henkel / Tobe Hooper
Stills provided by Paul Brown, Midnight Media, Robert Burns, Jeff Burr, Nigel Burrell, Tim Harden, Jeff Krulik

CAST
Matthew Bell (narrator)
Wayne Bell (himself)
Marilyn Burns (herself)
Bob Burns (himself)
Jeff Burr (himself)
Allen Danziger (himself)
Gunnar Hansen (himself)
Kim Henkel (himself)
Tobe Hooper (himself)
Bob Kuhn (himself)
Bill Lustig (himself)
Edwin Neal (himself)
Ted Nicolaou (himself)
Paul A. Partain (himself)
Jim Siedow (himself)
William Vail (himself)
Jim Van Bebber (himself)
Caroline Williams (herself)
Jim Stedman (interviewer)

PLOT SUMMARY

(from film introduction)

The film you are about to see is an account of the making of a cult classic. A group of young film makers, technicians and actors produced a film in Austin, in 1973, which depict the mad and the macabre as it had never been seen before in a motion picture. For them the low budget production in the sweltering heat of the Texas summer would prove a difficult experience and the world wide success of the picture would be soured by dishonesty and corruption. But the events of that summer shoot would change the face of the horror film and lead to the production of one of the most bizarre films in the annals of American cinema history, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Documentary account of the making of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Nearly all the major participants, both cast and crew, are interviewed on camera. The introduction puts its inception into context and the interviews tell the story of the film's genesis, design, casting, shooting and release including many personal anecdotes. Some of the interviewees are bitter about their lack of financial reward and it was a very tough film to make but nearly all seem proud to have been involved in the film. Plenty of rare stills showing behind the scenes. If you have seen The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and want to know how it was made then this is all you need to see. Excellent.

UK
Video Distributor: Exploited
DVD Distributor: Exploited

For the first time the full story behind the film which terrified the world...

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994)

MAGAZINES

Fangoria no.208 (November 2001) p.9 (USA)
illustrated article (by MJ Simpson)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

documentary, film-makers, film-making

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009