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Thanks for the suggestion... I haven't seen it yet, but it is on my definite list...

Let's Go Injuns!!! Make Chief Wahoo proud!!!

I know, right? Happy Columbus Day to all!!

Ugh... Yankees, Mets, and Dodgers... Go Indians!

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/01/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-1974-movie The next time you see The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – and if you haven’t seen it, brace yourself accordingly – close your eyes for the first five or 10 minutes and listen, preferably with a good set of headphones. Because as extraordinary and unforgettable as so many of the images are, the soul of the film comes through on the soundtrack, which unsettles you on several different fronts at once. And now 50 years later, when it’s rightly placed on the shortest of shortlists for the greatest horror films ever made, the film’s ambience still blankets American culture, the low hum (and occasional random shriek) of media malevolence. The first voice belongs, incredibly, to future star John Larroquette, who narrates the opening scroll with newsreel gravitas. “The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths,” begins the narration, which goes on to describe the events as “one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history”. Though director Tobe Hooper and his co-writer, Kim Henkel, drew inspiration from real-life serial murderers like Ed Gein, the scroll is total nonsense with the whiff of verisimilitude, a strategy that many horror films that followed, like The Blair Witch Project, would deploy to similar effect. From there, Hooper and his sound man, Wayne Bell, accompany closeup of body parts in rigor mortis with creaking effects, the grind of flesh-and-gristle and the piercing pop of flash photography. When those confrontational noises start to abate, in comes the voice of a local newscast on the radio, informing listeners of a cemetery in Texas where dozens of graves have been robbed and worried relatives have been visiting to check on their loved ones’ remains. Films often use TV or radio news to convey narrative information, but it doesn’t stop there for Hooper, who keeps news radio on as an important piece of white noise, with all sorts of banal or shocking stories spilling out. At the time Hooper was conceiving The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the footage coming back from the Vietnam war – and the official fictions the government was pushing about it – had the same quality of that opening soundscape, with terrible violence woven into the steady drone of network newscasts. While Alfred Hitchcock had ushered in a new, more everyday type of boogeyman 14 years earlier with Psycho, Hooper’s sinister masterpiece took it one step further, bringing the horror genre into contact with the slaughterhouse of the real world. Though the film is subtle and relentless in deploying sophisticated cinematic effects, it nonetheless has the grit and grime of something all-too-real. It makes you believe its lies. One consistently neat trick of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is that it combines what appears to be crude, on-the-fly documentary-like photography with camerawork and art direction that’s anything but amateurish. Shot in 16mm, the film takes place during a palpably scorching summer in rural Texas, where five sweaty young adults have piled into a green van to check on a grave. Once they’re back on the road, they pick up a demented hitchhiker with strong opinions about slaughterhouse methods, along with a passion for Polaroids and knives. He leaves them wanting to peel away as quickly as possible, but when the van runs low on gas and a roadside station doesn’t have any, their plans change. Hearing the sound of a roaring generator on a nearby farm, Kirk (William Vail) and Pam (Teri McMinn) set off to barter for gas, but the locals turn out not to be so friendly. Their grisly fate at the hands of “Leatherface” (Gunnar Hansen), a chainsaw-wielding menace of the title, leads the other three, including the driver Jerry (Allen Danziger), Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) and her disabled brother Franklin (Paul A Partain), to go looking for their friends, leading to their own terrifying introduction to Leatherface and his extended family. As the film focuses on Sally as the classic “final girl” type – and, in Burns, a peerless scream queen – it develops into a kind of demented sitcom, starring the zaniest family of cannibals in Texas. (Hooper would bring these comic elements to the fore in the film’s underrated 1986 sequel.) A triumph of vegetarian cinema, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre takes it meat-is-murder theme to the extreme, as a family once connected to a local slaughterhouse that had closed its doors now turns to human beings as a source. The cold detachment of the first few killings, along with the use of a sledgehammer and a meat hook, reveal no distinction between humans and other animals, and the film emphasizes the sizzling flesh and gnarly remains of the carcass. Leatherface may be the scariest executioner of the lot, but there’s a childlike innocence to him that the others, who are more openly sadistic, don’t share. They thrive like savages on the desperation of their prey. Hooper supplies a wealth of indelible images and moments that have imprinted themselves on the minds of horror fans, from the low-angle tracking shot of Pam, in short shorts, striding confidently to her doom, to the final image of Leatherface spinning around in a mad ballet with his chainsaw against the sunrise. The fight-or-flight-level panic involved in watching The Texas Chain Saw Massacre can disguise just how much effort Hooper and his crew invest into details like the interiors of the farmhouse, with each room looking like a piece from some macabre museum installation. The more you watch the film, the more obvious it seems like a work of art. Then again, after all the censorship battles and controversies surrounding the film, it’s now just a click away for unsuspecting streaming subscribers on their couch. They can discover for themselves the shock and horror of how easy it is to get a little lost and stumble into the abattoir.

But now we need Cleveland or Detroit to win the best-of-seven...

Very true...

Terrifier 3 debuts today in the United States... Terrifier 3’ Tops the Box Office With $2.6 Million in Thursday Night Previews! https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3835256/terrifier-3-tops-the-box-office-with-2-6-million-in-thursday-night-previews/ Damien Leone’s Christmas-themed slasher sequel Terrifier 3 was unleashed into movie theaters nationwide beginning last night, opening in approximately 2,000 U.S. locations, with 1,400 of those locations playing a double feature of Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3. Those locations are reporting a massive Thursday night preview gross of $2.6 million, with Terrifier 3 expanding its reach to 2,514 locations across the U.S. and Canada beginning today! Unleashed into theaters by Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse, the low-budget Terrifier 3‘s $2.6 million Thursday night haul has bested the Thursday night preview numbers for recent studio horror hits including Smile ($2 million) and Evil Dead Rise ($2.5 million), and it’s not too far behind the Thursday night preview gross for this year’s fellow indie Longlegs ($3 million). You guys are showing up to support boundary-pushing, independent horror, and we cannot thank you enough for everything you’ve been doing these past several months to make sure Art the Clown continues to make his presence known at the box office. What’s happening right now is truly unprecedented, and none of it would’ve been remotely possible without you. Without studio backing and the money that comes along with it, the marketing campaign for Terrifier 3 has largely been organic and fan-driven, and it’s been a beautiful thing to see. Leone writes on Instagram, “Terrifier 3 has earned 2.6 million in its preview night screenings alone and the fan reactions have been amazing so far. Thank you all for the tremendous support and for going to the theaters. It was wild seeing so many people in the theater last night wearing sunflower glasses, Terrifier shirts, drinking from Terrifier cups and holding Art the clown stuffed animals. It felt like something special ripped straight from the 80s. It’s truly an honor to be a part of this little phenomenon. You guys are the best! My team and I will keep doing our best to deliver you something special for as long as we can! Horror forever!” Stay tuned for more box office reporting throughout the weekend. In Terrifier 3, directed once again by Damien Leone (Terrifier, Terrifier 2), Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) is set to unleash another round of chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve. “After surviving Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they’re safe, Art the Clown returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. Returning cast includes Lauren LaVera (Sienna), Samantha Scaffidi (Victoria Heyes), Elliot Fullam (Jonathan Shaw) and AEW superstar Chris Jericho (Burke), with Daniel Roebuck set to debut as Santa Claus. Makeup effects legend Tom Savini, Jason Patric, Antonella Rose, Krsy Fox, Clint Howard, and Jon Abrahams also appear. Written and directed by Damien Leone, Terrifier 3 comes courtesy of Dark Age Cinema Productions. Phil Falcone Produces with Lisa Falcone acting as Executive Producer. Co-producers include Michael Leavy, Jason Leavy, George Steuber, and Steve Della Salla. Brad Miska, Brandon Hill, and Erick Opeka Executive Produce for Cineverse. Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor also Executive Produce.

Released nationwide today, 50 years ago...

Came close last year but maybe Connor McDavid can win the Cup this year…

If the Mets play the Dodgers, I will probably root for the Mets…. However I am hoping the Padres make the Series…

So no need for the people that like Harris to go out and vote…

Does this include White Castles?

What the hell is a moat poll?

Yeah I know the votes are already in…. I still would have gone with Lindor…

I know that it will be unanimous, but if I had a vote I would vote for Lindor as NL MVP…. When he got going this season, he turned the Mets season completely around and got them into the playoffs…. The Dodgers still make the playoffs even without Ohtani…

Damn shame about the Phillies…

Even then I would still keep the phone away and enjoy the atmosphere…. But that’s just me as I don’t need to have my cellphone out all the time…

Just thought of more: Car 54, Where Are You? Get Smart Herman’s Head Taxi

Dude, put away your phone and watch the game…. There is absolutely no need to be posting while at a playoff game…

SportsNight and The Drew Carey Show are a couple I would like to see…

Probably deciding if they want to go a bullpen game or not...

Hopefully the Padres and Mets can wrap this up today...

Oh

I have never used it but I have heard that Brave is a pretty good browser…