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October 31, 2006

Happy Halloween!

I got an e-mail from the current owners of the gas station in Bastrop, the same gas station that was used in the original 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  They're putting the building and the property up for sale.  Here's an excerpt of the e-mail from the owner.

"My husband and I are selling the property and would like for you to pass this on to the fans. The original building is still there and sits on 1 acre. The only changes we made were interior surface and added kitchen. It is make ready for bar, small restaurant, stage for live music or convenience store."

For information on how to contact them and the asking price for the building and the land, you can e-mail me.  Serious inquiries only, please.

On my last update, I forgot an important link.  The Dallas News crew came and spent a day with me going to the various original film locations for a multi-media presentation on their site.  It's simply amazing!  It's HERE.

A very good interview of Kim Henkel has been written in the Port Aransas South Jetty, October 26th issue.  There isn't much new in the article that we basically didn't already know, but I should point out a couple of interesting bits of information in it.  #1, Kim is working on a documentary about Lou Perryman, one of the crew that was a cameraman for the original movie, but he's better known as "L.G." from TCM 2.  #2, Kim is in talks with Tobe Hooper about writing a book that talks about the Chainsaw phenomenon since the movie's release.  Now THAT sounds interesting!  Especially if it's written by the dynamic duo.  I hope to have the article scanned and posted to this site soon.  Only problem is, my scanner died a while back.  :(  So, if anyone has a spare scanner, or knows where I can get a hold of one at a good price, I hope you'll drop me an e-mail about it.

I have a DVD copy of the E! True Hollywood Story: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that was given to me by E! networks.  If anyone would like a copy of it, send me a blank DVD disc and a postage paid return envelope.  I plan on getting copies made of it very soon.  Or, you can PayPal me $10 to purchase the disc, the shipping supplies and postage, and I'll send it to you.  Use timh@texaschainsawmassacre.net for the e-mail address to send it to.  If you'd rather send a money order, please make it out to Tim Harden for $10.  Here's the address.

PMB #234
Gattis School Rd. Suite #800
Round Rock, TX 78664

The show is also going to air again today, October 31st at 2 PM.  Please check your local cable listing for the correct time in your area.

I have even more additions to the Fan Foto pages.  But I still haven't had time to sit and post them all.  Between the fan club and all things Saw happening this month, you can imagine I've been pretty busy!  So stay tuned.

And thanks again for returning to my site!  I've said it throughout the years, and I'll keep saying it again - none of this would be here without fans like you and your support!

October 18, 2006

The official Texas Chainsaw Massacre fan club is promoting a replica chainsaw giveaway, signed by Gunnar Hansen.  Click HERE for more info on that.

Speaking of the fan club - they just released a newsletter featuring an interview with Perry Lorenz, the stunt driver who drives Sally away in the final scene of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  People who would like a copy of the newsletter can either write to membership@tcmfanclub.com, or become a member and request a copy of the newsletter.

An interview of me conducted by the Texas A&M newspaper is online at http://www.thebatt.com/news/2006/10/06/Aggielife/  I have added that link to the links page.

I have several Fan Foto section entries to add to the web site.  Those will be posted soon...

October 1, 2006

I bet I know what you're doing tonight at 8 PM EST.  You're watching the E! True Hollywood Story on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre!  I've already seen previews for it on E!  You can go to their web site at http://www.eonline.com for further show listings.  And how cool is it that the TCM THS is surrounding a THS on Scarface?  VERY cool!

And the official TCM Fan Club is doing another first.  They are the first to interview Perry Lorenz!  This is his first interview ever about participating in the film.  This interview is available only through the fan club.

Going back to the E! True Hollywood Story, he's a synopsis of the show:

True Hollywood Story: Texas Chainsaw Massacre features all new interviews with Ed Neal, Gunnar Hansen, Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper and Joe Bob Briggs as well as the cast and crew of the 2003 remake. Also, check out exclusive behind the scenes footage from TCM III: Leatherface and The Next Generation, featuring Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zelwegger before they were stars. Get a sneak peak at clips from Texas Chainsaw

Massacre: The Beginning before it hits theatres October 6, along with interviews from the new cast and director Jonathan Liebsman. E! takes a look at the making of the film and the past 30 years of Chainsaw history that inspired it.

OR

OFFICIAL E! PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

E! DELVES DEEP INTO TWO CULT CLASSICS WITH BACK-TO-BACK NEW EPISODES OF E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1

"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Scarface" Revealed in

THS Movie Night Double-Header

Los Angeles, CA, September 25, 2006 - "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Scarface" are two of the most popular films of all time. Both classic movies left indelible imprints on American pop culture and show no signs of fading away. How do two movies become such powerful cultural icons while others seem to disappear quietly? What really went on behind-the-scenes of the hair-raising horror and gangster epics that continue to inspire Hollywood and shape society? In back-to-back new episodes of THS, E! sits with cast members, filmmakers and celebrity movie fanatics to get fresh perspectives on these cult classics and to uncover old secrets and new mysteries surrounding the films. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The E! True Hollywood Story" and "Scarface: The E!

True Hollywood Story" premiere Sunday, October 1 at 8pm et/pt and 9pm/et.

As the mother of all slasher films, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is a true cult classic. Made in 1974, the low-budget film, which was inspired by the real life crimes of a mild-mannered serial killer named Ed Gein, shocked and terrified audiences. The gory horror film spawned four sequels and one remake that scared up more than $300 million dollars at the box office and the franchise has not run out of gas yet. In October 2006, a new cast of Hollywood hopefuls returns to the remote farmhouse to face unspeakable torture in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,"

creating number six in the series of the bizarre saga about Leatherface and his bloodthirsty clan. E! reveals the real story behind the blood-soaked film that was condemned by the church, banned overseas and ripped to shreds by critics, but continues to be eaten up by audiences.

In "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The E! True Hollywood Story":

Gunnar Hansen who played "Leatherface" in the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" - "This movie still is big in people's minds. People still talk about how it scared them. It really did have a sense that you were watching something really happen."

Taylor Handley, actor in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" - "Knowing that somebody out there could actually do this to another human being. It actually makes you sick."

Andrew Bryniarski, actor who plays "Leatherface" in a "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake - "Ed Gein actually wasn't a Texas Chainsaw Massacarist, he never was from Texas. He never used a chainsaw."

Steve Railsback, actor who plays "Ed Gein," on the character - "His mother hated women. And so he grew up constantly being told that women were evil. That women were the devil's work... He was a total schizophrenic. He had to call his mother back from the dead and she would actually be in front of him and he would ask her what he should do"

John Carpenter, director of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" - "We have a fascination with monsters, we always have. We have a fascination with darkness as humans. And Ed Gein is the superstar of serial killers..."

Kim Henkel, screenwriter for the film - "We had all sorts of chickens, pieces of bone and flesh. And under the heat of those lights, they became very foul."

Tobe Hooper, director for the film - "And I would say cut and people would run to the window and throw up."

Kim Henkel on the film's longevity - "It's unimaginable that this thing that we were doing essentially in the backyard when I was a baby has endured as it has, has become what it has, it's just astonishing."

R. Lee Ermey, actor who plays Sheriff Hoyt in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre:

The Beginning," on his character and making the film - "Sheriff Hoyt is a pretty sick individual. He's developed a taste for human flesh. He's a sexually perverted, homicidal maniac...I was actually inflicting pain on them psychologically and physically."

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