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June 18, 2014

Arts Movies & TV

They Came. They Sawed.

In Austin in 1973, politicos and hippies could get together and create violent, visionary horror films for $60,000. So they did. The story of how The Texas Chainsaw Massacre got made.

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Previously: The Longform Guide to Making Movies.

John Bloom Texas Monthly Nov 2004 50min Permalink