FOLK Pt 8: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2018
⏱️ 95 minutes
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This week Mike is joined by Total Film's Jamie Graham to discuss the GREATEST HORROR MOVIE EVER MADE.
Music by Jack Whitney.
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Jamie Graham is a film journalist and is Editor-At-Large of Total Film magazine. He can be found on TWITTER.
Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER
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| 0:00.0 | The The podcast you're about to hear is a discussion of a horror film from 1974. |
| 0:28.0 | The group of young filmmakers and actors produced a film in Austin, which would depict the mad and the macabre as it had never been seen before in a motion picture. For director Toby Hooper, a low-budget film shot in sweltering Texas heat under |
| 0:51.0 | nightmarish working conditions would go on to become a life and career |
| 0:55.8 | changing experience. The events of that summer shoot would change the face of horror and lead to one of the |
| 1:05.0 | most bizarre films in the annals of American cinema history. The Texas |
| 1:10.6 | Chain Saw Massacre. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike and as ever I am your host. |
| 1:28.7 | If you're tuning in for the first time then welcome. In this podcast we explore and dissect the evolution of the horror |
| 1:34.5 | genre by looking at particular sub-jomres across a number of weeks. Now we are |
| 1:39.0 | currently in the midst of exploring the evolution of folk horror and this is part 8 in which as the intro |
| 1:45.0 | suggested we are going to talk about one of the most iconic and beloved horror |
| 1:48.9 | movies of all time the Texas Chainsaw Massacre now if you haven't seen the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Now if you haven't seen the Texas Chainsaw |
| 1:54.8 | Massacre be warned we are going to be talking about the movie in spoilerific |
| 1:58.9 | detail and please if you haven't seen the movie give yourself a treat go away and watch it. I mean it's only the greatest horror movie of all time you know nothing major. |
| 2:07.8 | So before we get started and I introduce my guest here are a few contact details you can email us the email address is evolution |
| 2:14.4 | of horror at gmail dot com or you can find us on Twitter at evolution pod or on |
| 2:18.6 | Facebook that's Facebook dot com slash evolution of horror you can also find us on |
| 2:23.3 | Instagram at the evolution of horror and on letterboxed where you can keep up to date |
| 2:28.1 | with what movies we're going to be watching this series and you can create your |
| 2:31.6 | own little watch list and join in the discussion. |
| 2:34.0 | So that's at Evolution Pod on Letterboxed. |
| 2:37.6 | But let's get started. |
| 2:38.6 | So much interesting stuff to cover this week. |
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