This was a documentary that I listened to while I was working, treating it like a podcast. The synopsis for this does a great job telling what it is about in that it is primarily focusing on the filming and the release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. From there, it then gives insight into the films that followed ending at The New Beginning which seemed at the time to still be called The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
What makes this great is getting the likes of Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns and Jim Siedow who are iconic characters in the classic. Getting to hear a bit of their ordeal was interesting. Then coupling that with the director Tobe Hooper, Dorothy J. Pearl who did makeup, Robert A. Burns, Kim Henkel and Ted Nicolaou, to just name those that were featured, which are great. What they went through to get this made is crazy. It makes it even more heartbreaking to hear about what happened afterwards and how many of these people didn't see the money they were owed from its success. There is a double-edge sword as well that without the funds from the nefarious company, this might have died in production.
I would also say that this is on the cheaper end of how it looks. Don't let that detract from seeing it though. Part of that is probably not having a large budget and being made in 2000. It is great that they talked to these people before they started to pass away, including Hansen, Burns and Hooper. It makes documentaries much more important now. Would recommend to fans of this film, even if you know the stories being told. Should be checked out at least once in my opinion.
My Rating: 8 out of 10.
