Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2014: Original Director Helped Out On Restoration Of The Classic Movie; Watch Chainsaw Massacre Trailer

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Yes, there is Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2014

For the 2014 moviegoers who love scary or thriller movies, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the must-watched movies.

With the upcoming thriller film, fans will get to be scared again on the big screen forty years after its original release. To intensify the excitement, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailer for the restored horror movie hit the web this week.

According to Variety, since this 1974 horror classic movie celebrates its 40th birthday this year, MPI/Dark Sky Films are releasing a restored version to theaters.

Tobe Hooper is the director of the original classic movie helped with the restoration, which debuted at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March.

During the interview of Variety with the director, he stated:

“I haven’t seen ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ on the bigscreen for many, many years,” said this to Variety last March.

He also added. “This 40th anniversary restoration is absolutely the best the film has ever looked. The color and clarity is spectacular, displaying visual details in the film that were never before perceptible.”

Hooper, co-writer Kim Henkel and Austin film students and even recent graduates Hooper shot with, garnered $30 million in its original release.

The popular Gunnar Hansen’s Leatherface would go down as one of the most iconic killers in horror history. The restoration includes a new 4k transfer for the original 16 mm prints.

The release dates which the classic film remake will debut across the U.S., courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, is after the (NSFW) trailer.

Here are the following Texas Massacre Chainsaw 2014 release dates of each place for filming the 1974 horror movie

June 21
New York, Film Society of Lincoln Center

June 27
New York, IFC Center

June 27
Boston, Coolidge Corner

July 4
Richardson, TX, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

July 11
Portland, Hollywood Theatre
Houston, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Kalamazoo, MI, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Winchester, VA, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Washington, DC, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

July 18
Austin, TX, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (Slaughter Lane)
Littleton, CO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Winston-Salem, NC, a/perture
Eugene, OR, Bijou Metro
Tulsa, OK, Circle Cinema

July 19
Yonkers, NY, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

July 25
Kansas City, MO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

July 25
Lubbock, TX, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
New Braunfels, TX, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
San Antonio, TX, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (Westlakes)
Nashville, TN, Belcourt

August 1
Seattle, WA, SIFF Cinema

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