Tobe Hooper’s iconic and game-changing The Texas Chain Saw Massacre marks its 50th anniversary this year and, to celebrate, New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is putting on two very exciting screenings.
From August 8 – 12, MoMA are hosting anniversary screenings of the seminal and grisly classic, as the premiere of a theatrical re-release of the 2014 restoration in honor of the seminal film’s 50th anniversary.
Running in conjunction from August 12 – 20, the Museum will present ‘Tobe Hooper in the 1980s’, a series highlighting the late director’s celebrated and controversial genre films of the 1980s: The Funhouse (1981), Poltergeist (1982), Invaders from Mars (1986), Lifeforce (1985), and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986).
More info on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre screening reads as follows:
On opening night (August 8th), a panel of the film’s creative team, including screenwriter Kim Henkel, cinematographer Daniel Pearl, actress Teri McMinn, and production manager Ron Bozman, will join Ron Magliozzi, curator in MoMA’s Department of Film, and Caryn Coleman, founder of The Future of Film Is Female, to discuss the film’s production and undying influence.
As for ‘Tobe Hooper in the 1980s’, MoMA remind us that: “although ill-received at their inception, these films (The Funhouse, Poltergeist, Invaders from Mars, Lifeforce and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ) are undeniably essential tenets of the horror genre – emblematic of Hooper’s sharp satirical flair and the deliriously horrifying worlds he created in his practice.”
MoMA’s event is part of a nationwide celebration of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its fundamental influence on the entire horror genre.
If you’re in New York, or travelling through, head over to MoMA’s official website for more information.
