CHAIN REACTIONS & TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

 

CHAIN REACTIONS

Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe | 103 min | USA 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM - FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!

Filmmaker Alexandre Philippe will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A session, followed by a special 50th-anniversary screening of Tobe Hooper's influential horror classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Welcome back to NWF, Alexandre O. Philippe!

Fifty years after Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, CHAIN REACTIONS charts the film's profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists —Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama— through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. 

By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), CHAIN REACTIONS goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.

Come for the doc, stay for the double feature!

FESTIVALS | Venice Film Festival, Beyond Fest, BFI London, Thessaloniki Film Festival

MAKE IT A DOUBLE FEATURE WITH TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

Directed by Tobe Hooper | 83 min | USA 1974 - Presented by NorthwestFEARFest

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within —something armed with a chainsaw.

After watching Alexandre Philippe’s mesmerizing new documentary, CHAIN REACTIONS, stay and see for yourself why TCSM still influences, disturbs, and terrorizes audiences today.

Who will survive, and what will be left of them?

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