MPI Media Group and Dark Sky Films have detailed the 40th Anniversary Blu-ray release of director Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which will be available via two versions: a standard Collector's Edition that arrives on September 16th and a Black Maria Deluxe Edition, in collectible cattle truck packaging, that arrives a month later on October 14th.
Synopsis: A tale of five 20-somethings whose free-spirited road trip becomes a terrifying descent into madness. When they find themselves isolated in a rural Texas community, they fall into the clutches of a monstrous clan of Texas cannibals and find themselves being whittled away by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface.
It's been imitated and remade, but never equaled. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre rose from a notorious 1974 sleeper sensation to rank as one of the greatest horror films ever made. The film is being released with an all-new 4K digital transfer and newly created 7.1 surround sound mix supervised by director Tobe Hooper. This release marks the only transfer of the film to go back to the original 16mm A/B rolls, the actual film that rolled through the cameras.
Special features and collectibles include:
Black Maria Deluxe Edition
• Leatherface Apron
• Theatrical Mini-Poster
• Cattle Truck Packaging
• All Collector's Edition Bonus Content
Collector's Edition
• Two New Audio Commentaries, the first with writer-producer-director Tobe Hooper; the second with cinematographer Daniel Pearl, editor J. Larry Carroll and sound recordist Ted Nicolaou
• Two Additional Audio Commentaries, the first with Hooper, Pearl and actor Gunnar Hansen; the second with actors Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger and Paul A. Partain, and production designer Robert Burns
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
• Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw
• A Tour of the TCSM House with Gunnar Hansen
• Off the Hook with Teri McMinn
• The Business of Chain Saw: An Interview with Production Manager Ron Bozman
• New Deleted Scenes & Outtakes
• Grandpa's Tales: An Interview with John Dugan
• Cutting Chain Saw: An Interview With Editor J. Larry Carroll
• Blooper Reel
• Outtakes from The Shocking Truth
• Horror's Hallowed Grounds: Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Dr. W.E. Barnes Presents Making Grandpa
• Still Gallery
• 40th Anniversary Trailer
• Trailers
• TV Spots
• Radio Spots