Episode Details

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys.  We’re talking about 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and 1986’s The Fly. We apologize for some slight audio issues.

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We start by talking about what we’ve done involving horror recently. Liam talks about the film The Dark And The Wicked. Justin talks about rewatching The Lord Of The Rings saga and how as an adult certain elements of the films are now scary. We then talk about the films Synchronic and St. Maud.

Up first is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We talk about how the film, despite being a linchpin of modern pop culture perception of horror films, is actually far better and far more upsetting than even caricatures of the film present it as. We talk about how despite being undeniably violent, there is almost no gore in the film.

We talk about the set design and the camerawork of the film and how it lends the film a rather “psychotic” feel. We talk about the voyeuristic aspect of the camerawork and how it lends a sense of transgressiveness t