{"id":156742,"date":"2025-11-01T07:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/156742\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T07:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:56:10","slug":"chain-reactions-heads-to-blu-ray-with-8-rare-versions-of-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/156742\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Chain Reactions&#8217; Heads to Blu-ray with 8 Rare Versions of &#8216;The Texas Chain Saw Massacre&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chain Reactions<\/strong>\u00a0will be released on Blu-ray mediabook on <strong>December 2<\/strong> exclusively from <a href=\"https:\/\/selects.darkskyfilms.com\/products\/chain-reactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dark Sky Selects<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary is accompanied by eight (!) rare versions of the original <strong>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre<\/strong>, along with a 24-page booklet with exclusive photos and essays.<\/p>\n<p>The set will cost $44.98, but it\u2019s 20% off at $35.98 during the pre-order period. For one week only, you can also get an edition with a Texas Chain Saw tee from Rucking Fotten for $59.98.<\/p>\n<p>Disc 1 \u2013 Chain Reactions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audio Commentary by Writer-Director Alexandre O. Philippe<\/li>\n<li>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Outtakes<\/li>\n<li>Theatrical Trailer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Disc 2 \u2013 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16mm Overscan Print (85 mins)<\/li>\n<li>16mm \u2018BBQ Edition\u2019 Print (84 mins)<\/li>\n<li>35mm Grindhouse Print (80 mins)<\/li>\n<li>1984 K-Tel Australian VHS (85 mins)<\/li>\n<li>K-Tel Australian Trailer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Disc 3 \u2013 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1981 Wizard Video VHS (84 mins)<\/li>\n<li>1987 Bootleg Czechoslovakian VHS (69 mins)<\/li>\n<li>1978 Super 8mm Print (Iver Film Services) (22 mins)<\/li>\n<li>1980s Slovakian Betamax (83 mins)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Czechoslovakian and Slovakian versions are presented in their original language without subtitles.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1974 genre-defining masterpiece, five youths traveling through rural Texas fall prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family.<\/p>\n<p>Tobe Hooper directs from a script he co-wrote with Kim Henkel. Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, and Jim Siedow star.<\/p>\n<p>In Chain Reactions, master of horror <strong>Stephen King<\/strong>,\u00a0actor\/comedian <strong>Patton Oswalt<\/strong> (Ratatouille, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Japanese filmmaker <strong>Takashi Miike<\/strong> (Audition, Ichi the Killer), Australian film critic <strong>Alexandra Heller-Nicholas<\/strong>, and director <strong>Karyn Kusama<\/strong> (Jennifer\u2019s Body, The Invitation) each discuss their memories and experiences with the horror classic.<\/p>\n<p>By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats, the doc goes to the heart of how a low-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandre O. Philippe<\/strong> (The People vs. George Lucas, 78\/52, Memory: The Origins of Alien) directs.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Kurland <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/reviews\/3899704\/chain-reactions-celebrates-the-raw-power-of-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote in his review<\/a>, \u201cChain Reactions is a love letter to Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its grander impact on horror and film. It\u2019s also such a glowing celebration of the power of cinema and its ability to open minds and bring people to new worlds, as glib as that may seem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3912297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/home-video\/3912294\/chain-reactions-heads-to-blu-ray-with-8-rare-versions-of-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre\/attachment\/chainreactions-blu\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chainreactions-blu.jpg?fit=1911%2C1420&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1911,1420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chainreactions-blu\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chainreactions-blu.jpg?fit=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chainreactions-blu.jpg?fit=740%2C550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3912297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chainreactions-blu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"550\"  \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3912298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/home-video\/3912294\/chain-reactions-heads-to-blu-ray-with-8-rare-versions-of-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre\/attachment\/rf-tcmxdarksky-mock_2048x2048-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rf-tcmxdarksky-mock_2048x2048-copy.jpg?fit=1011%2C944&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1011,944\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rf-tcmxdarksky-mock_2048x2048 copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rf-tcmxdarksky-mock_2048x2048-copy.jpg?fit=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rf-tcmxdarksky-mock_2048x2048-copy.jpg?fit=740%2C691&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3912298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rf-tcmxdarksky-mock_2048x2048-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"691\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chain Reactions\u00a0will be released on Blu-ray mediabook on December 2 exclusively from Dark Sky Selects. 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