The Contrarians95 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

There’s no way Texas was ever this bad, even in the 70s. Shame on Tobe Hooper for giving birth to a long running smear campaign against The Lone Star State! Listen to Alex and Julio discuss the most uneventful build-up to the most tasteless carnage ever put on a sensationalistic piece of film! And stick around for Real Talk, where they’ll search for an answer to that universal question… “WHY”.

TIMELINE:

00:00:00 - 00:49:21 Contrarians Corner

00:49:22 - 00:50:01 Franklin being Franklin

00:50:02 - 01:37:14 Real Talk

01:37:15 - 01:46:12 Plugs and bye byes

PLUGS!

- Alex seems to have had quite a bit of fun with THE VAMPIRE LOVERS. Exotic horror, huh?

- Julio confirms that CHERNOBYL is as good as the hype would have you believe.

- As usual during this time of the year, it’s time to start getting ready for the OTHER WORLDS AUSTIN SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL! If you can be in Austin on December 5-8, you should get a badge and meet Alex and Julio over there!

- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he’s written on his own website. Don’t know Spanish? He also did a podcast in English called LIVING IN PERU, about immigrants in - where else - Perú.

Up next, we’ll take a look at a more recent Texas chainsaw massacre, the one perpetrated by Marcus Nispel and Michael Bay in 2003! Until then, let us know how you feel about the original Leatherface’s adventures! Do you find him underwhelming, or has he scared you away from the South forever? Is his family terrifying or just weird? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!