TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 50th JAMBOREE! w/ Mozzaleum!
Sat, Nov 23
|Epsilon Spires
Let's Have A Post-Election Primal Scream! Join us for the 50th Anniversary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, one of the most profoundly influential works in genre film history! We present the restored cult classic in crisp 4k + an unparalleled live performance by Mozzaleum before the screening.
Time & Location
Nov 23, 2024, 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
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.
In celebration of the 50th Golden Anniversary of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, among the most profoundly influential works in genre film history, Epsilon Spires presents the recently restored film with a live performance by Mozzaleum before the film.
Though it was initially shunned for its violence and banned in some markets, in subsequent years the film has garnered near universal acclaim, and it is now widely recognized to reflect the disillusionment of Vietnam War–era politics and the loosening bonds of family. Director Tobe Hooper (1943–2017) and screenwriter Kim Henkel’s modestly budgeted independent feature opens on a road trip through a sunny, vaguely sinister heartland—and quickly, jarringly descends into a tale of…