Chain Reactions - Limited Edition Mediabook (Blu-ray)
Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and reshaped global cinema, Chain Reactions explores the film’s profound cultural impact through the voices of five major artists: Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama. Using a dynamic mix of contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes, the film traces how a scrappy, no-budget independent production burrowed into collective nightmares—and permanently altered the zeitgeist.
A key focus is how different viewing formats shape memory and fear. By digging into personal impressions triggered by 16mm, 35mm, VHS, and digital, Chain Reactions becomes both a documentary on influence and a sensory time capsule of how horror travels through generations.
Disc Breakdown
Disc 1 (Feature Film)
Chain Reactions
- Commentary with writer/director Alexandre O. Philippe
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Outtakes
- Theatrical trailer
Disc 2 (Bonus Disc)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (format-based versions)
- 16mm Overscan Print (85 mins)
- 16mm “BBQ Edition” Print (84 mins)
- 35mm Grindhouse Print (80 mins)
- 1984 K-Tel Australian VHS (85 mins)
- K-Tel Australian Trailer
Disc 3 (Bonus Disc)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (more format-based versions)
- 1981 Wizard Video VHS (84 mins)
- 1987 Bootleg Czechoslovakian VHS (69 mins)*
- 1978 Super 8mm Print (Iver Film Services) (22 mins)
- 1980s Slovakian Betamax (83 mins)*
