Eric Hinkle |
The man behind classics such as 'Poltergeist', 'Lifeforce', and the original 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' died just a day or so ago.
We're losing a lot of folks from 70's and 80's movies of late, aren't we? Mister Hooper, Romero, Haruo Nakajima, Carrie Fisher. And Adam West, though his heyday was more the 60's.
I also feel odd to remember that when I was growing up, TCM was "the" Unspeakable Gorefest among films. Yet when I finally saw it, it wasn't that gory. It worked to scare you, rather than just hurling a bucket full of pig intestines and blood at the camera and calling it a day.
Never thought I'd see the day when Texas Chainsaw Massacre could honestly be called tame.