Ultimate TCM date

By Pat Torfe

Posted 20 years ago

Last Updated on July 28, 2021

All I can say is that it’s about time a studio stepped up with this!

Fellow Chianti lover Ammon reported back in March about Dark Sky Films’ work on a brand new Special Edition DVD for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Other than revealing some of the specs, no release date was given for the 2-disc set until now. Mark September 26th for the release of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: Ultimate Edition set at $29.99. The set will include:

Disc 1:
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a brand-new anamorphic widescreen transfer (remastered from a new high-def transfer of the 16mm camera negative)

new Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo mixes and the original mono track

a new commentary track with stars Marilyn Burns, Alan Danziger, Paul A. Partain and Production Designer Robert A. Burns

a second track with Tobe Hooper, Director of Photography Daniel Pearl and Gunnar Hansen (brought over from the original Pioneer release)

deleted/alternate footage

trailers

TV Spots

radio spots

still galleries

Disc 2:

David Gregory’s 2000 documentary “THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: The Shocking Truth”

the new “Flesh Wounds” featurette featuring new interviews with various cast and crew

a tour of the house with Gunnar Hansen

and much more!

Double-dipping aside, this is awesome news after Pioneer screwed fans over with their re-release a couple years back of their old DVD of the film, which had an awful transfer, scant extras and was nothing more than a cheap cash-in for the remake. No cover art yet, so stay tuned.

Source: DavisDVD

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Pat Torfe

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Favorite Movies: Inception, Gremlins, Dog Soldiers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), John Carpenter's read more The Thing, The Evil Dead Trilogy, Halloween (1978), Friday The 13th Parts IV, VI, VII, Predator, Transformers: The Movie, Aliens, Ghostbusters, The Ultimate Versus, Batman, Blade, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Super Troopers, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, The Crow, Freddy Vs Jason

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