Happy Halloween from History Spelunkers! In this year's holiday episode instead of focusing on a monster or two from folklore, we are going to talk about horror movies. And this year we are going to keep things close to home and discuss films set in Texas, starting with one of the most famous horror films of all time: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

Content warning! for lots of murder, sexual assault, gore, violence, and other horror stuff.

Shownotes:

• Episode art is a photo of actors Gunnar Hansen (Leatherface) and William Vail (Kirk) as they take a break during filming. Taken from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre official website: https://thetexaschainsawmassacre.com/making-the-original-texas-chainsaw-massacre-1974/
• https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/tobe-hooper
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Gein
• https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-houston-mass-murders-what-really-happened/
• https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/texarkana-murder-mystery/
• https://vault.fbi.gov/texarkana-phantom-moonlight-murders/texarkana-phantom-moonlight-murders
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Intro clip is from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Movie List that were Mentioned

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Dir. Tobe Hooper
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) Dir. Charles B. Pierce
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
• Alien (1979) Dir. Ridley Scott
• Audition (1999) Dir. Takashi Miike
• The Houses October Built (2014) Dir. Bobby Roe
• Last Shift (2014) Dir. Anthony DiBlasi
• Talk to Me (2022) Dir. Danny and Michael Philippou
• The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Dir. Drew Goddard
• Saw (2004) Dir. James Wan
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Dir. Marcus Nispel
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) Dir. Kim Henkel
• Friday the 13th (1980) Dir. Sean S. Cunningham
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Dir. Wes Craven
• Scream (1996) Dir. Wes Craven
• The Conjuring (2013) Dir. James Wan
• The Nun II (2023) Dir. Michael Chaves

I might have missed a couple but there are a lot of options.