Episode 62: Remake Reframe - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973) & (2003)

This episode was recorded on July 17, 2025 and posted on August 23, 2025.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity. 

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 62
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Welcome back to Remake Reframe - our series pitting horror films and their remakes against one another
• Today’s Topic: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Remake Reframe

• The legacy of TCM and making of the original film
• Criteria for the Original Film
  • Did this film need a remake?
  • Has the film aged well?
  • One thing from the original that is important to keep in a remake
  • One thing from the original that is important to change in a remake
• Criteria for the Remake
  • How true was the remake to the original, for better or worse?
  • What was kept the same? What was changed?
  • Was the remake successful?

Film Discussion

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973) 
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Closing Thoughts

• Which of the TCM adaptations is the better film?

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