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THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: 40th Anniversary Black Maria Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD - All Imagery & Details Within!

Remember the ending of 1974's classic THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE? Sally Hardesty fought with everything that she had to escape the Sawyer house. Chased by two crazy killers, she headed into the road leading to the demise of the Hitchhiker courtesy of the Black Maria cattle truck running him over. The truck is now getting a respectful nod as MPI/Dark Sky Films will be releasing THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: 40th Anniversary Black Maria Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD on September 16th.

The four disc DVD/Blu-ray combo pack will be available at gorgon-video.com. This particular set is one of four new home media versions of the film, all of them containing a 4k digital transfer with a 7.1 surround sound mix. The remastered sound will really come across, producing a crisp touch on the whole experience like never before.

The packaging of this Black Maria set is a mini replica of the cattle truck from the film. Continue down below to view all of the imagery. Here are the extras:

-A Leatherface apron

-Theatrical mini-poster

-Five audio options

-Four feature commentaries with the filmmakers and cast,

-Several making-of featurettes

-Deleted scenes, outtakes, bloopers, trailers and much more

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE received a mixed critical reception upon its initial release – the Los Angeles Times called it “despicable” – but horror fans immediately recognized it has a breakthrough in unbearable suspense. The story, written by director Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel, is dreadfully simple: Five young people on a weekend getaway in remote Texas countryside fall prey to a chain saw-wielding butcher (dubbed Leatherface because of his mask made of human skin) and his demented cannibalistic family. Thanks to startling scenes such as a woman being impaled on a meat hook, horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational and shockingly realistic, the film terrified audiences and was the most buzzed-about release of its time (a buzz fueled by the marketing campaign that claimed it was based on a true story).

Thrust upon an America disillusioned by the Vietnam War and Watergate, the 1974 shocker faced a storm of controversy, censorship and outcry. But this masterpiece of horror has stood the test of time to become a landmark motion picture and cultural milestone, having opened the (sliding steel) door to the entire slasher genre of the 1980s and beyond.

In addition to the Limited Deluxe “Black Maria” Edition of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE , the film will also be released as a standard DVD, Blu-ray and DVD/Blu-ray Combo on September 16 at retail outlets nationwide.

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 40th ANNIVERSARY BLACK MARIA LIMITED EDITION BOX SET

Street Date: Exclusively at gorgon-video.com only September 16, 2014

Street Date: retail outlets nationwide October 14, 2014

SRP: $99.98

Rate R

EXTRAS:

A Collector’s Edition Bonus Disc:

* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

* Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw

* A Tour of the TCSM House with Gunnar Hansen

* Off the Hook with Teri McMinn

* The Business of Chain Saw: An Interview with Production Manager Ron Bozman

* New Deleted Scenes & Outtakes

* Grandpa’s Tales: An Interview with John Dugan

* Cutting Chain Saw: An Interview With Editor J. Larry Carroll

* Deleted Scenes & Outtakes

* Blooper Reel

* Outtakes from “The Shocking Truth”

* Horror’s Hallowed Grounds: TCSM

* Dr. W.E. Barnes Presents “Making Grandpa”

* Still Gallery

* 40th Anniversary Trailer

* Trailers

* TV Spots

* Radio Spots

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 40 th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION DVD & BD COMBO

Street Date: September 16, 2014

SRP: $49.98

Rated R

4k Digital Transfer, 7.1 Surround audio

EXTRAS:

Collector’s Edition Bonus Disc:

* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

* Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw

* A Tour of the TCSM House with Gunnar Hansen

* Off the Hook with Teri McMinn

* The Business of Chain Saw: An Interview with Production Manager Ron Bozman

* New Deleted Scenes & Outtakes

* Grandpa’s Tales: An Interview with John Dugan

* Cutting Chain Saw: An Interview With Editor J. Larry Carroll

* Deleted Scenes & Outtakes

* Blooper Reel

* Outtakes from “The Shocking Truth”

* Horror’s Hallowed Grounds: TCSM

* Dr. W.E. Barnes Presents “Making Grandpa”

* Still Gallery

* 40th Anniversary Trailer

* Trailers

* TV Spots

* Radio Spots

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 40 th ANNIVERSARY DVD OR BD

Street Date: September 16, 2014 SRP: $24.98 DVD / $29.98 BLU-RAY Rated R 4k Digital Transfer, 7.1 Surround audio

EXTRAS:

4 Feature Commentaries:

* Writer-Producer-Director Tobe Hooper, actor Gunnar Hansen, Cinematographer Daniel Pearl

* Actors Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, and Paul A. Partain, and Production Designer Robert Burns

* NEW Commentary with Writer-Producer-Director Tobe Hooper

* NEW Commentary with Cinematographer Daniel Pearl, Editor J. Larry Carroll and Sound Recordist Ted Nicolaou”