NIGHT THREE: 🎃 BONUS #1 🎃 The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)

THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE

(1990, dir. Michael Chaves, 135 min)

Starring Karina Fallenstein and Udo Kier

So much of this movie is wrapped up in the contexts of being:

1) A parody/reimagining of Hooper's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and its much more gonzo sequel

2) A lowbrow guerilla satire of the cultural politics around German re-unification

I'm not sure I have enough grounding in the latter to really have an informed response about the film, beyond looking back at how the world reacted to the fall of Communism when I was growing up.

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Review of ‘The German Chainsaw Massacre’ (1990) ★★

HOOPTOBER XII NIGHT THREE, BONUS #1: So much of this movie is wrapped up in the contexts of being: 1) A parody/reimagining of Hooper's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and its much more gonzo sequel 2) A…