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Star Teri McMinn Shares ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Behind the Scenes Photo You’ve Probably Never Seen
Few scenes in horror history are more iconic, enduring and downright terrifying than the “girl on a meathook” scene in Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, wherein a red shorts-wearing Pam stumbles into Leatherface’s home and is captured and hooked by the hulking brute. Just thinking about it, honestly, sends shivers up the spine.
Pam was played by actress Teri McMinn in the 1974 film, and fans of the movie (and the character) will definitely want to follow her Facebook fan page, Pam, The O’riginal Chainsaw Gal. McMinn often tells stories and shares photos on the page, and she just shared a behind the scenes shot from the Chain Saw set that I had personally never seen.
In the photo, the late Gunnar Hansen (as Leatherface) looms behind Pam, during the filming of the infamous “capture” sequence. Along with it, McMinn told a fun story.
“Gunnar aka ‘Leatherface’ was my ex-boyfriend, George Bush Jr.’s roomie. I knew him quite well,” McMinn wrote. “He was Much Scarier as my ex’s housemate than he ever was playing Leatherface, believe me!! When George and I parted, I very was happy thinking I was rid of him… forever. Little did I know that fate had other plans for me.”
She continued, “When we were introduced on the set in the RV on the first day of filming, Gunnar was sitting down in the banquette/booth and had his back to me. Immediately, I heard Kim Henkel, our writer, say, “Teri, I’d like you to meet Gunnar. He’ll be playing Leatherface…” as I was simultaneously walking toward them. When I got even with the large man Kim was standing near, he turned his head to look at me. We were literally 6-10 inches apart, and he was as tall sitting down as I was standing up. Eyeball to eyeball, we Both jumped out of our skins! In unison, we both blurted out, “WHAT’RE YOU DOING HERE!!?? Turns out George had screwed him over, left him paying the rent and utilities ++, so GH and I commiserated over coffee together. All’s well that ends well, and the rest is, as they say, ‘history’.”
Check out the photo below, and see if you can spot Tobe Hooper!
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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