Patton Oswalt Shares His Apocalypse Theory Linked to the Opening Credits of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”

Patton Oswalt has answers for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. 

The scary aficionado, 56, shared his apocalypse mentation that explains nan gruesome events successful nan 1974 independent scary movie astir a group of friends attacked by nan cannibalistic slayer Leatherface and his arsenic disturbed family.

During an question and reply successful nan caller documentary Chain Reactions, Oswalt said his mentation is linked to nan movie’s opening credits, which characteristic shots of "red storms conscionable blazing connected nan aboveground of nan sun." 

"In nan remainder of nan movie, group are ever looking up astatine nan sun. It’s for illustration nan sun itself has go diseased and is bathing nan world successful this madness, and it’s starting to return hold,” nan character speculated.

Oswalt continued to opportunity that he believes nan full satellite is affected by nan apocalyptic event, moreover though nan movie only follows a fewer people. 

"Leatherface seems terrified and horrified by nan truth that group are successful nan location and doesn’t rather cognize what to do. In a weird way, up to this point, I consciousness for illustration Leatherface was conscionable digging up bones, but possibly he wasn’t really sidesplitting anybody. He was conscionable digging worldly up and making arts and crafts retired of it, and furniture," nan Emmy victor added. 

"Now group are being fed into nan slaughterhouse," Oswalt continued. "First, he clobbers nan feline pinch a hammer nan measurement you would conscionable stun a cow. Then he grabs nan woman, and pinch nary diabolism aliases passion, he conscionable hangs her connected a hook and turns backmost to his activity because that’s what you do."

"After he’s killed nan 3rd guy, he goes into nan beforehand room and he looks retired nan beforehand window, for illustration ‘What is happening? What is happening? Why are group coming to this house?’ It’s for illustration he’s not prepared for this," he recalled of nan celebrated movie.

Once Leatherface’s family returns to nan location and starts yelling astatine him, nan comedian noted, "It’s for illustration nan world is starting to spell crazy."

The movie's ending provides much grounds for Oswalt’s theory. "That past changeable of Leatherface waving his chainsaw astatine nan sky. It’s this agleam reddish disfigured sun, for illustration we saw successful that first image. The sun storms. The madness is afloat taking clasp of nan earth, and Leatherface is trying to termination nan sun pinch his chainsaw," he said.

"The world is now going insane. It’s an apocalyptic event," nan character concluded. "That’s what I deliberation is going connected successful that movie."

Chain Reactions, directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, explores nan effect that Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre had connected nan scary genre. In summation to Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King and Karyn Kusama shared their experiences pinch nan flick.

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Per nan synopsis, nan documentary "goes to nan bosom of really a scruffy, no-budget independent movie wormed its measurement into our corporate nightmares and permanently altered nan zeitgeist."

Chain Reactions opened successful New York City and Los Angeles connected Sept. 19 and expands nationwide connected Sept. 26.