Fright Club Live: Chain Reactions (2025)
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe Run Time: 103 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2025
Starring: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Karyn Kusama, Patton Oswalt, Stephen King, Takashi Miike
Country: United States
Language: English, Japanese
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About the film:
Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, Chain Reactions delves into the cultural legacy of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by centering on how five influential creators—Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama—were shaped by the film. Through interviews, archival outtakes, and explorations of the film in multiple formats (16 mm, 35 mm, VHS, digital), Philippe probes how a scrappy, no-budget horror movie wormed into collective nightmares and permanently altered genre cinema.
About the filmmaker:
Alexandre O. Philippe is a Swiss-American filmmaker and critic known for dissecting iconic films with fresh, analytical rigor. His works—including 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, Memory: The Origins of Alien, and Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist—explore how cinematic moments resonate through time. Chain Reactions continues his practice of revealing hidden angles behind familiar masterpieces.
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