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Chain Reactions

Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe

2025 1h 43mDocumentary, Horror

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The Texas Chain Ssw Massacre's impact on 5 artists - Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, Karyn Kusama - through interviews, outtakes, exploring how it shaped their art, psyche from childhood trauma.

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Cast of Chain Reactions

Patton OswaltSelf
Takashi MiikeSelf
Alexandra Heller-NicholasSelf
Stephen KingSelf
Karyn KusamaSelf
Alexandre O. PhilippeDirector / Writer
Kerry Deignan RoyProducer

Chain Reactions Ratings & Reviews

Kevin WardJune 30, 2025
Chain Reactions is an insightful and bloody valentine to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a film I embarrassingly only just watched for the first time—despite being a lifelong slasher fan. Patton Oswalt offers a fan’s perspective, but I never tire of hearing directors talk about their creative influences. Takashi Miike and Karyn Kusama both eloquently describing how TCM shook something loose in them creatively. Miike in particular draws a line from Leatherface’s grotesque theater of violence to his own transgressive work, He also mentions how it made everyone in Japan think Texas was a really dangerous place. Karyn Kusama speaks to how her own work draws influence from a deeper, subtextual reading of Chainsaw—seeing it not just as horror, but as a critique of societal structures. Stephen King and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas round out the lineup of five voices that each reflect a different facet of the film’s legacy. Chain Reactions tracks the seismic aftershocks of one of horror’s rawest, most enduring texts. Even if you’re late to the massacre like I was, it’s thrilling to see just how many artists are still haunted—and inspired—by it.

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