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'His people called and said hey you remember that farm house we used in Texas Chainsaw.maybe a little less creepy but we want that farm house look.' said Brian Gannon with the Austin Film Commission. In fact, the Texas Chainsaw remake house was so popular with producer Michael Bay's team, that they came back again for a small little film called Transformers 4: Age of Extinction. Texas Chainsaw was a low budget film that became an iconic franchise spurning sequels and prequels with most of them shot right here in Texas, all at homes that have real character. Another great addition to Texas Chainsaw Massacre is Lilys backstory.

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'It's funny seeing people eating in the dining room that know the movie and they're looking around like ok this is wild.' said Wills. With a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre film starring Elsie Fisher coming to Netflix literally today, Leatherface fans are looking back at the franchise that began in 1974. After this, Texas Chainsaw Massacre gets real or at least feels that way to the audience, and all safe bets are off. Haunted or not, there is still a lot to attract hundreds of fans from around the world each year to the house that started the Texas Chainsaw craze. 'Sometimes when you're here in the morning by yourself you hear things upstairs you hear wine bottles moving and there's nothing up there.' said Wills. It sits smack dab in the middle of the Antlers Hotel and Resort. The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre: How Ed Gein Inspired Classic Horror Movies Sit a Spell A House of Horrors Bad Taste Carnie Act A New Kind of Cinema Star. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was filmed in this old Victorian farm house that has since been restored and turned into a restaurant and bar.

'This house was actually built in 1909.' said Sabrina Wills of Antlers Inn and Resort.Īnd this is where the horror started. While the owners of the Chainsaw remake house shun visitors and publicity, the original Texas Chainsaw House moved from Round Rock to Kingsland welcomes fans of the movie. It’s already gonna be weird when The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is half a century old next year, but Star Wars coming up on that is even weirder.

'They want to take pictures I'm sure but the people who own the house they had too much publicity.' said Barrow. Because of that, neighbors say it has attracted people from around the country-a thorn in the side of the owner and neighbors of the creepy house. The house was not used once but twice - again in 2006 for a prequel to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 'I worked on it years ago did some carpenter work and got it ready for the movie.' said Barrow.īarrow was a member of the film crew when producer Michael Bay came to Texas to remake the 1974 classic horror film. Brochures on the gate remind people the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is not real and to respect their privacy. Signs clearly state visitors on the property are not welcomed. The house is still occupied by a real family and part of a working farm. The stately looking house was used as the fictional home where Leatherface and his family the Hewitt's hacked and hung human victims on meat hooks.

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