

Dinner with Leatherface
2024-11-26 · 106 min · ★ 8.0
A look at poet, author, filmmaker, actor, and horror icon Gunnar Hansen—the original Leatherface in the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Including perspectives from friends, colleagues, filmmakers, actors, and anyone else who knew one of the nicest people affiliated with the horror genre.
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- Michael Kallio
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Gunnar HansenSelf
Bruce CampbellSelf
Linnea QuigleySelf
Michelle BauerSelf
Debbie RochonSelf
Tiffany ShepisSelf
Betsy BakerSelf
Jeff BurrSelf
Gary JonesSelf
Bret McCormickSelf
Tim LovelaceSelf
Brian O'HalloranSelf
Barbara CramptonSelf
Fred Olen RaySelf
Michael FelsherSelf
John DuganSelf
Edwin NealSelf
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