Kim Henkel

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Kim David Henkel (born January 19, 1946) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He is best known as the co-writer of Tobe Hooper's horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Henkel and Hooper co-wrote the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre screenplay. Henkel both wrote and directed a sequel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995). He also wrote and co-produced the Eagle Pennell classic Last Night at the Alamo (1983) as well as the adaptation of Hooper's Eaten Alive (1977). Henkel returned to the horror genre in 2012 with another tale of cannibals titled Butcher Boys (2012 film), which was co-directed by two of his former film students Duane Graves and Justin Meeks. Henkel had previously worked with the pair as a producer on their debut feature The Wild Man of the Navidad. Most recently, he produced the horror film Found Footage 3D, which was released on the horror streaming service Shudder in 2017. He has been a lecturer in screenwriting at Rice University.

19-01-1946

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Kim David Henkel

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Virginia, USA

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19-01-1946

Birthday

Capricorn

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Genres

Total Films

Boris Schnurr, Kim David Henkel

Also Known As (male)

Virginia, USA

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Also Starring Austin

ALSO STARRING AUSTIN uses scenes from locally shot films as a lens to explore a community's rapidly changing built and natural environment and unique, enduring culture.

7.0

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2018

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

6.9

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2000

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary

This documentary goes behind the scenes of the 1993 filming of "The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in Pflugerville, Texas. It includes on-set footage and interviews with the cast and crew, and is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the film that went on to become the black sheep of the Texas Chainsaw franchise.

6.2

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1996

Last Night at the Alamo

The events on the last night in the existence of a little suburban Houston pub. It has to be closed down for development reasons but one of the regular customers, Cowboy, seems to have friends in high places.

6.6

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1984

Eggshells

A group of hippie students in Austin, Texas move into an old big house in the woods. However, something else is there and it's influencing them.

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1969