News: Jeff Burr dead at 60 RIP


 From the Hollywood Reporter

 'Jeff Burr, the horror specialist who directed Vincent Price in one of his last movies and entries in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Puppet Master, Pumpkinhead and Stepfather franchises, has died. He was 60.'

I first heard the name Jeff Burr in the pages of Fangoria magazine when they covered his first feature film FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM. It took some time for me to see the film but I was impressed with it and the cast (the lovable Vincent Price headlining).

It was his third feature as director that really grabbed my attention upon seeing it on its initial theatrical run; LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III. It was a different beast from the first two CHAINSAW films and better for it. It was a lean, mean, killing machine that made for a 90 minute thrill ride.

Burr often directed films with a numeral in the title. But he managed to elevate what otherwise would have been a simple, quick cash in. He put his magical spin on it and made the franchise that much more special.

RIP Jeff Burr.

 

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