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Bar-B-Que Movie (1988)

Bar-B-Que Movie poster
Directed by
Alex Winter
Genre
comedy, horror
Country
United States
Runtime
11 min
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short film spoofs The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It stars the punk band Butthole Surfers as characters in a parody of the horror classic.

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What happens

Bar-B-Que Movie is an 11-minute Super 8 film created in 1988, written and directed by Tom Stern and actor/filmmaker Alex Winter. It is a spoof of 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and stars American punk band Butthole Surfers. Featured Surfers include Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, King Coffey, Teresa Nervosa, and Jeff Pinkus, as well as the band's dancer, Kathleen Lynch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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