John Dugan
Actor · b. 1940 · Brazil, Indiana, USA
He is best known for his role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) andTexas Chainsaw 3D (2013) as Grandpa Sawyer. He also did a cameo as a police man at the end of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation(1994). John took time off away from the public and the cameras until the 2000s, when he started making appearances and acting in independent films again.[1]John has most recently been seen in The Hospital opposite actor/stuntman Jim O'Rear. 2015 starred in Tony Moran's biopic Horror Icon: Inside Michael’s Mask with Tony Moran.
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Movie7.3HorrorFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · 4K votes
Movie5.5HorrorThrillerA young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.
Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013 · 1.9K votes
Movie4.6HorrorComedyA group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995 · 777 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryHorrorAn examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
The American Nightmare
2000 · 38 votes
Movie3.8ThrillerHorrorAfter being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2019 · 13 votes
Movie2.9HorrorOld St. Leopold's Hospital has many urban legends surrounding it, but the residents of Bridgeport all agree on one thing: tortured souls roam its abandoned halls. The mystery proves too much for a pretty young student who decides to investigate for her senior class project. Unfortunately, she does not find ghosts. She, instead, finds Stanley... serial rapist, murderer, and psychopath. As the young girl becomes Stanley's new pet, a team of young investigators descend on the hospital to "hunt some ghosts." Stanley sees nothing but fun and games in his future. But, what Stanley does not know is that the hospital truly is haunted and the restless spirits there are not happy with what he has been doing.
The Hospital
2013 · 23 votes
Movie4.8HorrorComedyA group of teenagers steal a supernatural skateboard owned by Satan's son. Now the devil wants it back.
Skate to Hell
2026 · 4 votes
MovieThrillerFantasySet in a bleak future in which the world suffocates under the iron fist of a tyrannical regime. Driven by unyielding determination, Ken Shiro sets out on a perilous mission to find the gate to Hell and save his daughter from the Inferno.
MovieHorrorWhen a severed human hand is found at a weekend film festival, the actual cast and crew of the CRUEL SUMMER trilogy suddenly find themselves thrown into the middle of a real-life sequel engineered by an unhinged psychopath.
Movie6.3DocumentaryA documentary about the classic 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' film, including interviews with Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, John Dugan and Jim Siedow.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait
1988 · 16 votes
MovieHorrorA masked self made transgender, on a twisted mission to become the most beautiful woman in town, is interrupted by Charlie Reese, a sleazy private detective who has discovered her world of torture and depravity.
Deviant Behavior
2018
Movie5.7ComedyHorrorIn 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask.
The Once and Future Smash
2022 · 3 votes
Movie4.5HorrorActionA gut-wrenching, non-stop roller coaster ride through the hellish underbelly of inner-city America. A birthday celebration at an upscale restaurant sets in motion events that bring Sissy, her brother, Mikey, and friends, Kenny and Barbie, face to face with the macabre world of the Boneboys. Inspired by Jonathan Swift's cannibalistic tale A Modest Proposal, the Boneboys are international predators who deal in human flesh - dead or alive. Their hunting grounds are the cities of the world.
Butcher Boys
2013 · 62 votes
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Shudder
2007 · 3 votes
Movie5.0DocumentaryTake a front row seat as we sit down to chat with some of the creators and stars of the best and most beloved exploitation and grindhouse films of the 1970s and 80s. Featuring interviews with John Dugan (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Craig Reed (The Re-Animator), John Russo (Night of the Living Dead), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Carl Crew (Blood Diner), and many more independent horror veterans.
Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors
2023 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryHorrorA 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.
Dinner with Leatherface
2024 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentaryDramaRobert A. Burns, art director on the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, was obsessed with actor Rondo Hatton aka the Creeper. Burns was average looking but brimming with odd creativity. Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly, had a strangely unique appearance, but was a regular guy. In Rondo and Bob their two stories intersect.
Rondo and Bob
2020
Movie1.0ComedyScience FictionIt's the dawn of a new age...a chicken age! Humans have been the dominant species for far too long! The chickens have come to roost and they're not clucking around! An invasion of catastrophic proportions has taken place and the weak humans of earth do everything they can to survive in this crazy chicken world!
Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie
2022 · 6 votes
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Follows a group of bikers who run a small town through a drug and human trafficking trade; a preacher who lost his way; and a pre-med student who has a dark secret. Angels watch them trying to direct them on to a noble path.
Movie4.0HorrorSurvivors of the bloody "theatre massacre" years earlier must fight for their lives as members of their psychiatric hospital's therapy support group begin falling prey to an unseen psychopath. Deep secrets are uncovered and old friendships are tested as they realize the killer may actually be much closer to them than they ever thought possible.
Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall
2024 · 1 votes
MovieAnimationActionA company of Marines deep behind enemy lines on a top secret mission are out manned and out gunned as they fight their way to hell and back leaving a path of death and destruction in their wake.
MovieThrillerHorrorThe Mangled tells the story of a family who would stop at nothing to get their missing daughter back. But their secrets go back further, as the night unravels so do the Bates.
MovieHorrorHistoryA film about America’s first serial killers. These brothers terrorized Kentucky and went across the state on a killing spree. The film is loosely based on the true story of the brothers. Filmed in historically accurate locations.
Harp Brothers
2020