Kim Henkel
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.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
as HimselfA documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
as SelfThis documentary goes behind the scenes of the 1993 filming of "The Return of the Texas Chainsaw...
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Eggshells
as ToesA group of hippie students in Austin, Texas move into an old big house in the woods. However,...
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Also Starring Austin
as uncreditedALSO STARRING AUSTIN uses scenes from locally shot films as a lens to explore a community's...
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Last Night at the Alamo
as LionelThe events on the last night in the existence of a little suburban Houston pub. It has to be...
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E! True Hollywood Story
as uncreditedE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...
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