Sep 4, 2026 · 47 min · 10 segments
Horror legend Allen Danziger joins Timecode: DEAD AIR to look back on his role as Jerry in Tobe Hooper’s landmark […]
Allen DanzigerGuest
Jon WoodHost
And so what, whenever that came out, how was it, was that received as far as like, given what you were going to school for, did they kind of question why are you in this horror film or anything?
You know, here's a social worker, you know, with two master's degrees and arguably the scariest movie of all time.
But when this movie came out, in 74, it's going up the charts, you know, with a bullet, it beat out, you know, Way of the Dragon or the Gone Dragon, whatever, with Bruce Lee.
They did a sneak of it in San Francisco with the taking of Pelham, one, two, three, and people were going out of that theater screaming and throwing up, wanting their money back.
And I think it might have been for 150, something like that, less than $200.
So the massacre took place, as I say, after the movie, because unfortunately, the distributors were Bryanston, who were mafia.
And I think Kim Hinkle and Bob Coon, who was the attorney, they went up there and they wanted to see the books.
And when you got a guy named Butch something with a 25-inch neck saying you ain't seeing the books, they knew there was trouble right there in Windy City.
And so what, whenever that came out, how was it, was that received as far as like, given what you were going to school for, did they kind of question why are you in this horror film or anything?
You know, here's a social worker, you know, with two master's degrees and arguably the scariest movie of all time.
But when this movie came out, in 74, it's going up the charts, you know, with a bullet, it beat out, you know, Way of the Dragon or the Gone Dragon, whatever, with Bruce Lee.
They did a sneak of it in San Francisco with the taking of Pelham, one, two, three, and people were going out of that theater screaming and throwing up, wanting their money back.
And I think it might have been for 150, something like that, less than $200.
So the massacre took place, as I say, after the movie, because unfortunately, the distributors were Bryanston, who were mafia.
And I think Kim Hinkle and Bob Coon, who was the attorney, they went up there and they wanted to see the books.
And when you got a guy named Butch something with a 25-inch neck saying you ain't seeing the books, they knew there was trouble right there in Windy City.
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