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Scared

One night in the woods
I ran for my life only
to become dinner.
© 2007 by Joan Hartenstine

Gunnar Milton Hansen Gimme Skelter (2007) .... Porter Sandford

PX-1: Leatherface is an Icelandic American actor and author, perhaps best known for playing Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).

Two from Joan Hartenstine:

Scared

One night in the woods
I ran for my life only
to become dinner.
© 2007 by Joan Hartenstine

Serial Killer

Take a ride with me
I'll show you my house.
There's a room ready for you;
Just for you.
Those before you float in the sky.
I gave them soverignty from a polluted life.
...hope they thank me later.
© 2007 by Joan Hartenstine

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Three from Stefan Särnefält:

Horror Haiku

Eyeless demons howl
Reading the language of leaves
Autumn mystery

Dark forest sleeping
The chainsaw blade cuts the sky
Deathdance in light rain

Cemetery nights
Grave stones marching in cool breeze
Teeth of death shines sharp
© 2007 by Stefan Särnefält

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Two from Joey Froehlich:

The Chainaws are Sharper this Year
(for Gunnar Hansen)

That tooth we found
In the pizza
While we were
Watching TEXAS
CHAINSAW MASSACRE
Made me wonder.
Is Gunnar Hansen
In town?
Or what? Maybe
We should have
Another CHAINSAW
REUNION!
BO-MACS -- BO MACS,
We need a pizza
Right now!
© 2007 by Joey Froehlich

Hate to Lose My Teaching Job
(for Michael Berryman)

When the victims cry
The hills have eyes,
Leatherface writes haikus
When you're not looking.
© 2007 by Joey Froehlich

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Hansen was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and moved to the United States when he was five. He lived in Maine until age eleven, when his family moved to Texas, where he attended both Austin High School and the University of Texas at Austin. He majored in English and mathematics as an undergraduate, and then went to graduate school in Scandinavian Studies and English.

His first job out of high school was as a computer operator, before he started doing theater work during college. He also was a football player during high school, and for a while a bar bouncer. In 1973, just after finishing graduate school, Hansen heard that The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was being filmed in Austin and decided to try out. He got the part of Leatherface, the masked killer in the movie, and made movie history.

As the movie went on to become a cult classic, Hansen co-starred in the movie Demon Hunter (also known as Demon Lover) and after the experiences he had on that film, he decided not to continue acting. He chose to pursue a writing career. So, in 1975, Hansen after one more year of graduate school, moved back to Maine and started writing. Devoted to his writing, he rejected a part he was offered in the cult horror film The Hills Have Eyes.

After working, for a while, writing (and occasionally editing) for magazines and writing books, Hansen got back in to acting in 1987, appearing in the horror spoof Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, and has appeared in 20 films since. Hansen's new acting career is a side project and he continues to write books. He has written some film scripts too and now writes and directs documentary films.

Hansen is also an author; his nonfiction travel memoir, Islands at the Edge of Time, A journey to America's Barrier Islands, was published in 1993. In addition, he has taught college as an adjunct instructor.

Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (2009) .... Captain Pétur
Murder Set Pieces (2008) .... Gun Dealer
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy (2008) .... Krenshaw
Gimme Skelter (2007) .... Porter Sandford

Gunnar Hansen