Jeff Burr Dies: ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre III’ Director Was 60
deadline.comJeff Burr, a horror director whose resume includes the Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Puppet Master, Pumpkinhead and Stepfather franchises, died Tuesday at age 60 in Dalton, Georgia, from complications from a stroke, his friend, actor Eric Spudic, confirmed.
Burr was not the first choice for New Line’s Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990), but came aboard after others dropped out.
The R-rated fim grossed $5.8 million on a $2 million budget. That established his credentials in the genre. From there, he directed Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1993) and Puppet Master 4 (1993), Puppet Master 5 (1994) and Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre (2018).
His other films incuded Eddie Presley (1992), a film that has Quentin Tarantino and Bruce Campbell playing asylum attendants, and cowrote and directed the World War II drama Straight Into Darkness (2004).RIP Jeff Burr.
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