Alex Ross Perry

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Wikidata Q4717719: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974); Her Smell (2018). Count them as writer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

A Clockwork Orange (1971): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through Her Smell (2018), which they directed: A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Her Smell (the maker said so: Alex Ross Perry, the writer of Her Smell, speaking on this episode). The speaker says the film's five-act structure was a huge inspiration while writing Her Smell.
    “This movie, I think, and this was a huge inspiration in when I was writing her smell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:28:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)

Ed Gein: 1 line

  1. lineage (real-life source) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: Ed Gein ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). The film was a little influenced by Ed Gein, whose skin masks and grave digging fascinated Hollywood.
    “it was a little influenced by the great Ed Geen.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:18 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Night of the Living Dead (1968): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: Night of the Living Dead ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). Hooper saw the line down the block for Night of the Living Dead and decided to make a horror film with his own ideas about Vietnam-era America.
    “Toby Hooper, who directed Chainsaw Massacre, went and saw Night of the Living Dead.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Friday the 13th (1980): 4 lines

  1. unmapped (template) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The imposing masked killer and the final girl in Chainsaw became the slasher template Friday the 13th and Halloween used.
    “We have that, that ends up in Halloween, Friday the 13th, everything else.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:04:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (final girl prototype) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Sally is the ground-zero prototype final girl later ripped off in every Friday the 13th and most Halloween movies.
    “she's the prototype ground 0 final girl that then gets ripped off.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:06:46 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (rip-off) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The final girl running to Jason's mom for help copies Sally running to the gas station guy.
    “Friday the 13th rips it off.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:41:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday borrowed the seemingly friendly helper who turns out hostile and the killer who keeps getting back up.
    “a seemingly friendly helper who ends up being not friendly, the Texas chainsaw move.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Halloween (1978): 2 lines

  1. lineage (ancestor) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Halloween felt like it invented modern horror, but on rewatch Chainsaw is the real ground zero.
    “whenever I watch Chainsaw, I'm like, no, actually this is ground zero.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (double feature) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Bill pairs it with Halloween to compare how much Halloween cribbed from Chainsaw.
    “I went Halloween just to compare and contrast like how much Halloween, crib done, chainsaw, all that stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:31:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Alien (the host's read). Chainsaw is what inspired Ridley Scott to make Alien.
    “Texas Chainsaw Basker is what inspired Ridley Scott to make alien.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:40 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
    “Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Paranormal Activity (2007): 1 line

  1. unmapped (indie legacy) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Paranormal Activity (the host's read). Chainsaw invented the no-money, unknown-actors, one-idea indie horror run that Halloween, Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity followed.
    “This, Halloween, Blur Witch, paranormal activity. We have no money. You don't know these actors.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:31 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022, Netflix): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022, Netflix) (the host's read). The Netflix legacy sequel replaces the original's horror with influencers and a DEI angle.
    “It was like a DEI, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:28:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Blair Witch Project (1999): 1 line

  1. industry (marketing precedent) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ The Blair Witch Project (the host's read). The 'based on true events' opening was smart and was ripped off by Blair Witch in 1999, pre-internet.
    “We didn't know any better in 1999.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2: 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they directed: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (the host's read). Part 2 reuses the framework but changes the tone to slapstick comedy.
    “Texas Chainsaw Messker 2 is basically a slapstick comedy.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:27:15 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (3) everyone in directing

Other (8) everyone in other

Writing (2) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (formative pick): Alex Ross Perry → Fight Club. Perry's last three picks are called the building blocks of his entire personality, Fight Club among them.
    “It's a new trilogy of movies that basically are the building blocks of your entire personality.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:06:04 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Alex Ross Perry: He kept a 7-foot Blockbuster cardboard display and a four-panel window poster in his basement.
    “I got the 7 foot tall cardboard display from Blockbuster, 4 fight club.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:59:37 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)