Peter Jackson—dropped out. Burr was hired only two weeks before shooting began, and consequently had little time to prepare and little creative control over the final product. The resulting film, 1990's Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III encountered problems with the MPAA, requiring 11 different submissions before receiving an R Rating, which New Line required in order to effectively distribute the film. After test audiences responded positively to Ken Foree's character, the studio brought editor Michael Knue in to shoot a new ending which focused on the character. Burr, frustrated by the changes, asked that his name be removed from the final film, but was denied on the basis that film prints had already been struck which listed him as director. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III was not well received by critics, but nevertheless went on gross $5,765,562 on a $2,000,000 budget, making the studio a profit. Burr would go on to direct sequels to Pumpkinhead and Puppet Master, among many others. Though most of his subsequent work has been in the horror genre (Night of the Scarecrow, Devil's Den), Burr has also worked in dramedy (Eddie Presley), Science-Fiction (Spoiler, The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes) and war films (Straight into Darkness). Throughout his career, Burr has expressed frustration over studio interference, budget limitations, and other unfortunate circumstances, leading him to claim in an interview in 2012 that there were only three films which he considered to be his own: From a Whisper to a Scream, 1992's Eddie Presley, and 2004's Straight into Darkness. The others, he claimed, had, "decisions that were made, in my estimation, that weren't the best. So, those are the three I stand behind without a mountain of qualifications." Filmography Divided We Fall (1982) From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) Stepfather II (1989) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) Eddie Presley (1992) Puppet Master 4 (1993) Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994) Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) Night of the Scarecrow (1995) American Hero (shot in 1995, released in 2021) Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1997) The Werewolf Reborn! (1998) Spoiler (1998) The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes (1999) Phantom Town (1999) Straight Into Darkness (2004) Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn! (2005) Devil's Den (2006) Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (2007) The Telling (2009) (uncredited) Luger of the Black Sun (2009) Resurrection (2010) Alien Tornado (2012) Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre (2018) References External