The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Oct 7 - 11:10 PM

An effective hour and a half of pure terror and madness. Only thing it suffers from is being affiliated with terrible sequels and remakes.

Oct 13 - 05:52 AM

dylan kurzawa

Nov 9 - 06:46 PM

Brandon Beckelheimer

Sorry, but I gotta half agree with you on this one.

Jan 11 - 06:48 PM

x c

its called freedom of choice fat boy

Jun 6 - 03:53 PM

Bruce Campbell

atticus-alaric, you are a moron. Go kill yourself. And Roger dosen't even make a convincing and logical argument.

Aug 31 - 03:32 PM

Edward Stymest

first of all, this review is realyl cancellign itself out
second, you know, i highly doubt youre REALLY bruce campbell, and do you really have anything else to do in your spare time besides surfing rotten tomatoes, finding a 1000 movie syou like and cursing off the critiques that gave it a bad review? honestly...

Aug 20 - 01:42 PM

Gabriel Rauch

Telling him to kill himself, seriously? God, that made me laugh! XD

Aug 11 - 06:44 PM

Justin McKinney

So it's a scary, effective, well acted and well made horror film, and yet you give it a bad rating anyway? Kind of illogical, Mr. Ebert.

Sep 12 - 05:14 PM

Tom Danger

This movie is too cool for you, Ebert lol. You were disturbed into giving it a bad review. Now that's a horror film!

Oct 29 - 12:55 AM

daron stiker

Roger
people like you not review films

Feb 17 - 07:31 PM

Chris Elric

Even though he is one the most famous critics on Earth, he shouldn't review films because he didn't like TCM?

Feb 8 - 07:48 PM

Scott Day

TCM Stands for Turner Classic Movies, not The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'm tiring of these overused acronyms.

Apr 17 - 04:11 AM

Matheus Cassiano

Yeah! I'M WITH YOU!

Jun 29 - 09:57 AM

Chris Skoufis

In other words,its so good its bad.

Feb 25 - 04:12 PM

Phoebe S

I saw this way back in '74 at the drive-in (anyone remember those?) It is one of the best horror movies I have ever seen and I wish people these days would stop making remakes of movies and music and try and do something original

Mar 12 - 12:54 PM

kurt cassidy

WOW, couldn't agree more, man.

Mar 12 - 05:46 PM

THGhost .

What about sequels/prequels?

Apr 12 - 12:08 PM

robert hines

Phoebe S., could not agree with you more. This movie is highly effective horror even today. A should be B-movie that somehow transcends all that is bad about most B-rateds. The head blows and seizures make my skin crawl and the final "family-oriented dinner" scene makes my cerebellum ooze. Sequels and remakes be damned ! Grandpas the best !

Mar 29 - 06:21 PM

MegaMovieReviewer DeRaedt

so you are angry how scary and well-made it was,so you gave it a bad review? doesn't seem to make sense.

Apr 27 - 03:29 PM

Tony's film reviews

I AGREE, ITS POINTLESS, UN-SCARY. THE EXORCIST IS WHAT I CALL HORRIFYING AND SCARY.

Sep 1 - 03:04 PM

LEEWAY C.

An awkward review, you like it because it is well-made, well-acted and effective but still give it a low score because you can't imagine someone making this...weird? maybe you were scared shitless.

Nov 3 - 01:13 PM

Kendyl Clem

It's his opinion, and no one can critique that, however, if he agrees that it's well-acted and well-put together, yet he's frightened by its achievements, then he shouldn't have inputted a "rotten" review, rather review it at all. Disappointing, Ebert.

Dec 21 - 11:15 PM

Anthony Johns

This is an interesting reaction from Ebert. He didn't enjoy what the movie is trying to do, so he couldn't reccomend it, but he respects the skill and effort that went into it as far greater than these low budget movies demand. In fact, he's cited it multiple times as a superior version of other films (namely the sequels and remake), and even once suggested that the director should "show them how it's done".

Jan 17 - 09:05 PM

ffdsd fdsafsafd

The quote Ebert provided displays high praise. Why would you rate a movie 50% when it accomplishes everything it sets out to and does it so effectively?

Mar 26 - 08:47 PM

Gavin Drake

Its obvious that most of you haven't even read his full review. Mr Ebert is saying that while it is a well made movie, there is no reason for its existence other than to creep us out. It's not about good vs evil, like the Exorcist (4 stars), it doesn't shed some light on the mind of Leatherface, as did Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (3.5 Stars), it doesn't really do much of anything except scare us. He gives it kudos for scaring us but it's lack of a solid purpose is what made him give it two stars. (Personally, i thought the movie was great, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.)

Aug 13 - 11:38 AM