The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reviews
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"Who will survive and what will be left of them?"
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a brutal, disturbing, filthy, terrifying and disgusting film. It's one of those movies that makes it hard to trust anyone in this world; especially hillbillies. This is one of the most effective and well done horror films ever done. It's a no nonsense look at the disturbing goings on in rural house. Leatherface, for good reason, is one of the more disturbing horror icons ever. Unlike Freddy and Jason, this villain is an all too real part of the world. The first time we see him snatch two of the friends is such a freaky scene, especially when he gets the man. Tobe Hooper just let's it play out. He doesn't throw in a heavy score at that moment for a jump scare. He knows how disturbing the scene is by itself and let's Leatherface do what he has to do. When he slams that big metal door shut and we hear a low droning score is easily one of my favorite horror movie moments. It's just so well done, it's ridiculous.
When people say, "They don't make horror movies like they used to" this is what they are referring to. Now horror films are to worried about special effects and gore, which I do like too. It's just, given the choice, I'll take this over any modern gorefest. This is so raw without being gory. It manages to sicken the viewer without showing blood squirting out of mouths and intestines being pulled out. It's scary because its characters are so realistic. The only movie that comes close to this in the same kind of way that has been made in the last ten years is, The Devils Rejects. It had that same filthy, raw production value, just less effective and more bloody.
For any horror fan, this is one of those movies that's impossible to not like. If you don't like it, you're not much of a fan. This is a movie that weeds out the posers. Without a doubt The Texas Chain Saw is Hooper's undisputed masterpiece, which is saying a lot because he has Poltergeist to his credit also. This is a movie that will live on as one of the greatest horror films ever made.
In a way I love that this movie was remade because it got a lot of younger audiences interested enough to watch the original. That's a great thing too because The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a must watch, so watch it.
Jerry: That's the last goddamn hitchhiker I ever pick up.
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A group goes out to an old farm house while checking on the grave of a grandfather accidentally stumbles onto a crazed family in the middle of the Texas nowhere: a crazed hitch hiker, a crazed gas station owner, and a psychotic housekeeper named Leatherface.
The funny thing about TCM is that the villains don't actually go after the victims. These kids just keep appearing out of nowhere and Leatherface, in his own special way, keeps showing them hospitality by beating them with mallets and hanging them on meat hooks. These people keep coming into the house. What's he supposed to do?
Tobe Hooper directs TCM in a gritty, documentary style that lends to the creepiness as this family goes on a rampage against the young trespassers. The cheap film stock, dark lighting and an incredible set design featuring most of the road kill in Texas during the summer of 1973 lead this to be a mesmerizing film that gets to you. It's a disturbing film that builds to its ultimate crescendo of macabre violence.
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