The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [Blu-ray] | Marilyn Burns, William Creamer

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [Blu-ray] | Marilyn Burns, William Creamer | Saw is good, Saw is Family

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	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [Blu-ray] Marilyn Burns, William Creamer Dark Sky Films, 2008 average customer review:based on 659 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

"My family's always been in meat." -The Hitchhiker

Tobe Hooper's classic masterpiece known as "The Texas Chain saw Massacre", aka "TCM" (the original version) is quite simply one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Made in 1974, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" continues to frighten and horrify viewers, who are brave enough to watch and endure its horror, to this very day!! Interestingly enough, the simplicity of the story of "TCM" is astonishing when considering its lasting effect on horror movie audiences and the horror genre itself. The story of "TCM" is horrifying enough to the viewer, but the way that the story is presented to the audience accentuates the horror and dread that the audience experiences to the utmost degree. Tobe Hooper presents "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to the audience with a sense of horror with a brilliant style as well as a truly terrifying subject matter, both which create a truly horrifying experience for the audience. Hence, this is the essence of a pure horror movie, to scare and frighten and not just to shock and disturb.

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is a movie about a group of young adults (in their early to mid 20s) who take a summer's day drive during the heat of the August sun in the heart of the slaughterhouse region in Texas. The movie starts out with our young adults which include the invalid Franklin, his sister Sally, Jerry, Curt, and Pam on their way to Sally's and Franklin's father's unoccupied house out in the middle of nowhere to have a fun summer's day. What ensues from this point forward is a horrifying ordeal that goes beyond the imaginations of ordinary people like Sally and Franklin.

Perhaps what is so amazing about "TCM" is its simplicity and realism. In fact, it wouldn't be that farfetched in today's world to find people just like the villains in "TCM". Clearly, this is one aspect of "TCM" that absolutely terrifies the viewer, the idea that this could happen to you if you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time and around the wrong people. Just like the cook in "TCM" said, "you don't want to go foolin' around other folk's property, some folks don't like it, and they don't mind showin' you!". Of course, those of us that have seen "TCM" know that the horror of "TCM" goes much deeper than that. It seems that Leatherface and his friends have a taste for beef, and they are not that discriminatory about how they get it if you know what I mean and I think you do (to borrow the great Joe Bob Briggs' patented phrase)!

The horror of "TCM" is so intense when it hits you that it's not uncommon for some folks to get sick in the stomach before they finish this film. I remember when I first watched it I was waiting for my Mom's favorite country style steak dish to be cooked, but after I watched "TCM", I wasn't that hungry if you know what I mean. Indeed, "TCM" is gross folks, and it could sicken you to your stomach, and it's not gore we're talking about here; it's the kind of disgusting and horrifying people that our young unsuspecting adults unfortunately run into. They are disgusting individuals, and the sad and scary thing about it is that there are really people like this out there, maybe not just like (although I would not be surprised if there were people just like this in today's world) Leatherface, the Cook, the Hitchiker and Grandpa, but of the same malignant nature and ill mind. Clearly, the sadistic, malignant, and evil nature of the villains in the original "TCM" transcend just about anything you will ever see in a horror movie and I've just about seen them all, and I say that because of the joy these guys took in terrorizing, torturing and murdering their victims. Just watch the way these monsters act with Sally and see what I mean...ghastly!!!

The realism of the way "TCM" is executed is a superb horror movie device as the viewer will notice that much of the killing occurs in broad daylight dispelling some of the horror movie cliches that the seasoned horror movie viewer is so accustomed to. "TCM" truly catches the viewer off guard with the way in which the movie unfolds. The audience becomes shocked at the brutality, savagery, and yet horrifying way in which the killings occur. However, aside from the brutality and savagery involved, "TCM" is also a scary movie as it produces a terrifying atmosphere conducive to cinematic horror and a sense of dread, fear and suspense about what is going to happen next which is essential to a horror movie's effectiveness.

The setting of "TCM" is truly outstanding. The detail in "TCM" is amazing considering its low budget and simplicity. The houses look scary, everything is placed in the perfect location like the tooth on the porch, the bones, the cans in the trees, the chicken in the cage, etc. etc. "TCM" isn't effective just because a crazy person saws people up with a chainsaw (if you want to see that, just watch the comical "Pieces"), but "TCM" is a work of art, a virtuouso that paints a horrifying picture and plays a terrifying tune of horror, a piece of art that is pure terror at its finest that captures the audience and drives the horror home to the viewer with its sense of evil, malignancy, brutality, and realism. The acting in "TCM" is second to none. The actors who play the hitchhiker, the cook, Leatherface, Franklin and the cemetery drunk are absolutely perfect in every conceivable way!! Also, the story of "TCM" itself provides the audience with a realistic portrayal of horrifying events that strike at the very heart of the viewer's consciousness. Moreover, the music in "TCM" is also quite effective in producing the appropriate mood, motifs, and themes at the precise moment so that the movie is able to produce the maximum fear effect in the audience out of each horrifying scene. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" garners HorrorMan's highest recommendation, and this movie is a classic and must-own piece of horror cinema that helps create the crux of any true horror movie collection.

In "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Tobe Hooper creates one of the most horrifying movie experiences ever made, and one of the greatest and scariest horror movies of all-time in the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Truly, there have been many pale imitations, but there has never been anything quite like the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and there won't be either. In fact, I don't think it is an overstatement to say that the original "TCM" paved the way for many subsequent horror movies as well.

As a side note, I have seen the remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and while I did honestly find it to be entertaining (and rather amusing at times as well), it is absolutely NOTHING compared to the original. As a final note, I should point out that the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is VERY LOOSELY based or perhaps I should say that the idea for this movie is derivative from the twisted and sadistic life of Ed Gein, a disgusting killer from the State of Wisconsin from many years ago.

If you have not seen the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", then you are missing something my friend. Go buy the original right now, sit down (without any food whatsoever) and watch one of the most horrifying movies ever made, but just don't blame me if you get sick with horror after seeing it, and I say that with all of HorrorMan's sincerest affections of course. :)

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Saw is good, Saw is Family

This DVD edition Rocks, best yet, next up SAW in High Def, What the hell are the powers that be waiting for.....Stinking format war....The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)

Excellant Film/Awesome DVD

The Original 1974 Texas Chain saw Massacre remains one of the most frightening Horror/Suspense film to date. The low budget 1970's feeling that it has may never be replaced by remakes, though every film in the series are good even the remakes... Nothing will ever beat Tobe Hoopers Original. Leatherface is so frightening, creepy and simple not needing all the Visual Effects that he needs in the modern films. Check out another great movie by Director Tobe Hooper called: The Funhouse !

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Grandpa, quit sucking on my finger......

Surprised I'm reviewing this? I'm not one to watch horror flicks. This was pure horror, not porror. This movie is indeed very suspenseful. It is about a twisted cannibalistic family that has nothing better to do than make barbeques out of human remains. The story begins when Sally, her wheelchair-bound brother (Franklin), and friends, Curt, Pam and Jerry set out to a cemetery to see if their grandpa's grave is still intact. It seems someone is graverobbing and taking corpses out of their cripts in this small Texas town. Grandpa's grave was okay, so the five young people went to see Sally and Franklin's dad's abandon house. You can almost guess the horror about to happen. We are introduced to an array of characters. There is a hitchiker that put new meaning to the word weird. Leatherface and his chain saw getting the bodies ready for barbecuing. The cook slapping his sons into shape. I was never bored! This movie kept me in suspense and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Was I scared? NO! There were parts that even made me laugh---When demented family brought grandpa down to let him have a "little fun". This film definitely had me entertained. I actually enjoyed this film! I don't call myself a horror buff, but this flick is a definite buy for any movie goer.

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Better than I expected.

You know how some people say the original is always better than the remake? I personally find the opposite to be true. No matter what movie genre, I find that most older movies lack the intensity and rawness of a lot of movies in the 21st century. So after I saw the remake version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (and having the life scared out of me), I decided to watch the original just to see what the big fuss was about. To my surprise, I ended up really liking it.

So what's this movie about? Basically, a group of kids are on a roadtrip when they come across a town of creepy people. Worse yet, these "creepy" people are murderers. Weapon of choice? Chainsaws.

Let's talk about the positives first. Although some may be sick of the whole "group of college kids on a roadtrip get chased by some psycho killer" storyline, I personally find it to be thrilling. You know something bad is going to happen, you just don't know when or how. I was on the edge of my seat during the entire last half of the movie. Second, as I said above, I generally find that older movies aren't all that great. I actually thought that this movie seemed more real than the remake. While the remake contained a lot of unlikeable characters (and I'm talking about the kids who were being chased by the killer), I had a lot of sympathy for the characters in the original. Some may find the chasing scene (I hope I'm not giving too much away) to be repetitive and too long but I felt like I was in the character's shoes and I truly felt fearful for her. There are quite a few scenes in this movie that had me shocked and disgusted with the knowledge that unlike a lot of other scary movies, the things that happened in this film could actually happen.

And now for the negatives. There's really only one thing that I didn't like about this movie. A good portion of the beginning of the movie had me yawning a bit. I was very close to turning off my TV and writing off this movie as being bad but thankfully I stuck around to watch the rest.

Overall, I give this movie 4 stars. If I could, I probably would have given it 4.5 stars but I don't think it's worthy of 5 stars simply because of the sort of dull first half of the film. However, I definitely recommend this movie to all.

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