Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 4.0
lives up to the hype
In my experience any movie that has gotten rave reviews or been deemed a classic has sucked (citizen kane, 28 days later). This movie however does not. It's horribly dated (just by looking at the characters you can tell its in the 70's) but you can't really hold that against the film, especially since it takes place then. Franklin, the wheelchair bound character, annoyed the heck out of me and sadly he was the last to die. Even when they tried to portray him as the nice guy he came off as whiny. Everything else about this film though was great. The hitchhiker was creepy and leatherface actually runs!! unlike michael or jason who just kind of walk after their intended victims. Not to denounce those films, I enjoyed halloween and have never seen any jason movies but i do know that they are kinda lazy and take thier time. Leatherface, on the other hand chases. When I first saw this i was unsure of the ending. After an hour only one character remained and she was already being chased. I actually laughed at that scene only because it was just her and leatherface running for like 10 mins. It worked though, and after that it just gets creepier. All in all a great flick.