Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
A great one!
With its title The Texas Chain Saw Massacre references the murder weapon. Most slasher weapons retain some efficiency, and each has blade. The chain saw, by and far, is the least efficient, and suggests the film's exploitative content; the murders therein are expected to be gruesome and bloody. Like Halloween, however, much of what is seen is imagined. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a slasher film because of the paranoia it invokes, its relentless and increasing sense of dread. The victims are all teenagers, and the killer is appropriately hostile and disturbed - however, this film offers no characterizing background for the killer. The film is based on the crimes of Ed Gein, as is Psycho, though neither film is an accurate depiction of the serial killer; both films merely borrow details. Chain Saw's iconic killer Leatherface wears a mask of human flesh, similar to finds that Gein wore the skins of the women he killed. It is one that must be seen in the dark!