Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
Still Scary After All These Years
It is what it is. I still check my gas and tires before driving out in the country because of this movie and the sound of a chainsaw still creeps me out, let alone sausage. Even after 40 something years, I think this is still the quintessential horror movie, disturbing on so many levels. The piercing sounds and screams, the grainy film, the frenzied excitement and detachment of it's psycohpathic characters, all combine to create an adrenaline rush that does what no other horror movie has managed to pull off since. From the moment that guy says "I got a knife and it cuts real good", you know this thing ain't gonna end well. The only one I can think of that came close after this one was Rob Zombie's "House of 1,000 Corpses", but even that one seems to rely more on grossness than sheer terror for its shock value. All the remakes pale in comparison to the original and if a few horror films are part of your DVD collection, this set is a must have!