Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 4.0
The saw is family
So read the poster for the second sequel to this highly influential backyard meat movie, yet neither it nor the sequel before can even come close to the impact of the original. Inspired by the infamous Ed Gein cannibal case of the fifties, this movie succeeds through sheer virtue of relentless terror. The best thing about it is that you never really see anything...save for maybe two or three actual scenes containing minimal blood, everything is implied. The constant roaring of Leatherface's chainsaw and the almost documentary look of the film make you think you see more than you actually do, and your mind's imagination just takes it from there. A true classic, inducted into the National Art Museum, and it still packs a whallop 26 years later. Poor Tobe Hooper...he's made some valiant efforts, but none of his films since even compare. But what can you expect when you start at the top? There's nowhere to go but down. If you call yourself a horror fan and don't have this film in your video library...shame on you.