Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 4.0
A dark, and shocking black comedy exploitation.
Tobe Hooper's debut seminial sickie is a vivid and unrelenting film exploring the sinister underworld of cannibalism and the insanity contained within. This low-budget exploitation piece is a modern masterpiece, successfully exploring the darker side of human consciousness in a brutal and gruesome style.Unlike modern horror-fare this is scary stuff!Dispensing with an extensive plot the movie is a pure adrenalin rush with a pulsing soundtrack and harsh cinemotography. As for being based on Ed gein (the influence behind Hitchcock's masterpiece 'Psycho'), this is certainly not true, however this does not take anyhing away from the film.Banned in the U.K., for it's honest and horrific portrayal of the typical American family turned insane, the movie remains to be a true inspiration and an amazing piece of virtuoso style.Often disputed on issues of the film being re-released, it is unfortunate that as far as chainsaws go with the BBFC, that they just don't cut it!Not only being strikingly original and deeply surrealistic. 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacare'competently spawned three highly-inferior seguels,(most recently 'The Return to the Texas Chainsaw Massacare', ).Audiences have often commented on the fierocity of such films, but what would they be without them!The films strongest and most entertaining points are the frightening slayings of the nauseating American teenagers, which recent shockers such as ;Scream' (though equally as good!) and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' ( no where near as good!) have failed to effectively address. In short a film which will never win any Academy Awards, and is not exactly everyones's "cup of tea", but who cares Hooper's played his ace, and it's a scream!