Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
The Most Brilliant Piece Of Artwork Ever To Be Made . . .
After hearing reports of graverobbery, Sally Hardesty, her boyfriend Jerry, her invalid brother Franklin, and their friends Pam and Kirk set off to the cemetary to check if Sally's Grandfather has been dug up. When they get back on the road to where Sally's Grandfather used to live, they catch them selves picking up a psychotic hitchhiker that stabs one of the five youths. They quickly drop him off and head for an old brokendown Gas Station/Barbeque Shack. When they arrive at Sally's Grandfather's old house they're afternoon becomes a neverending nightmare when they stumble upon a ghoulish family that pratcices cannibalism, graverobbery (*remember the graverobbery in the beginning of the film*), murdering, and enjoy decorating their home with bizarre pieces of art made from their vitcim's flesh and bones. This is the family of Leatherface, who wears his victim's flesh, and chases you with a chainsaw. Here, they are brutally tortured, butchered, and cooked for dinner.This movie is the most horryfying masterpiece ever created. Who cares if it's low budget? This movie terrified people all over the world to this very day. Even though this movie lacks gore, it is one of the most horryfying movies ever made. Sure, it does have a little blood here and there. Unlike other horror movies where they throw the gore in your face, Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" shows you the kill but not the blood to make you think and imaginate. It messes around with your head. The movie is much more based on suspense and adds bizarre scenes that are disturbing to the audience. This film spawned 2 sequals and 2 remakes which were all very poor and didn't match the suspense and atmosphere to the 1974 original. The film is inspired by the 1950s serial killer Ed Gein. The similarities of Gein and the film are very strong: Gein lived on an isolated farmhouse in rural Wisconsin, The Sawyer family (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) lived on an isolated farm in rural Texas. Gein dug up corpses from his local cemetery, The Sawyer family digs up corpses from their local cemetary. Gein decorated his house with his victims flesh and bones, The Sawyer family decorates their house with their victim's flesh and bones. Gein practiced cannibalism, The Sawyer family practices cannibalism. Gein wore his victim's skin, so does leatherface. There are some differences also: Gein was one person, in Hooper's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" it's a family. Gein shot his victims, The Sawyer family tortures them and bruttaly hacks them to death. Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel basically took Ed Gein's crimes and made it into a more horryfying story. They did an excellent job with that too. I recommend that every horror fan should have this movie in their top ten. 5 out of 5 stars.