Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
Slide me some headcheese!
The Texas Chainsaw Masscare is one of the first films to dare step into such horrifc territory. In 1960 we were awarded with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Another decade would pass before slasher movies would hit their peek and begin to develop into a complete sub-genre. The 70s brought us Last House on the Left, Phantasm, The Hills Have Eyes, Halloween, Dawn of the Dead, and Alien. But no other film has had the stardom that Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre has. The scenes in the movie look so real. It's as if the crewmen shot the movie in the midst of the violence. Leatherface, as he's come to be known, is a chainsaw weilding madman that graciously feeds his sick cannibalistic family hitchhikers and passerbyers. The carnage in this movie is so surrealistic you'll think you're there. Furniture made from human bones, and a dinner served with human body parts is the sort of madness that this film portrays.In its execution of insanity and relentless high-paced grotesque sequences it does well. The mood and atmosphere are chilling and scary to the bone, especially in certain sequences.To top things off we have a frightening killer that seems completely ruthless yet at the same time sort of submissive to his even more twisted family members. The killer wears the skin of his victims on his face! Surely this was influenced by the likes of Ed Gein. This movie was so powerfully moving and had such a cult following that it, as of now, has spawned 3 sequels and a remake with a prequel in the works. If you're a fan of oldschool seventies horror or or just looking for the perfect film to morally corrupt your evening than the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is sure to please!