Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
Terrifying, on an artistic level.
On a hot, summer's afternoon, Sally Hardesty, her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin, and their friends drive on a recreational trip through the Texas outback. Everything goes well and all, until they run low on gas and stumble upon a family of cannibalistic hillbillies, including one with a giant chainsaw.Sounds silly, doesn't it? Sounds like typical, slasher-flick fodder? There is far more to "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" than that. The most notable thing about TCM is it is often noted as one of the goriest, bloodiest, most gruesome movies ever made, but, in terms of gore, it is quite the opposite of said virtues. What TCM an undisputed classic is director Tobe Hooper's use of chilling music, camera shots/angles, and horrific surrealism. I understand what I'm exactly trying to say may be confusing, but that's actually what this movie is, and what makes it good. If you're looking for a run-of-the-mill killer flick with relentless gore, you're wasting your time here. "Texas Chain Saw Massacre," in terms of quality, ranks right up there with other classics, like Hitchcock's "Psycho." I urge all to give Hooper's horror classic and try, and you'll surely see what all the "buzz" is about, preferably in a dark room with all the lights turned off.