Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 4.0
Stop here for great barbeque
Five friends driving in South Texas run low on gas and stop at an abandoned childhood home. Funny how they all seem to disappear while the next door neighbors sell barbeque out at their roadside stand. A blueprint for many horror films that followed; it's relentless, terrifying, claustrophobic, and nerve wracking. Like Hitchcock, director Tobe Hooper is skilled at getting you to imagine that you're seeing more violence on the screen than you actually are, and you'll no doubt be sitting limp in your chair by the time this is over. Despite this movie's reputation, the blood is discreetly let. The DVD version is a beautiful print, in line with Hooper's original vision. Included are some deleted scenes and bloopers, along with theatrical trailers as well as trailers for the sequels. The gang returned in 1986 for slick Part 2; the other sequels are best avoided.