Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
A Masterful exercise in horrific suspense
The very definition of horror-suspense, if you've not seen this 1974 classic by Tobe Hooper - go watch it now. Loosely based on the exploits of Ed Gein, the basic story is how a group of teenagers, driving those Texas to find the house of an old relative, run into a family of cannibalistic slaughterhouse owners.However, the story is pretty irrelevant here, as Hooper's skill of building a sense of impending doom and despair from the first frame, are what make the film. Crafted with incredible set pieces (Leatherface's house is a chilling nightmare of skulls and bones from previous victims) and featuring one of the longest 'female in peril' chase sequences recorded on screen, you won't forget this movie in a hurry!The title is perhaps misguiding, suggesting the film would be full of gore and carnage in every frame, which isn't the case, but the odd moments of extreme violence are built up so well that when they come, they hit you like a brick.Any horror fan should see this - in fact, most fans of film should watch this one, if nothing else to see just how well a horror film really can be made, without the need for bukets of blood.