Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
Just... Awesome.
Alright, first thing, Tobe Hooper is a genius. 'Nuff said. With that out of the way, I must get to my major qualm, not with the movie, but with the fans. All you people are parading around saying that the movie is scary. It isn't. Its awesome, but not scary. I saw it five years ago when I was 12 and it still wasn't scary. With the creation of the character Leatherface, Tobe Hooper gave us all a character to emulate in our minds as the perfect psycho. A mentally retarded bumpkin cannibal who wears the skin of his victims as a set of three masks. Brilliantly insane. The theme of an almost potentially realistic happening may be frightening to some people, but the movie itself was not scary. Startling at times, but I found myself with my eyes wide open and a smile on my face throughout. As you can do boubt tell I am a slasher fan. And by far, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the best out of all of them. The forefather of the hordes of Jason, Freddy and Michael movies we see, TCM is one of my favorite movies and will forever be remembered in the annals of cinematoghraphy as both a cult classic and trend setter.