Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 3.0
Lame...
I rented this movie, having heard a lot of good things about it. However, I was greatly let down.The film begins unnerving enough, with 'okay' makeup designs on the dead bodies wired to the graves. Yet, it becomes more and more stupid the longer you watch it.Starting with original, lame murders of the first 4 victims, (with o-k sets for the 70's) the movie begins to wind up for the "big finish". I waited forever for the huge murder scene, but it never came.The characters are stupid, seriously, could Sally have put on a bra? It would have been more bearable if I hadn't seen EVERYTHING about Sally... I would rather have stuck rusty nails in my ears than watch her run in those scenes without a bra...Anyway, I still don't understand Grandpa. What the hell? Is he dead or alive? And what about Grandma? And the dog? AND grandma's MOUSTACHE? HUH?The best/wierdest part of the movie was probably the dinner table scene. It was the scariest. Yet... I wasn't that scared. 1 minute of shots of her eye? Was that supposed to build tension?And what happened to the afro truck driver? Does he get killed? Or better yet- eaten?I found this movie was actually more funny than scary. Seriously... 'OMG, a HOUSE! I hear a CHICKEN! Let me go inside!'Why don't they eat the chicken instead of people?I gave this 3 stars because it amused me. I laughed. My friends laughed. Then we cried because we weren't scared. Then we laughed, and imitated the murder-chicken scenes. It was amusing.Now, go out and buy some GOOD horror movies. Steven King's 'It' (my personal favorite), Jaws (please, none of the sequels-they stink), The Village, The Ring, ANY of the Amityville Horrors, and the old When a Stranger Calls.