Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 4.0
A classicly sick shocker
The film doen't consist of an extensive plot. Five friends venture into the Texas countryside, reading horoscopes, and checking out a family grave plot. Gradually, they all seperate toward a dilapidated country home, wanting to ask for gas (or check if there friends have been there). I'm sixteen, and am I horror buff. This isn't one of my all-time favorite fright flicks, but it does indeed become part in my list of most scary films. I suppose the setting and fact that it is loosely based on fact makes it ultra creepy. I live in Nebraska, and that house is eerily close to reality. The direction is creative and beautiful. It is similar (creativity wise) to that of Sam Raimi in the Evil Dead (which is not nearly as good as this film). The film manages to be eerie, while having no real bloody gore. It is just implied. Horror fans should adore this classic 70's flicks, though others may think it is disturbed, which it is. I downgraded the film to a 4, due to the point when Sally is taken back to the home. At that time, the film went from atmospherically terrifying, to oddly twisted. View it definately. Also, rent the ultimate (my fav) horror flick (and of all flicks) Halloween. The creepy set is also intact, and so is the great direction and eeriness. Halloween is much, much, much better, but TCM is still a monumentally scary slasher pic.