Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 4.0
Fresh from the Slaughterhouse
Review of the Blu-Ray edition (4 stars out of 5)The Good Things*Includes a number of special features; documentaries, deleted scenes, outtakes, and trailers.*The movie is one of the freakiest ever made. It has some graphicness to it, but is not quite as bad as I thought it would be (newer movies like "Saw" are way worse). It achieves terror more through the creepy settings and unsettling ideas.*Filming style is good. Has a lot of good camera angles and movements.*Production design (for a low-budget movie) is good. The house they go to is the freakiest thing ever. Costumes are great. Make-up effects are great.*Sound design is great.*The story is simple, and straightforward.*Characters are good and very well-acted. Writing is not bad.The Bad Things*Special features are in standard definition.*Even though the blood and gore is limited, it is disturbing enough to scare some people away. Not reccomended to those who are easy to scare.The Questionable Things*The video quality on this disc is rather grainy and fuzzy. It has some cleaness, sharpness, and color to it, but its not the best. Still, the grain accentuates the film very well, and can be considered a good thing.*Sound quality is okay.This is truly one of the scariest films I've ever seen. Its creepy, unsettling, and intense. A definite precursor to modern films like "Saw," but without being overly graphic. This way, I see it as being very classy. Combined with a good cast of characters and a simple plot, its very effective. Everybody who can handle it ought to watch it at least once, for it is quite scary.