Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
A Great Classic, Not To Be Missed
The ORIGINAL Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the top 20 best horror classics of all time IMHO. The idea and plot were new and fresh and for the time it came out, it was very well done and believable...unlike almost all horror movies now a days. Especially those that involve a creature of some sort...those type of movies just aren't really scary any more, director and producers tend to play more on your phycological fears rather than your visual fears. The psycological thrillers are the ones to go with now a days. It was similar to the type of realism like Blair Witch...rumors start and until it is written that it was ONLY a movie, the fears remain that this could happen to you. In defense of the realism...it WAS based on the life of Ed Gein, a well known serial killer from which they based some of the movie on.Leatherface will go down in history as one of the most well known horror figures ever. He is a nightmare come true. If you enjoy horror movies with the mind set that it is no longer the 70's this movie is both disturbing and scary which is the whole point to a HORROR movie. Tobe Hooper is a master of the macabre and this movie reveals that all too well. Rent it,watch it...the original. Don't bother with the new release as it was awful and not worth the time I am taking to type it...but par for the course for feeble attempts at remakes of classics.