The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (DVD)

After persuading my mum to buy me the Texas Chainsaw massacre I rushed home to go and watch it, (I bought the new version). I was excited about watching it as I had heard very good reviews and been told it was virtually as scary as you could get but after watching it I wasn't utterly convinced. The beginning of the story was unique and gripping acted very well and filmed very well, I suppose rather like sinking your teeth into a bacon sandwich when you have a bad hangover! But it seemed to go down hill. the gore was at an all time low the suspense could have been ...  Read the complete review

The best horror films don’t just scare you, they also freak the hell out of you. There’s a world of difference between films like Halloween or Scream, which derive their effects from suspense and skilfully wrought make-you-jump moments, and films like Dawn of the Dead or Videodrome, which leave you feeling like you’ve been left in the hands of a genuinely warped mind. It’s like the difference between a babysitter who jumps out at you from behind the curtains wearing a scary mask, and one who tells you that not only are your parents dead, but that it’s *your fault*. Thing is, most of the genuinely nasty horror movies aren’t necessarily all that great when it ...  Read the complete review

I have a big soft spot for horror films that start something that they have absolutely no prior knowledge of - that find a point so vulnerable in our social psyche that they just scare the crap out of us, create modern myths and spawn followings of cult proportions. Most horror movies run wild with blood, screaming teenagers and mad axe wielding murderers without finding society's Achilles Heel - maybe something to do with the director looking in the other direction when the scenes are being shot - yet there is one film containing all of the above basic schlock horror fodder that remains as effective today as it did 27 years ago...except that the mad axe wielding ...  Read the complete review

Texas Chain Saw Massacre Director: Tobe Hooper (Salem's Lot, Poltergeist) Writing Credits: Kim Henkel, Story Tobe Hooper, Story Cast: Marilyn Burns - Sally Hardesty Allen Danziger - Jerry Paul A Partain - Franklin Hardesty William Vail - Kirk Teri McMinn - Pam Edwin Neal - The Hitchhiker Jim Siedow - Drayton Sawyer (Old man) Gunnar Hansen - Leatherface/Bubba Sawyer, Jr John Dugan - Grandfather Sawyer Robert Courtin - Window Washer William Creamer - Bearded Man John Henry Faulk - Storyteller (Narrator) Jerry Green - Cowboy Ed Guinn - Cattle Truck ...  Read the complete review

The Texas chainsaw massacre is a hugely underrated film; it has a style and charisma that many horror films fall short of. The film is a very standard horror film in that it begins with a horrific visual, continues to do all the usual in depth characterisations and then goes on to do as the title implies. The film isn’t a high blown Hollywood blockbuster; it has more of an affinity with the more independent style of direction. Chainsaw massacre doesn’t have any big stars in it, and was directed by a relative unknown, but what these people managed to create will go down in infamy. Texas chainsaw massacre is a cult film; people are drawn in to ...  Read the complete review