The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (DVD) Reviews

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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Make sure you're not alone!! - Advantages: Gripping!, Scary!, Great if your looking to pull the lad next to you, you'll have jumped on his lap at least 10 times!! - Disadvantages: Possibility of wetting youself- could be embarrassing!!

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 - ...  Read the complete review

Warning: This opinion describes the film in graphic and accurate detail. If you are easily disturbed, or havent seen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre yet and want the chance to see it for yourself, then I recommend that you don't read this. First released in 1974, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is centred upon the events that lead to the ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

This is a very, very scary movie. There is no real actual violence (by todays standards), there is no witnessed cannibalism, there is hardly any gore. SO why is it so damn scary? Every thing I have mentioned is not shown, but implied……. You’re through to the second paragraph so you must be intrigued. Where can I start?? ...  Read the complete review

5 Teenagers are going to stay at Franklin and Sally's fathers house. On the way they stop at a graveyard to check their grandfathers remains are safe after a series of grave robberies. On the way they are warned not to go to the house but they decide to go anyway. While they are there Kirk and Pam go to a house to get some gas but Kirk gets ...  Read the complete review

THIS OP WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FILM, IS IT REAL? Look and find out. Please note: as commented by some users, this op is similar to my op in the film section. Some of the text is the same. I have however added a section about the DVD features etc that seems to have been over looked. Cheers For your comments all ...  Read the complete review

THIS OP WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FILM, IS IT REAL? Look and find out. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the scariest films I have ever seen. Even though it was made about 20 years ago Tobe-Hoopers original vision is still shocking and scaring everyone who watches it. For those of you who dont know what ...  Read the complete review

Everyone knows about this film as it's somewhat become a semi cult film. After being banned for a number of years and then the comeback of the film with well known pictures displayed everywhere of a man in a mask waving a chainsaw I thought that when it was going to be shown on channel 4 that I should watch it. The film follows a ...  Read the complete review

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, what an absolute pile of rancid horse dung this was, even though it has gone down in cinema history as a classic horror movie I couldn’t find one single redeeming feature! I mean it was just awful! The acting didn’t even make third rate never mind second, there were no horrific moments, no special effects to ...  Read the complete review

Before you say it, I know that this film is supposedly a classic, and when it was released (quite a long time ago), it was probably one the most terrifying movies ever, but I come from an era where poeple don't scare that easily. I was shocked however, when a friend told me that it was really worth watching , holding on to all the appeal that ...  Read the complete review

Like all of the best exploitation fare, TCM chooses to keep its storyline simple. After an opening voice-over (done by none other than John Larroquette), we’re treated to a story about a group of teens, who upon hearing of an incident of graverobbing and vandalism, set out to make sure that their relative’s graves weren’t ...  Read the complete review

If you like this film you couldn't hope for a better DVD, first off you get an excellent remastered print of the film which adds a lot of clarity to the viewing quality. There is also for the fans a commentary track featuring the director Tobe Hooper and the actor who played leatherface! There is also included a collection ...  Read the complete review

When released in 1974 the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was a film that was ahead of its time. Or at least ahead of the Censors. Injecting subjects such as grave robbing and cannibalism into the film it was prime fodder for the growing war on film classification, which ended up in it being banned in the UK for 25 years. The film was made on ...  Read the complete review

Fans of today's gore-and-guts shockers may be surprised to learn that this notorious shocker is among the least bloody of modern horror films. But looks can be deceiving. It still packs quite a punch, and may well be the scariest film ever made. Director Tobe Hooper adopts a documentary-like style using static set-pieces, grainy film and a ...  Read the complete review

It seems strange that, for all the opinions I’ve read and heard about this film, there are so few people who recognise just how much fun The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is to watch. Admittedly, the first time I saw it, I veered more towards the so-bad-it’s-good side, but after a few viewings, my mind’s changed completely. Despite ...  Read the complete review

Well this one is for all you psychos out there, even though I thought that it was okay myself. This film is based on a true story and I have to admit that it is a bit on the disturbing side. to know that this actually happened and to put myself in those peoples shoes, then I really can feel the terror and how horrendous the death those people ...  Read the complete review