The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (DVD) Reviews

Banned from anywhere other than the cinemas one minute - making its television debut the next, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre leaves you wondering what all the fuss was about. Admittedly this is no fairy story, but there is little here on first viewing which would warrant it being banned for so long. However, it becomes obvious that there is no ...  Read the complete review

Recently I discovered two films which really scared me (The Blair Witch Project and The Exorcist), and now I can happily add The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the list. Made in 1973, the movie is the grand-daddy of all slasher movies and contained subject matter the likes of which were previously unheard of in a mainstream film. However, to this day ...  Read the complete review

I saw this film last night on Channel 4 and from the moment it started I knew it was going to be something special. I'd heard of the film before but I didn't know what it was about but from the title I could guess that it was something else. I am torn between to worlds about the film. I think it is a wonderfully acted, produced and ...  Read the complete review

When the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released in 1974, there was huge uproar about the foundations of the film. This included taboo subjects like cannibalism, sadism, grave robbing etc... There are even reports of people who walked out of the cinemas during the movie, some even the previews! But despite all this, there is really very ...  Read the complete review

I have an original old version of this film I got back in the 80's before it was banned. I watched it back then and it was quite a scary film. I watched it again recently, it wasn't so scary but more believable. Movies these days are crammed full of special effects, computer animation, multi-million budgets and big name casts. ...  Read the complete review

In the past, this was one of those films which everyone seemed to have heard of but relatively few had actually seen. Recently given a screening on Channel Four as part of their Film Fear weekend, the film was opened up to a far wider audience than its usual band of cult followers, and had a chance to show everyone that it is still, even today, a ...  Read the complete review

I watched this particular film a few years back when it was still banned in the UK. I was in Holland with some friends and we rented a version that was still in english but with Dutch subtitles. I don't know if this detracted from some of the obvious horror but there were certainly moments when i had to stifle a laugh. This may also be due to ...  Read the complete review

For kids raised on jolly 'Scream' movies and rubbery effects, this grim old-timer will probably come as quite a shock. The plot, annoying teens wander around old house and end up as dinner for grubby cannibal psychos, isn't a million miles away from the slasher movie standard, but the tone and handling of this film is of a different ...  Read the complete review

The Texas Chainsaw massacre is one of the most important and effective horror films ever made. Supposedly based on a true story ( it isnt though it does make use of some facts from the Ed Gein murders) the film is the harrowing tale of five friends who go to visit a family grave. Along the way they stop and explore a seemingly deserted house only ...  Read the complete review

After watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre it's hard to see why it was banned for so many years in the UK. In fact it's hard to see why it was banned at all. Yes there is a lot of violence in the film but it's not extreme and hugely graphic like you've been led to believe. The film however is a classic and really gets under your skin. ...  Read the complete review