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Texas Chainsaw (2013)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series has been an odd one. Just a (very) quick recap on the series so far. (Don't worry, there's not much in the way of plot elements and few of the films have been popular enough to have their ideas carried on into the next entry.
The first Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie is an absolute horror classic. It threw down a gauntlet for Tobe Hooper's career that, in spite of a few beloved hits like "Poltergeist" and "The Funhouse", he never managed to live up to.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre was banned during the video nasty scandal, making it illegal to sell or screen to the public. However, it strangely was not on the Department of Public Prosecutions' list of movies deemed capable of psychologically damaging and corrupting their audiences. The reason for this is rather interesting. Apparently it was believed that the movie would be acceptable to screen, but it would need some cuts to be made first. Yet when it came to cutting the movie, no matter how they tried to cut it, the sense of terror remained fully intact.
The longest lasting victim of the movie is also in a small role in this new movie "Texas Chainsaw". In fact many actors from previous instalments, particularly the original one, have a role in the opening scene. In a featurette, this actress notes that part of the horror comes from the women who just will not stop screaming, fully recognising that this comment mainly refers to herself. Constant screaming can just be boring sometimes (and certainly I found it that way in the low budget zombie movie "Colin") but in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre there is plenty going on to scream about so it doesn't feel like annoying distraction but rather feels like the only sane response to what is happening in the movie.
( Click here to read the rest of my review of "Texas Chainsaw"... )
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Films Ranked!
("Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" is not included because that would be a whole 90 minutes I could never get back. Sorry.)
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - E-
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) - E+
( Rest of the rankings under the cut... )
