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Topgreat movies
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Topme and my friend actually laughed at this movie cuz u could see his eyes through the mask
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Topyeah
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TopGreat low-budget horror film. It has a very closed-in feel to it that adds to the tension. Too gross for many, I imagine many people became vegetarians after watching this flick.
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TopKinda scary, but not really
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TopI love all of them!
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TopI really don't like this one. It's kinda stupid.
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TopClassic horror. Really, really stupid people were in it.
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Topthe best one out of them all
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TopTo this day I can't watch this movie without being scared to leave the room!!
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TopI just don't like the slasher gore-fest stuff as much as supernatural or psychological. Pretty simple overall, but it is a 'classic' of sorts.
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TopSo killer, and forgive the pun
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TopThe film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths, in particular Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother, Franklin. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day. For them an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare. The events of that day were to lead to the discovery of one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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TopOne of the best horror flicks of all time.
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TopI saw this movie for the first time when I was just a kid. It scared the crap out of me!! It looked like a movie that was made on a budget, but I think that's what made it so believable! The sequels and remakes just can't compare to the original in my book.
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TopI think this movie is a little overrated, but it's still very good. The scene where Leatherface chases that screaming girl around is just way too long. after about 30 seconds, we get the point. I thought I'd never say this, but it was clever not to show any gore in this film, because it requires the viewer to use their imagination. I usually want gore in a movie like this, but not having any worked just as well. 3 and a half stars for being a disturbing, unforgettable movie.
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TopI love this movie!
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TopDuring the opening scene--which has no relevance to the really frightful things that are to come in the movie--I nearly had a panic attack. There is something about most low-budget, poorly-lit (or rather well-filmed in the darkness, as I have heard so many film-savvy people say) horror films that makes me want to hide somewhere very very safe. Or rather this film is unique in its frightfulness. For me, it's the little things that haunt my imagination... "Let's bring out Grandpa!..." I will never recover from witnessing the encounter with Grandpa
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TopThis movie affected me enormously when I first saw it in the late 70's. Like "Last House on the Left," it had a grainy, documentary feel to it, and both the victims and the killers seemed unnervingly authentic. Perhaps part of my discomfort was a Northeasterner's ingrained antipathy towards anything relating to Texas. The whole film was imbued with a clammy, claustrophic aura that never lessened in intensity for an instant, and the flat, harsh landscape might as well have been that of alien planet (I wasn't the only one who felt this way; one professional review I read expressed similar sentiments). Although there was a minimum of gore and blood, there were images of utter depravity in this film that never completely left me, particularly the nightmarish scenes where the hillbilly killers attempt to help their decrepid grandfather bludgeon Marilyn Burns with a hammer and then suck out her blood. Also chilling is the final image of Leatherface swinging his chainsaw around above his head dementedly as the first rays of dawn become morning. Forget the re-make and the sequels. This was Tobe Hooper's one and only near-masterpiece. Although, after the grim reality of Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, the fictionalized atrocities of the hillbillies in this film may seem tame indeed by today's standards.
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TopThis is one of those movies that comes along once in a while and hits the nail on the head and creates a genre. Sometimes a low budget flick with a no-name cast does it--this is one of those. It is not as violent as advertised and does have some sterotypes, i.e. crazed Southern inbred backwoods family. But put your skepticism aside and revel in the horror and suspense of the effort.
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TopThis is one of those movies that comes along once in a while and hits the nail on the head and creates a genre. Sometimes a low budget flick with a no-name cast does it--this is one of those. It is not as violent as advertised and does have some sterotypes, i.e. crazed Southern inbred backwoods family. But put your skepticism aside and revel in the horror and suspense of the effort.
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Topa classic really good but gusse what it never hapened just listen to the specail editon dvd and on the commentary tobe hooper him self says it was barley inspired by ed gien and never happened and any it dosnt make sence they say it happened in the summer of 1973 hello they where filming in the summer of 1973 so how could it happened the remake tricks people and put theese fony obvisouly fake "real life" clips of an officer getting kiled by him trust me go ask tobe hooper himself if you want to its a fact thats been known by true horror fans for years now just the naive people go watch it and automaticlly beleive every thing they here not knowing they just say that to get a better box office.
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TopCLASSIC. Made on a very small budget, just like 90% of the classic horror films. Again I have to say, story development, charector development and things that make you go "hmmmm" are not boring, you just need to pay attention. This movie is never dull. " I just hate stupid people......."
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Topwow its a classic
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TopAlthough most people think the remake was so much better, I always like the old horror movies from my childhood more. This true story was happening the year I was born. I watched this version all my life, the remake was just too much.
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Topclassic. would rather watch this one then the remake
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Topclassic. would rather watch this one then the remake
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Topvery scary and disturbing not the best horror movie but still good
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Topdisturbing. very scary. this movie just shows that 1970's and 1980's movie are better than the horror movies now adays. its a cult classic i love the scene when the girl enters the house after her boy friend went in there and did not come back for a while i was on the edge of my seat. and the ending is super disturbing. although not as popular as other horror movies at its time and that came later but this,the exorsist,halloween,and much more are great horror movies my favirote is halloween. i say see this movie in the dark alone i think you woul get the most scared there.
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TopThis movie was sort of boring.I love gore and this movie really didn't give off much gore and it wasnt as scary as i thought it would be.
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TopThis movie rocks!! the only flaw is it takes a while for it to get intresting, but that really doesn't ruin it for me!! this movie was scary!! I mean the dark scenery was creepy and the Grandpa is the creepiest element of this flim probably! this is one of my favorite flims of all time! Leatherface is scary and the movie is very entertaining, I also like the whole Hillbilly family, I thought they were hilarious and scary!!if you haven't seen it a highly recommend that you view this. it's SCARY!!
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TopSteven Spielberg hired Tobe Hooper to direct Poltergeist because of this film. Nuff said. Influential, disturbing and brilliantly directed (and edited). You can skip the needless recent remake, the sequels and a bizarre "remake" with Renee Zellweger and Matthew Mc (I won't even try to spell his last name).
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Topit was good, but the old version is better.
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TopBEST MOVIE EVER! need i say more?
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TopThis movie is very loosely based on the true story of Ed Gein. He actually did wear clothes made from human flesh, as well as eat human meat. But that is were the real life and movie seperate. Still, TCSM is one of my all time classics.
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TopI seen this for the first time last night. Don't get me wrong, this movie is really bad. Its flat out horrible. Its so truly terrible, that it made a good comedy rather than a horror film. Watching a half dead woman run all over the place in the middle of the night away from a mad man in a leather face with a chainsaw blazing through the air is one of the most best pieces of comedy Ive seen. Reccomended for comedy and distrubing material. I haven't seen any of the sequels, but I hope to see them this coming Friday.
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TopBoring, boring, boring. If the first 20 minutes doesn't put you to sleep then the next 20 minute stretch probably will. This movie is not very gory since there are only a few scenes where anything like that happens. The movie tries to build an atmosphere with various props and effects during the down times but in the end it is not as suspensful as many horror movies. The acting is horrible. The lead female(Sally) is the only character who is developed at all and whose acting is even close to competent. This whole idea that it was shot documentary style and the praise it receives for it seems silly to me. Maybe that is how it was shot and meant to feel but all I took from it is the director was not capable of better. Why Leatherface is viewed as so awesome and scary is beyond me. He reminds me of the 3 hick brothers from the XFiles episode in which their mother is kept hidden under a bed. This movie may have been the first to do many things but that doesn't make it the best. I have seen MANY scarier masked villains and MANY more suspensful and scary movies. This may very well have been used as a guide to make other and better horror movies but that is no reason to rate it great. Why the dinner scene receives so much praise is beyond me as well. I did not find it gross or even all that scary. Perhaps I am a victim of the fact this was not my first horror movie and, although old enough, I did not see it in theatres when it came out. This fascination so many have with this film is more likely attributeable to the same reasons applied to "Day the Earth Stood Still"... new and original and impacting on those who viewed it so much that they cannot beyond that "first impression". I went back and watched this twice before giving my comments... Yes, I do own a copy. I tried to see the endearing qualities many seem to have found in it. It is not suspenseful and is rarely scary. The boring parts are so long and numerous it is just a really bad movie. I wish I could say otherwise but it just simply bored me to tears. The family of redneck cannibals is the single worst part of the movie. They are more comedic than scary and not memorable at all beyond the fact they are so poorly acted and seemingly retarded. Some people will love this movie no matter what... For me that movie is Star Wars. It impacted me greatly so I could never rate it below 5 even though I realize some of the criticisms of it are valid.
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TopI think the scariest part of the movie is knowing that this is based on a true story. I was freaked out since the first sceen begain. I had no idea what i was in for. Awsome, Awsome movie and i am excited to see the remake when it comes out. That will be cool seeing them try to do the same thing as the original.
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TopThis is on of the top 5 greatest horror movies of all time!
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TopClassic movie, not as scary as I thought it would be, but it does have class and that is what stands it apart from all the other modern horror movies except Halloween and Night of the Living Dead. This movie shows a family of insane killers going about their everyday tasks. And that is what gets to people. Phrases like "I told you to stay away from that graveyard", and "I never could take no pleasure in killing" from the cook. Or "Let's let Grandpa have a whack, you always said he was the best." And "me and leatherface do all the work, he's just a cook", from the hitchhiker. These phrases and many like them put into the context they are in, in the movie make this film disturbing to some, and classic to others. This film will never be duplicated or topped, because once you achieve perfection in a certain area there is no way to improve. Be it film or whatever in this case The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a masterpiece, some people don't get it, but for those that do they enjoy.
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TopThis isn't nearly as gory as legend would have you believe, but it's still plenty scary. Done on a small budget, it comes off looking like something that could really have happened, and the really scary thing is: it did happen, in a way. It was loosely based on a real guy.
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TopThis is a pretty sick movie, I'll tell ya! But since it was intended to make you see the horrors of the true story, I guess it can be forgiven. Technically, this movie is trash, but I don't think Tobey Hooper set out to make a good film in the first place. When you have as much freedom as an independent filmmaker does, you can do whatever you want. Hooper took advantage of this and chruned out one of the scariest movies of all time! In my opinion, it is second only to The Shining.
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TopSeeing THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, twenty-five years later, is like ripping open the sarcophagus from which come ALL modern horror movies. And MASSACRE, which is now available once again in an excellent DVD edition, STILL scares the shat out of even today's jaded audiences.MASSACRE eschews plot and character development in terms of as much a pure sensory experience as can be put on film. After reports of graverobbing and necrophilic mutilation, a group of young people head out to see if any of their departed grandparents were among the ones desecrated. Along the way, they pick up a deranged hitchhiker -- he doesn't last long with them after slicing himself open with a razor and laughing -- and wind up being forced to stop for gas. Then they make the mistake of wandering over to a nearby house... and to say any further than that, of course, would be sacrilege. See it for yourself.Though the story has been ripped off by so many other horror movies that to run through it seems a cliche. But amazingly, when you experience the original for the first time, all of that just vanishes. The original blows everything else even remotely like it so far off the screen, it's astonishing. The imitators can get the words, but not the music.Surprisingly, MASSACRE is not that gory a movie. Gore is not frightening, and this is where most modern horror movies trip up: they're not really out to scare anyone, but rather MORTIFY them. What's genuinely frightening about MASSACRE is the setup as much as the payoff, the atmosphere and the primal dread of the goings-on, and the sense that whatever we are seeing now, there are far, far worse things lingering offscreen.Like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and HALLOWEEN -- two other genuinely horrific films -- it is shot in a flat, spare, almost documentary-style fashion, but at the same time is breathtaking to look at. The shots of the house steeped in the orange sunset, or the roomful of bones, have a raw beauty that no other movie like it has been able to imitate. On a nickle-and-dime budget, they achieved what movies costing a hundred times as much can't even come close to.If the movie has a flaw, it's that it ends so abruptly. It needed a third act, another round of happenings, to make what came before seem more complete. But what it does achieve is astonishing.Horror movies today, for the most part, aren't frightening. They're too sly and knowing to have any real elemental dread in their veins. Something like MASSACRE serves as a reminder of what movies like SCREAM or even FRIDAY THE 13TH wish they were. But of course that's just one shapes opinion.....THE SHAPE
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TopThis is one of the best movies ever! Kudos to you Leatherface! Your the REAL American Badass.
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TopOne of the true horror classics! Leatherface is so awesome!! Imagine getting chased by him in the dark because he's hungry? I have never forgotten this movie and it will always be a classic to me.
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Topin the mood for something truly disturbing tonight? then you should check out the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Tobe Hooper's horror masterpeice, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the most influential horror movies ever made. this is the story of 5 youth and there afternoon drive turning into a gory, hellish night of terror and murder. this is the movie that brought us Leatherface, played by Gunner Hansen, one of the most intersting and well.. bad-ass characters ever imagined. so come with leatherface and his red-neck, cannibalistic family down to thier house for dinner, the main course, YOU! and maybe you can play let-grampa-beat-you-in-the-head with a hammer and other fun party games brought to you by the family. i only wish i was around when this movie was in theatres. one of the most disturbing and oringinal horror movies ever made. this is the definition of raw horror. a milestone in horror movie history. this is a must see for any true horror fans out there.
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TopNow this boys and girls... is horror done right. Not only one of the coolest ideas ever (beat Blair witch to the whole fake true story deal by over a decade) it also presents us with a more realistic horror monster...THE RED NECK. You watch this film and tell me you wouldn't be scared poo less if your friends were all being served to you while you are bound at the dinner table in a nasty house that has to smell like sh*t and be approached and taunted by a group of back woods hillbilly cannibals. Would it not scare you to be chased through unfamiliar forrests by a maniac weilding a chainsaw and wearing a mask made of human skin? There is no suspense just pure shock and terror. You see the horror through the eyes of the victims as well as the eyes of the psychos. Tobe Hooper did a great job with this picture. You can almost taste the putrid air of the Leatherface clan's house. You can almost feel the hammer comeing down on the top of your head. It did for meat eating what Psycho did for shower taking. A great classic shoker. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. A hell of a treat.
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TopToo base even to be campy, this waste of celluloid has absolutely nothing to recommend it. I'd be willing to bet this is the top cult horror pick of the "Dukes of Hazzard" crowd down at Ye-Ha University though.
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TopOne evening, way back in 1974, an audience which went to see a film called "The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3" were invited to stay afterward and see a special "sneak preview" of a new film. They weren't told the title or anything about the film, other than that it was rated "R". About a half hour into this special screening, all hell broke lose. People stormed out of the theater, screamed at the management, and it is even told that a lawyer present offered to sue the theater on behalf of the audience members. The film previewed that evening was "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", a cheap little horror film made by an unknown director named Tobe Hooper and financed by private investors who quite obviously did not go out on a limb financially. Like "Night Of The Living Dead", made six years previously, the film was the work of a small group of enthusiasts with an idea and limited resources. The film is virtually plotless. It sets up a basic situation:a van full of teenagers, one of them confined to a wheelchair, travels to a small cemetary in rural (extremely, ridiculously rural. The kind of rural where you just KNOW there is going to be trouble!)Texas to check on the grave of the grandfather of two of them because they heard on the news there had been desecration of graves there. As they always do in films of this kind, the teenagers take a detour to an out of the way location and become stranded. Within the framework of these familiar elements, events take their course. Today, that course may seem a little familiar, but viewed from within the context of the time in which it was released, the film can be seen as startling, to say the least. Even today, some of the more routine elements of the movie, such as the seemingly crazy old drunk who says menacingly, "There are them around these parts that laughs at things and should know better!", are offset by scenes that are as unpleasant to watch now as they were then. One young man is bashed in the head savagely with a hammer. His convulsions are uncomfortably authentic. One girl is hung, alive and screaming horribly, on a large meathook, from which she is later wrenched, still alive, and jammed into a freezer. There is an extended and unbelievably hideous scene close to the film's conclusion in which a depraved family of cannibals, the movie's villains, taunt and torture the last survivor of the group by forcing her head over a tub and repeatedly striking at it with a hammer, attempting to slaughter her like an animal. The film is tacky. It is grainy and washed-out looking. These elements, though, only serve to lend it a sort of uncomfortable authenticity. It has the feel of a nightmare, from which you can't wake up. Director Hooper utilizes frequent longshots, isolating his characters in arrid landscapes. It effectively conveys a sense of how alone they are. How far from help. The film has no ending. It just stops when there is no more action to play out. There is no closure, there is no explanation. As in life, events simply run their course. There is not always a conclusion. This brings the film uncomfortably close to home. The message is simple: Crazy people exist. If you catch their attention at the wrong time, under the wrong circumstances, they might hurt you. They might even kill you. Rhyme, reason or justification is under no circumstances guaranteed. To anyone. Whether or not this makes for a good movie is subjective to the individual viewer, but it certainly makes for an intense, if not neccessarily satisfying eighty or so minutes.
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TopThis movie was so far from the run of the mill. Their grandpa was so creepy. I love this movie!!!
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TopSolid movie. Incredibly cheesy. You gotta love that redneck getaway music! Leatherface rocks, in this better than the others series. Gotta see the Australian version of part three to justify that, though.
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TopDon't ever watch this movie. It has a terrible plot, terrible effects and even worse acting. The whole series drags on even worse. I regret wasting my time and money renting and watching it.
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TopBad movie and I saw it way to young. Freaked me out that leather face character. If only they'd had a cell phone back then.
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Topit's a cheapie, it's cheesy, but something about this movie makes ones skin crawl.Tons of atmosphere....I don't know....but this is truly a creepy movie.
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TopThis movie is a classic!
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TopThis movie gave me vivid nightmares for a week. It had no plot, just gore and blood and psychopaths. I saw the movie almost two years ago and I still get goosebumps when I think about it.
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Thanks to a smart script and documentary-style camerawork, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre achieves start-to-finish suspense, making it a classic in low-budget exploitation cinema.
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Creepy!
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