Texas Chain Saw Massacre - The Shocking Truth DVD 1999: Amazon.co.uk: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan, Robert Courtin, William Creamer, John Henry Faulk, David Gregory, Tobe Hooper, Carl Daft, Jake Shaw, Kim Henkel: DVD

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This sensational, extremely influential, 1974 low-budget horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist, Lifeforce, Salem's Lot), may be notorious for its title, but it's also a damn fine piece of moviemaking. And it's blood-curdling scary, too. Loosely based on the true crimes of Ed Gein (also a partial inspiration for Psycho), the original Jeffrey Dahmer, Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of teenagers who pick up a hitchhiker and wind up in a backwoods horror chamber where they're held captive, tortured, chopped up, and impaled on meat hooks by a demented cannibalistic family, including a character known as Leatherface who maniacally wields one helluva chainsaw. The movie's powerful sense of dread is heightened by its grainy, semi-documentary style--but it also has a wicked sense of humour (and not that camp, self-referential variety that became so tiresome in subsequent horror films of the 70s, 80s and 90s). OK, in case you couldn't tell, it's "not for everyone", but as a landmark in the development of the horror/slasher genre, it ranks with Psycho, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. --Jim Emerson

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Version We've Been Waiting For, 6 Jan 2009

By	John Wilfers (Dublin, Ireland.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 3 Disc Seriously Ultimate Edition (Limited Edition Steelbook) [1974] [DVD] (DVD)

I've been a fan of this movie for years and this is far and away the best version we've ever had of it. From the second I put the DVD on, I knew it was something special. The titles, usually a bit blurry, were pin sharp in this restored, remastered version and the voice-over sounded like the narrator was sitting right next to me because of the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.

I didn't like the picture quality on the Universal release a few years back and I thought the version I'd recorded off the TV was of better quality. That's all history now with this version. The colours and sound are now so vivid, it's like watching a new movie. You can hear the cars whizzing past in the background as Franklin tries to go to the bathroom by the roadside and the eerie soundscape Tobe Hooper created sounds even eerier now. The chainsaw has a real growl to it that it didn't have before. They've finally dug out the movie that's been hiding all these years in inferior, scratchy prints.

"The Shocking Truth" documentary from the Universal release is included again here, at the end it says that Teri McMinn and cinematographer Daniel Pearl wouldn't or couldn't be interviewed. The good news is that in this release there are new interviews with Teri and Daniel Pearl, so we finally get the complete picture from all participants. There are some hilarious anecdotes about marijuana in "The Business of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" interview.

Forget all the other versions of this movie. This really is the Seriously Ultimate Edition. They've made a great film even greater. Crack out the Headcheese, relax and prepare for one hell of a ride.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Who will survive and what will be left of them, 5 Jul 2007

By	Lando Malak "Dok" (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [DVD] [1999] (DVD)

Having seen most of the very best horror films as a youngster in the 1980's, I never got to see this until it was finally lifted from it's ban in 1999 and I have to be honest, when I did see this for the first time, I was a little disappointed, I am now convinced that the reason for this was because of all the hype and the fact that I had waited such a long time to see it plus I watched it in the daytime (not a good idea for a horror film of this quality). I say this because everytime I have watched it since that disappointing first time, I find it more scary on every repeated viewing and I seem to appreciate it more and more as up until about two years ago (at the time of writing) this wasn't even in my top ten horror films, it definitely is now and it will probably stay there for the rest of my life.

This film has such a depressing and grim feel to it and to me this is all the scarier for it as a horror film, it is probably for this reason that some people find it boring because I did on first viewing. if like me you are a huge fan of horror movies and was disappointed with this on first viewing, not because of the lack of gore (if that is all you are interested in then watch the remake) but because it just didn't somehow do it for you, then I would urge you to watch this a few more times late at night as you might just change your opinion about it, I am sure if I can then other people can (I can't be that unique).

For me, it is the all less is more that makes this film scary and from the moment that the youngsters stop and investigate the ghost town like house in the unbearable heat of Texas, I always get a creepy feeling that someone is watching their every move and this is because of the genius directing of Tobe Hooper, I have seen the remake of this and don't find it anywhere near as tense and claustrophobic as this original, then there is that unforgettable ending, in my opinion this is the greatest last 3 minutes to a horror film ever.

It is no coincidence that most of the scariest horror movies are low budget and this is another one of them because most of the actors look tired and depressed because at the time of filming they really were and this is to their credit that they worked so hard to make this the classic that it now is. A little tip to any director that wants to make a classic horror movie, over produced means less scary, watch this as an example. OUTSTANDING HORROR.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A landmark film, 31 Mar 2004

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This review is from: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is undoubtedly one of the scariest films ever made and its raw power remains undiminished to this very day. Made in the hot wastelands of Texas in 1974 with an incredibly low budget, director Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) has somehow created a genuine fright machine which changed the face of the horror genre completely. The story revolves around a group of teenagers being chased, terrified and murdered when they stumble upon a canabilistic family in the countryside. The main character, Leatherface, has become one of the most notable villians in cinema history; his remorseless killings were loosely based on real life 1950's Texan murderer Ed Gein. You will know already whether this sort of film is for you - if you enjoy slasher thrillers and behind-the-seat suspense, this is the ticket. I stress however that this does not come beautifully presented or has special effects - it is filmed much similar to that of a documentary and is often described as 'gritty'. But don't let this put you off - this actually adds to the realism of the situation and makes it a much scarier experience. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a classic of its generation and deserves to be part of any respectable film collection. Just don't watch it alone.

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