The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Platinum Series)

Starring:Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, Andrew Bryniarski, R. Lee Ermey, David Dorfman, Lauren German, Terrence Evans, Marietta Marich, Heather Kafka, Kathy Lamkin, Brad Leland, Mamie Meek, John Larroquette, Scott Martin Gershin, Harry Jay Knowles
Director: Marcus Nispel
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a prequel to the recent remake of Tobe Hooper's classic 1974 splatter film, with an emphasis on the vogue for torture and bottomless depravity that characterize contemporary horror. As one might expect, The Beginning is just that, an origins tale about the Hewitt family of backwoods Texas. Step by step, we discover the source of their taste for human flesh, penchant for snaring young people passing through, and, most of all, how young Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski) came to choose his favorite power tool and wear a mask made of someone else's flesh. R. Lee Ermey is very effective in his perverse authority figure mode as Hoyt, the lawman who earned his badge through unorthodox means and now supplies specialized food to the Lone Star cannibals. Much less interesting than Hooper's two Massacre films, The Beginning (on which Hooper has a production credit) is not so much a tribute to the films he directed but a more sadistic continuation of the franchise. --Tom Keogh

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The only thing more shocking than how it ended is how it all began! Born under unspeakable circumstances, a young orphan is taken in by the sick and demented Hewitt family and soon the seeds of a deranged murderer are planted. When two brothers and their girlfriends stumble across the house of horrors. Leatherface reveals his ravenous appetite for chainsaws and torture as the teens fight to survive.

Customer Reviews:

Accurate Portrayal.......2007-06-28

I really enjoyed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. I recently visited Texas, so when I came home and watched this movie, I was really taken by the history of this amazing state. I never realized that one of the most famous historical figures of Texas, Thomas Hewitt, was actually born in a meat-packing plant! Learning all about his family life was really something else. It really warms my heart to think about how despite such rough beginnings and facial deformities, one can still make something of themselves. I've watched my copy of this DVD about 11 times and I think I will have to watch it again tonight. Kudos to the filmmakers for creating such a breathtakingly accurate portrayal of the history of the Lone-Star State.

Amazing .......2007-06-17

The prequel does a excellent job with showing the roots of this family. The first half of the movie seems to be familiar, but it gets better. The final thirty minutes is amazing. I really enjoyed the ending and I will not give it away if you have to yet to see it. I recommend this movie to fans of the series; I dont know how you can hate this movie if you love the series. Anther cool thing is there are three alternate endings. All were good and could have been the ending. Highly recommend this movie.

Please enter a title for your review.......2007-05-29

Although it started slow the second quarter started picking up steam but the second half is a waste of film. Exhibit A in the case of the horror genre being populated solely by lazy genre-loyalist writers and directors who wouldn't know a creative idea if it disemboweled them. I spent half the movie willing it to get to the point and half the time when it did wondering what the point was. Boring sterile conventional suspense and climax, no plot points or characters to wonder about, no chance of anything coming out of leftfield, it just sets a tone and hammers and drones away at it. No big things needed to be changed to improve the film, it's just the little things that weren't there to hold your interest and make it worth watching, no attention to detail. They've got a perfectly functional skeletal plot outline for a movie, they just needed to let some creative writers do something with it before it was ready for filming.

Dont buy into it........2007-05-23

Really, after the original TCM and the remake were there that many unanswered questions? Sure, some might ponder on the origins of leather face and clan, but that is what makes good horror! At the end of the film you want the unpredictability and the lingering shock in the air, you aren't supposed to know every facet and detail and reasoning behind the brutal horrific acts. I never once asked myself "gee I wonder how Sheriff Hoyt came to be or how leather face was reared" I never once wondered who the first victims were, or why the slaughterhouse closed, or even how much garlic needed to be in the stew. We all, as fans, know that no one survives to tell about the first murders, because the "original" would have never taken place! Are we to root for this heroine, and her boyfriend and his brother and his girlfriend to make it? Do we hope within hopelessness that somehow they would get out and away and safe? Why watch the doomed? What is the point? Do the fans need more torture films, with familiar "faces", are we to watch more people get flayed, and stabbed, and eaten for no apparent reason at all because we are hungry for real horror. This isn't scary, or thrilling, or even worth a shiver. This "beginning" will fade into being a mere tiny blip of a footnote to the original.
I certainly hope this torture genre we have seen these past 3 or so years is almost over, and people will start wanting horror with good writing, and plot lines, and not buy into the Hollywood machine that touts movies like this as if it were bait for the starving fans.

Gore! Gore! Gore!.......2007-05-06

For some time now, horror films are back with a vengeance - no more (or, to be precise: far fewer) boring PG-13 rated children scares. Movies like LAND OF THE DEAD, HOSTEL, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, MURDER SET PIECES, the recent remake of THE HILLS HAVE EYES or the British BROKEN push the envelope regarding violence, splatter and sheer terror in ways not seen since the glorious 1970ies. If you like the aforementioned films, you will like THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING.

A pre-title sequence, set in 1939, has an obese female worker giving birth to a disfigured boy at her workplace, an incredibly filthy slaughterhouse in a godforsaken remote part of Texas.
The baby is discarded in a dumpster (!) and picked up by a poor white trash woman sifting through the garbage. She and her husband decide to raise the boy.
Fast forward 30 years. The boy is a grown up man and works in the slaughterhouse. The abattoir is closed by the authorities due to hygienic reasons. Leatherface takes issue with that and kills his supervisor. The sheriff is out to arrest Leatherface, but is killed in turn by Leatherface's "foster dad", who assumes the sheriff's identity.
Meanwhile two brothers and their respective girl friends enjoy a trip with their jeep before the guys are off to Vietnam (one of them has second thoughts about being drafted). They run into trouble with a group of wild bikers. When being chased by a female biker they crash their jeep (a very odd accident, believe me!) and one of the girls is thrown off the car. While our injured youths are being threatened by the biker gal with a sawn-off shotgun, the police car with the "sheriff" arrives at the scene...
What follows is a non-stop horror trip and a bloody descent into hell...

As already mentioned TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE : THE BEGINNING is EXTREMELY gory (remember it is the unrated cut!). Without wanting to give too much away storywise, you can expect shotgun mayhem, a face cut off, teeth beaten out, penetration by chainsaw (more than once), someone being cut in half, bones broken with a hammer, severed limbs, bear trap mayhem, cannibalism, throat slitting, stabbings... A very unusual and gross effect was the cow in the car accident! The scenes in the basement are especially gruesome! Even more unsettling than the gore are the scenes of torture and terror. The whole atmosphere is very gritty and sick in the extreme.
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE : THE BEGINNING plays the horror straight and refrains from the annoying "irony" or "spot the refernce", which ruin so many horror movies (there is however a subtle reference to APOCALYPSE NOW, although it is not distracting). There is a bit of ultra-macabre jetblack humor regarding our "sheriff", who as veteran of the Korean war takes issue with one character's burnt draft card, although this does never compromise the horror. Lee R. ERMEY, a really GREAT actor, is perfectly cast in his role as sheriff and exudes an air of threatening menace and backwoods degeneracy throughout. And although ERMEY stands out, all of the other actors are convincing in their roles.
With the exception of the 2003 remake, I have watched all TCM movies over the years and although the fans of the 1974 original will loath me for it, in my view without any doubt TCM : THE BEGINNING is the best.

I also hugely enjoyed the DVD extra features.
There are several extended and deleted scenes, which in my view the filmmakers were right to cut from the finished film. There are 3 different alternate endings, one has an (underwhelming) coda, which unfortunately undercuts the violent and powerful climax and two are minor (lesser) variations of the original ending. There are optional commentaries for the deleted/extended scenes by the filmmakers.
The Making Of, titled "Down to the bone - Anatomy of a prequel", is excellent. Of particular interest for horror fans is the interview with special effects guru Greg NICOTERO, who explains the many gore F/X (for instance the cow that was torn to pieces in the car accident, was in fact made of glassfibre and filled with fake blood and intestines). It is incredible what these special effects wizards can accomplish! Actors elaborate on their respective characters. The shooting was unsurprisingly physically very demanding.
There is also the film's trailer, which I found disappointing and trailers for other movies (including SNAKES ON A PLANE, NUMBER 23, BUTTERFLY EFFECT 2 and UNDISPUTED 2 - LAST MAN STANDING).
Overall - a clear recommendation! A DVD any self-respecting horror fan and gore hound should own! Do NOT rent it - buy it! NOW!!!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)

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Everything, including the chainsaw on the kitchen sink...
Not a gorefest, but a real celluloid nightmare...
i'm shaking my head
The scariest movie ever made!!!
One of the greatest horror films ever made

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)
Starring: Marilyn Burns , Allen Danziger , Paul A. Partain , William Vail , and Teri McMinn
Director: Tobe Hooper
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ASIN: B000FS9FE4
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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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 humor (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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ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME Even More Terrifying 30 Years Later!
- Entertainment Weekly

The Ultimate Two-Disc Edition Of The Original Classic Now Remastered in High-Definition And Loaded With All-New Extras.

It has been called grisly, sick, and perverse as well as raw, unshakeable, and the movie that redefined horror. It was attacked by churches, banned by governments, and acclaimed by only the bravest of critics. It stunned audiences worldwide and set a new standard in movie terror forever. In 1974, writer-producer-director Tobe Hooper unleashed this dark, visionary tale about a group of five young friends who face a nightmare of torment at the hands of a depraved Texas clan. Today it remains unequaled as a landmark of outlaw filmmaking and unparalleled in its impact as perhaps the most frightening motion picture ever made.

Dark Sky Films presents this masterpiece like you ve never seen or heard it before, newly transferred in High Definition from the 16mm camera originals, remixed in 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo Surround, and featuring never-before-seen Bonus Materials produced exclusively for this definitive collection.

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Running Time: 84 minutes

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Everything, including the chainsaw on the kitchen sink..........2007-06-17

Fans of this cult favorite can relax - no, they didn't gloss up the film stock with digital sheen to make it look as though it were filmed yesterday. To be certain, TCM was cleaned up: the colors are brighter and more vibrant, and the film's nocturnal sequences aren't quite as murky as they were in the VHS edition. But this minor buffing hasn't betrayed the film's gritty, low-budget, high-grain 16mm (as transferred to 35mm stock) aesthetic. The '70s zeitgeist isn't even remotely diminished, but the attractive wide shots (mostly rural Texan landscapes) are as eye-catching as ever. The only way to get a better look at this film is to obtain the original theatrical reels, cigarette burns and all!

I hardly need to explain a film that's become an B-movie legend, one of the most successful and notorious independent films in American cinematic history. The synopsis, in summary: a traveling group of well-intentioned young twenty somethings run afoul of a family of redneck cannibals, one of which wears human faces as masks and uses a certain popular power tool for hunting and butchering. Fans of this film know the rest, and newcomers don't need to know any more. Even though the sheer horror of this film has been overrated (as is that of most popular horror films), few low-budget slasher flicks provide as much excitement and black humor as this one. If you haven't seen this yet, there's no reason not to.

This DVD offers quite a few features for fans of TCM, Tobe Hooper and Gunnar Hansen. Prominent among these are the soundtrack selections. For standard viewing, the film's soundtrack can be heard as a crisp stereo surround track that's a bit bright, and as the film's original mono recording, which is blunt, a bit messy and preferable for anyone who wants a more authentic viewing experience. The third option is a conversational audio commentary voiced by Hooper, Hansen and cinematographer Daniel Pearl. For fans and film students alike, I couldn't recommend this feature more; it's informative and very funny. Unlike certain audio commentary tracks, which are very dry as a result of the participants being recorded independently, this one benefits from the interaction between director, actor and cinematographer, especially when the three are comparing memories and discussing related experiences of a film that they collaborated on almost thirty years prior to this recording.

The disc's deleted scenes and alternate footage aren't quite so essential, but they are of mild interest. All of them consist of raw, untreated footage. The clips that haven't any sound are supplemented with textual script extracts. I think that audio commentary tracks would have been preferable to the textual summaries provided for each clip. Yes, the infamous makeup scene is included.

One of the more interesting features is "A Study In Filming," which consists of every unedited shot that was used to film the twenty-second scene in which Leatherface commits his first on screen murder. Even though this is essentially filler, it is somewhat engrossing, as it illustrates how much footage is required for a heavily edited (albeit short) scene.

This disc would be far from complete without the theatrical and televised trailers for the 1974 Bryanston release and New Line Cinema's 1980 re-release. Both sets of trailers are adequate and stylistically representative of their respective periods of release. Although it was hardly necessary to include the ludicrous trailers of TCM's two awful sequels and the incomparably terrible remake, they do make for compulsive viewing. They may induce squirms in a state of embarrassed discomfort.

The blooper reel is short, but rather amusing. Although it's nice to know that the making of this film was sometimes as jocular as it was maddening, the finished product is much more hilarious.

Silent footage of the Family's house is included. This provides a more detailed perspective of the macabre interior art design that featured quite a few chicken and human bones. I needn't mention that this is strictly intended for fans.

The provided film and production stills are competently shot, but not terribly interesting. They're included for the sake of completeness.

On the other hand, the scanned lobby cards and posters are definitely worth a look. The cards are typical (and probably worth quite a bit on eBay), but the art design of the theater posters are especially interesting. The Italian, German and Japanese posters are especially attractive and evocative, and some of them implement a few photos and paintings that I've never seen before.

For hardcore fans of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," this is an essential purchase if they don't already have it. For the more casual fan of horror and '70s B-films, this is definitely worth a rental. For anyone with a weak stomach, stay away - the nausea that this film can produce lives up to its' cult legend!

Not a gorefest, but a real celluloid nightmare..........2007-06-04

This is as terrifying as you've heard. Whether you saw it on an old, faded VHS copy, or you saw it in the theater when it came out, or on a later, remasted edition, it is so relentless and claustrophobic that it is impossible to shed from your mind. The thing about this film that despite its reputation, it has hardly any gore in it. It is not a gorehound film, not even close. It runs along the lines of Night of the Living Dead, an independent horror film that is truly scary and disturbing. It's not a film in which you get a few scares and then some comic relief. It's a plain nightmare of a film, and even in the end when one of the captives escape, you're still scared like hell. It burns into your subconscious like only a handful of films do (Cannibal Holocaust, Night of the Living Dead, and Salo for example). It's a testament to the filmmaker, Tobe Hooper, for making such a great film that still can scare people today. Forget the sequels or the remakes: this is the only one you need to see.

i'm shaking my head.......2007-04-25

This movie feels so wrong and yet so right at the same time. It tortures your mind and brings out your fear but I still love it anyway. I'm glad I waited until I was 24 to watch this movie as it is that unsettling. I've never been so relieved that a movie was over not because I didn't like it but because I was so glad that the terror I was experiencing was finally over. I was exhausted when I got through with this film. It is my top 3 for scariest movies of all time. One of the best things about this movie is that there is very little blood. NOT recommend for kids as they WILL have nightmares.

The scariest movie ever made!!!.......2007-04-22

I was in high school the first time I saw this movie...I watched it one day at 2 am thinking that it was gonna be just a gory lame kinda horror movie...When it was over, I was too scared to even want to turn off all the lights in the house and go up to bed...It scared the hell out of me...What I really loved about the movie was that since it was such a low budget film it looked too real(Unlike the crappy horror movies that come out now)...If you have never seen any of the TCM movies, this is the one to watch(the remake was ok)...

One of the greatest horror films ever made.......2007-04-16

This is worth owning if you are a fan of horror films. Its very disturbing.

Average customer rating:

Gave me chills!!
Better than the original version...
You've got to admit that chainsaws work pretty well in horror movies
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 vs. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003:
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Starring: Jessica Biel , Jonathan Tucker , Erica Leerhsen , Mike Vogel , and Eric Balfour
Director: Marcus Nispel
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Release Date: 2004-03-30

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The 2003 version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre adheres to the pure and simple slasher movie formula: Introduce a gaggle of sexy young people, make vague gestures to distinguish them--Jessica Biel (Summer Catch) wants to get married and doesn't like pot, so she's our moral compass--then start hacking them to pieces one by one. The visual palette includes grimy crucified dolls, fly-specked pig carcasses, body parts floating in murky jars, a tobacco-chewing redneck sheriff, and many slender beams of sunlight cutting through dank, dusty interiors. The camera lovingly photographs Biel's tank-topped bosom and sculpted abs as she's running in terror from a bloated, chainsaw-wielding, human-skin-wearing maniac. This remake lacks the macabre comedy of the original; it's all about the nauseating sensation of waiting for something to jump out of the dark. Also featuring Eric Balfour (Six Feet Under) and R. Lee Ermey (Full Metal Jacket, Mail Call). --Bret Fetzer

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Inspired by a true story and the classic 1974 film. A group of teenagers take a detour from a road trip and what happens next is beyond anyone?s darkest fears and raw nightmares.

Customer Reviews:

Gave me chills!!.......2007-06-21

When this movie first came out, I remember going to the theatre to watch it. It was sometime around Halloween and because I'm a huge fan of the holiday, I thought watching this would be fun. I love scary movies. Nothing really scares me anymore because most scary movies have the same storyline so what's to be scared about? However, this movie had me covering my eyes during some parts and it gave me chills.

So what's this movie about? If you've seen the original, it's basically the same thing. If you haven't, here's a brief rundown. A group of kids are on a roadtrip when they spot a girl on the side of the road. When they pick her up, they discover that something is terribly wrong. Upon looking for help, they come across a host of creepy people including one in particular, a chainsaw-wielding killer.

What's to like about this movie? First, this movie contains an abundance of famous actors and actresses including Jessica Biel (which is refreshing to watch her go from 7th Heaven to a horror flick), Eric Balfour, and R. Lee Ermey. There's a ton of eye candy in this movie for those who like that sort of thing. Second, the beginning of this film states that it's based on a true story. If you're a crime buff like I am, you'd know that this movie is based extremely loosely on Ed Gein, a serial killer who mutilated women and made various items from their body parts. If you attempt to believe the "based on a true story" part, this movie is even better. To think that there's a lunatic out there that chases people with chainsaws and experiments with their bodies is almost too much to bear. Third, not including the gory scenes, there are a lot of disturbing characters and scenes that will shock you. And lastly, fans of scary movies should enjoy something new based on a classic.

And what's not to like? Look, in general remakes tend to be not as good as the original. If you like older scary movies, you probably won't like this one. I personally prefer this movie to the original but I understand why some people prefer the original.

If you're looking for a good scary movie and don't really care how it compares to the original, check this one out.

Better than the original version..........2007-06-15

Had a bit of a read up on Amazon.com from people who had seen the movie and they all said it was totally frightening, you wouldn't see this alone in the dark, even with the light on, one boy's arm hairs were standing on end.
So, as you do when so many say the same sorts of things; this embedds in the back of your brain, and you subconsciously expect to see the worst of the worst. Not worst as in bad, but worst as in gruesome, horrifying, nightmare-inducing. (Not much use for me as I ALWAYS have nightmares, with or without horror movies!) :P
First of all, I just want to clarify that the Chainsaw Massacre WAS enjoyable to watch. As all horror movies are. However, the amount of violence, squirmish deaths and suspense was very, very low. In other words, it was hardly HORRORfying. Hah. Ha. Lame. joke. time.
There are two kinds of cliches in most horror films which are usually done over and over again. One being the murderer depicted as a male. The other, a disfigured monster-like looking face that looks inhuman. This just makes the movie seem silly and unrealistic, whereas you want to be engrossed and frightened by what the murderer is planning, instead you feel like the character is just another outtake or backbencher from an old Star Wars movie.
The normalest looking people can often be the most suspicious of criminals, they aren't all ugly and freakish, some can be the most calmly spoken and well dressed 'saints' you could ever meet. You never know what's really going on inside someone's brain until they moment their true intentions come out, and they snap. That's why you gotta be wary of strangers until they can prove their honesty, loyalty and trust, and even then they can let you down further down the track...
It's also hard to tell in these movies of torture, the exact reasons for wanting to do certain things. For example, the teenagers hooked up on a meat hook; are they cannibals? Do we see any evidence of cannibalism? What exactly are all the jars and bits of thread? What do they do there when they're not chopping pigs and tourists up? Do they do this sort of thing all the time? Who is the man in the wheelchair? None of these questions are really answered; and if they are, they aren't answered very well...
The violence was medium. The most blood you ever get is when one of the characters blows their head off in the back of a van. And even then there is not a lot of blood. The deaths are drawn out and hardly make you hide behind your lounge chair in fear. No headless corpes or halved bodies from the maniac weilding the chainsaw, as soon as someone gets cut, the cameraman seems to move away from them as if they too, as well as the audience, are creaming their pants wondering what will happen next.
But thankyou all the same for this movie; I don't hate it and will definately hang onto it. A good movie to see at random times and watch like it's never been seen, thus creating the thrill once again.
Oh, and is this honestly a true life story? Well, they do say truth is stranger than fiction... definately in this case it would be true!

You've got to admit that chainsaws work pretty well in horror movies.......2007-06-07

Slick, watchable fun... perfect for when you don't want to slog through a complicated plot but just want some scary scenes and gruesome villains. The opening and closing sequences, which make the movie feel like one of those "true crime" shows that endlessly play on the A&E channel, are also effective.

But it's probably the gore you'll remember most about this. The other reviewers are right: whatever your opinion regarding how this movie compares to the original artistically and creatively, this remake is inarguably MUCH gorier than its predecessor. Having said that, however, I still think the film pulls its punches on a few occasions, probably to secure its "R" rating and avoid the dreaded, unmarketable "NC-17". If you think today's horror movies rely too much on gore, you'll likely appreciate the occasional restraint here. Myself, I think if you're paying to see a movie called "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", you know what you're signing on for and don't need to be protected. But I have to admit that, even with the filmmakers' occasional squeamishness, this certainly is no Disney movie and, as a whole, it does deliver the goods.

And having Jessica Biel running around in it ain't bad, either.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 vs. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003:.......2007-05-20

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974:

* This one is SOO MUCH SCARIER AND SUSPENSFUL!!!
* The evil gang desing is SOO CREEPY!!
* The settings are also scarier.
* There are more screams here.
* The story here is better.
* The violence is more realistic.
* The ending is SO MUCH BETTER!

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003:

* Better budget.
* Better acting.
* More blood and gore.
* More graphic violence.

To my conclution, no need to say that the 1974 version is beter! But if you only want to see blood and gore then I recomend this one.

adios.

Review.......2007-05-01

Being the horror movie buff that I am, I can honestly say that few movies have kept me on the edge of my seat like this one did. It may fall into your typical "slasher movies" category but it does that with excellence. Yes, it features the usual bunch of kiddos herded by a blonde chick with a cleavage; yes, they're lost in a creepy ghost-town; and yes, almost all of them die a gruesome death. Yet despite all that, the film is just utterly fun. You indulge in your fear. I literally had to bite my fingers throughout to make sure they were there. The brick house where all the freak-show takes place is a horror movie to itself. And You know you'll never look at a chainsaw the same way again. I thus highly recommand this film, just don't say I didn't warn you: get ready for some really nasty images.

Leatherface - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

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A survivalist is all that stands between two innocent college students and a family of cannibals. Original uncut classic. Year: 1996 Director: Jeff Burr Starring: Kate Hodge, William Butler, Ken Foree

Customer Reviews:

blood and comedy.......2007-06-12

this film is cheesy, stupid, mostly bad acting and worth purchasing if your a true fan of the genre! I love the black actor in this film, he was also great in the original "dawn of the dead" of the late 70's. some of the best cheesy one liners in horror film history are in this flick. i give this one 4 stars. so if you love "the texas chainsaw massacre" and love horror films, i say spark up a bowl and enjoy the film!

Not Bad, Not Good.......2007-01-14

First of all, you'd think a movie called Leatherface would tell us something about Leatherface, but it's just something used to sell the movie. Now that that's out of the way I'll say this: I don't think I've seen less happen in a 90 minutes movie. Honestly, the series of events that take place in this movie only goes by so fast because nothing much happens. That said, this is A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2. They didn't yank our chains trying to make this into some goofball comedy, and rightfully so, Tobe Hooper wasn't even realistically considered to direcy. Unfortunately, no one really was, not even the director, Jeff Bur, who's vision was stripped of all its gorey glory. Like he says in the short documentary on this disc, The movie is called Leatherface - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, so what are people surprised about? Particularly the MPAA, who seem to live for the ruin of directors making studio horror films. Well, fortunately this is New Line we're talking about here, and just like they did with their Jason Goes to Hell DVD, they give us the R-Rated version that saves us the trouble of looking away from the gorey parts, and the Unrated Version that actually does make us look away. Too bad the movie just isn't good. It's not bad either. I put it right in the middle because of the strong comeback it makes from TCM 2, but it really just doesn't grab the audience's attention. Not even Viggo Mortenson's unknown roll in the movie really does anything for the movie, but I do recommend this to horror fans, or TCM fans. The DVD is nice, with a 30+ minute documentary that's very honest about the making of the movie and the frustration faced by the director. There's a commentary as well, with deleted scenes, and alternate ending, and trailers.

Good.......2007-01-04

I saw This movie and is really good, is better that part 2, the part 2 really sucks, but this is awesome. check this....

Differences between 'R' rated and 'rated' version.......2006-11-10

Regarding the above title, there was very little difference between the 2 versions on this edition of the Dvd. There seems little point in the censors deleting the scenes as they did in the USA and the UK as they do very little to the film's context. Still, it's a very good horror film anyways with plenty of gore (if that's what you're into) and I'd still give it a 9 1/2 out of 10.

disjointed..........2006-11-01

Sadly, it could have and should have been something...instead it is nothing more than a mess.
Joe Unger and the actor who played the perverted gas station attendant with the white film over one eye
are very good. This, however, is hardly enough to recommend the flick.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Special Edition)

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Special Edition)
Starring: Dennis Hopper , Caroline Williams , Jim Siedow , Bill Moseley , and Bill Johnson (XI)
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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Release Date: 2006-10-10

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This wild, operatic 1986 sequel to 1974's low-budget horror hit--The Texas Chainsaw Massacre--is an extraordinary film that demonstrates just how far filmmaker Tobe Hooper had grown in the interim between the two movies. (Between the two movies, Hooper directed, among other things, the Spielberg production Poltergeist, the critically admired Lifeforce, and the spooky remake of Invaders from Mars.) In Massacre 2, Hooper enlists Dennis Hopper as a Texas Ranger seeking vengeance against the flesh-eating family that was introduced in the first film. Meanwhile, a radio deejay (Caroline Williams) is kidnapped by the family and brought to their underground lair. The performances are crazed, terrifying, and comic; the chainsaw fights are practically epic; the lighting and camera work are artful; the emotions are strong; and the ending is astounding, unparalleled in its imagery and force. --Tom Keogh

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From the director of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this ghastly and hilarious (Variety) sequel descends into your deepest, darkest fears as a wacked-out lawman goes after human meat-cutters with his own high-octane chainsaws in a horrific showdown with the legendary leatherface and his entire cannibalistic family. For 14 years, former Texas Ranger Lefty Enright (Oscar® nominee* Dennis Hopper, Hoosiers) has been obsessed with finding the psychotic mass-murderers who killed his brother's children. And today he's in luck. A tough as nails late-night disc jockey (Caroline Williams, Days of Thunder) has caught the ghouls on tape in the act of slicing and dicing a couple of fun-loving rich kids. When she volunteers to help, Lefty persuades her to play the tape on-air to lure the maniacs out of hiding. But what she doesn't know is that she's the only witness to this diabolical family's butchery who hasn't been carved up for somebody's supper just yet! *1986: Supporting Actor, Hoosiers; Original Screenplay, Easy Rider

Customer Reviews:

dennis hopper is F****ing crazy.......2007-06-12

this film is by far the worst in the "texas chainsaw massacre" franchise.
the leather face in this one is a pussy with emotions. the only good things about this film is 1. dennis hopper; f-en crazy in this one. hell bent on killing the rabid family of psychos. 2. the gore was great, very cheesy in parts but very cool. and reason number 3. the brother in this one is great very good actor, you may even reconize him from "house of 1000 corpses" or "devils rejects". I give this one 4 stars because i love the genre and you just cant go wrong on buying this collectors edition if youre a fan, Its a must have.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre P.2.......2007-05-28

One of the best horror films available. The bonus features contain so much good stuff, I can watch over and over.
A must for any horror fans collection!

this is a good movie too.......2007-03-15

this movie is good too, this movie isn't scary at all. to tell you the truth.

chainsaw.......2007-02-06

its the reatest movie in the series i ever seen because you dont get the title in austria and germany i bought in the usa and i must say its great

This was a horrible movie.......2007-01-15

This movie terrible in almost every way. The only thing that saved it was that hilarious cop running around aimlessly around their base cutting random pillars, and the chainsaw fight he had with Leatherhead. And that brother with the silver plate on his head was more annoying than creepy. Every ten seconds he was on screen he would blurt out some random word. Then at the end you have that DJ twirling the chainsaw over her head just like Leatherface did at the end of the first one. If you can catch this on TV then give it a view just for the comedy aspects, but it doesn't deserve to become part of any collection.

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Everything, including the chainsaw on the kitchen sink...
Not a gorefest, but a real celluloid nightmare...
i'm shaking my head
The scariest movie ever made!!!
One of the greatest horror films ever made

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Starring: Marilyn Burns , Allen Danziger , Paul A. Partain , William Vail , and Teri McMinn
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Everything, including the chainsaw on the kitchen sink..........2007-06-17

Not a gorefest, but a real celluloid nightmare..........2007-06-04

i'm shaking my head.......2007-04-25

The scariest movie ever made!!!.......2007-04-22

One of the greatest horror films ever made.......2007-04-16

This is worth owning if you are a fan of horror films. Its very disturbing.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The next generation
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation
Starring: Renée Zellweger , Matthew McConaughey , Robert Jacks , Tonie Perensky , and Joe Stevens
Director: Kim Henkel
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ASIN: B0000CEB6Y
Release Date: 2003-10-07

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Full title, 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Next Generation'. Canadian edition of 1995 horror film. Starring Renee Zellweger & Matthew McConaughey. Summary - In this third sequel to slasher classic 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', four Texas teens are abducted by a family of psychos on their way home from the senior prom.

Customer Reviews:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The next generation.......2007-05-20

It's not the best of all the Texas, but it's good.

Horrible movie!.......2007-05-08

Please listen everybody this movie is terrible-don't bother ok!It is just dumb not scary!

fun to watch.......2007-04-11

itz tru this izn't az scary az tha original texas chainsaw massacre, but i've allways found this movie very entertaining. Matthew McConaughey was brilliant in this. dude waz straight up psycho. this is horror/dark comedy. if your looking for something az scary az tha original then dont get this, but if ur lookin 4 somethin entertaining and fun to watch i highly reccomend this.

movie purchase.......2007-03-22

thanks for the movie, i appreciate it. the delivery was decent, no complaints!

What was Matthew and Renée thinking?.......2007-02-14

This piece of trash was completely unwatchable. I can't believe Matthew and Renée read this script and said yeah lets do it. Absolutely dreadful!

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The ultimate version of a classic horror film. Painstakingly restored from the original 16mm ECO negatives, this special edition presents Tobe Hooper's classic film as you've never seen it before. Now...step into the twisted world of the ultimate dysfunctional family and rediscover the total madness of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Includes: audio commentary featuring Tobe Hooper, director of photography Daniel Pearl and Gunnar Hansen ("Leatherface"), 30 minutes of deleted scenes and outtakes, blooper reel, original theatrical trailers and television spots and still photos. Starring: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen.

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Everything, including the chainsaw on the kitchen sink..........2007-06-17

Not a gorefest, but a real celluloid nightmare..........2007-06-04

i'm shaking my head.......2007-04-25

The scariest movie ever made!!!.......2007-04-22

One of the greatest horror films ever made.......2007-04-16

This is worth owning if you are a fan of horror films. Its very disturbing.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Platinum Series)

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Gave me chills!!
Better than the original version...
You've got to admit that chainsaws work pretty well in horror movies
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 vs. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003:
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Jessica Biel , Jonathan Tucker , Erica Leerhsen , Mike Vogel , and Eric Balfour
Director: Marcus Nispel
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Release Date: 2004-03-30

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Inspired by a true story and the classic 1974 film. A group of teenagers take a detour from a road trip and what happens next is beyond anyone?s darkest fears and raw nightmares.

Customer Reviews:

Gave me chills!!.......2007-06-21

Better than the original version..........2007-06-15

You've got to admit that chainsaws work pretty well in horror movies.......2007-06-07

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 vs. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003:.......2007-05-20

Review.......2007-05-01

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dennis hopper is F****ing crazy.......2007-06-12

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre P.2.......2007-05-28

One of the best horror films available. The bonus features contain so much good stuff, I can watch over and over.
A must for any horror fans collection!

this is a good movie too.......2007-03-15

this movie is good too, this movie isn't scary at all. to tell you the truth.

chainsaw.......2007-02-06

its the reatest movie in the series i ever seen because you dont get the title in austria and germany i bought in the usa and i must say its great

This was a horrible movie.......2007-01-15

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