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Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Posted on 8/28/22 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 8/28/22 at 3:56 pm
Just saw this for the first time. Really enjoyed the 2003 remake with Biel and a few others were ok. The original? Complete trash. Am I missing something? Really bad actors, slow as shite, and not scary. Very retarded.
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Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:06 pm to CrappyPants
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The original? Complete trash.
It's literally the GOAT horror movie, bro.
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Really enjoyed the 2003 remake with Biel
Just a paint by the numbers slasher hijacking an established IP.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:16 pm to CrappyPants
That's like criticizing the Wright Brothers plane. Gory horror films didn't even exist before this.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:18 pm to RougeDawg
OG Horror flick. All others measured against this one.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:20 pm to RougeDawg
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Gory horror films didn't even exist before this.
Laughs in Herschell Gordon Lewis
*ETA: also TCM isn't gory at all.
This post was edited on 8/28/22 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:25 pm to CrappyPants
I guess I get why if you are fairly young, growing up on modern gore porn, you might not get it.
But to completely dismiss it and it’s place in horror movie history shows just how ignorant you really are.
But to completely dismiss it and it’s place in horror movie history shows just how ignorant you really are.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:05 pm to memphis tiger
Has nothing to do with gore. I love horror films. This one was just comical. I know I'm being critical, it was 1974. But compared to other old horror movies (The Amityville Horror, Halloween, The Exorcist, Carrie) I don't get it. I'm glad it inspired the remakes. I'm just shocked it has the following it does.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:18 pm to CrappyPants
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But compared to other old horror movies (The Amityville Horror, Halloween, The Exorcist, Carrie) I don't get it. I'm glad it inspired the remakes. I'm just shocked it has the following it does.
The title itself was quite a jolt at the time. The themes, grittiness, suggestions, and general sense of trauma was pure 1970's. You have to understand the 1970's was the first time that filmmakers felt like you could put anything on screen, and thus it was the era of experimentation.
I agree it doesn't exactly hold up, but its inclusion in the history of cinema is warranted.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:49 pm to CrappyPants
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The Amityville Horror, Halloween, The Exorcist, Carrie
All of these had a fantasy/supernatural aspect to them. Chainsaw Massacre was just a family living off the Highway who tortured and murdered random people without reason.
I remember checking the backseat of my car after seeing Chainsaw Massacre.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:52 pm to BobABooey
Hitchhiking literally plummeted in popularity bc of this movie lol
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:59 pm to CrappyPants
You have to watch it within the context of the time period in which it was made to appreciate its position within the horror film canon.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:32 pm to CrappyPants
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is the greatest horror film ever made.
You are simply incorrect.
You are simply incorrect.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:43 pm to CrappyPants
quote:go frick yourself you piece of shite.
The original? Complete trash.
Hope you get eaten alive
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:53 pm to CrappyPants
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Am I missing something?
Yes. Yes you are. The John Laroquette narration in the beginning hooked me from the start. And it was well before you could simply Google to find out if the narration was true. And it was shocking for its time even though there wasn't much gore in the movie. To me, this movie, along with Halloween, Black Christmas, and the Exorcist in the 70s set the standard of what was to come.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:57 pm to CrappyPants
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:02 pm to CrappyPants
You’re wrong and to any further debate:
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:04 pm to RougeDawg
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Gory horror films didn't even exist before this.
This is exactly why the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is genius.
Tons of people consider it extremely gory and it just isn't. There's really no actual shots of serious gore and hardly any blood, but everyone thinks there is.
It's similar to how Spielberg says the robotic shark in Jaws never worked right and that made it the classic that it is. He couldn't show you everything he wanted to, so he had to imply it enough that you could fill in the blanks in your own mind. Nobody can scare you like your own subconscious.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:09 pm to Hoodie
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is the greatest horror film ever made.
Psycho (1960) ftw. But the OG Chainsaw Massacre is probably second for me.
I didn't see it for the first time until probably the 2000's so I was expecting it to be very outdated, but it holds up really well actually.
A movie that scares you on just the creepiness and the weird factors holds up better than supernatural or gore. I'm not a supernatural horror movie guy though, I don't sleep good enough as it is, I ain't trying to watch all that
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:31 pm to CrappyPants
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The original? Complete trash. Am I missing something? Really bad actors, slow as shite, and not scary. Very retarded.
If Chicken installed a block feature, you would be near the top of the list
This post was edited on 8/28/22 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:33 pm to iwyLSUiwy
To support the OP a little, if you never saw the original until fairly recently (let’s call that the last 20-25 years or so), it definitely doesn’t hold up well as one of the GOATs. I watched it for the first time maybe ten years ago or so, and had similar thoughts. I can appreciate what it was and what it did for the horror genre, and still agree with some of the OP’s criticisms.
I also did think the 03 remake was great. I don’t know if it’s “better” than the original, because they are sort of different movies. But I definitely enjoyed it more. It’s legit good IMO.
I also did think the 03 remake was great. I don’t know if it’s “better” than the original, because they are sort of different movies. But I definitely enjoyed it more. It’s legit good IMO.
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