![]() I'm still impressed that the movie for the most part refrains from dragging out its "stalking" sequences with false scares, and that Tobe gets some kills over and done with before the audience can blink. I still more or less feel the same way: it has some nice camera work early on in the film, wonderful colors in the dusk sky, and a sweet camera move as it glides under a swing. While my opinion has come away from the extreme hatred I initially held for the film, it didn't come away by very much. Also contrary to what I wrote in the original reviews, I did check out all the sequels and even the remake. ![]() Anyway, contrary to what I had written in my original review I did revisit Texas Chainsaw Massacre with hopes that perhaps I had let expectation get in the way of seeing the movie for what it was. Leatherface running through the woods with the chainsaw over his head while Sally screamed and screamed and ran, and went on way too long (much like the action films that would come 30 years later) all of went to prove that without a doorway to pop out of, Leatherface is a pansy who can't shut up one girl. Leatherface running around in an apron that eerily resembles a dress struck fear in me for all the wrong reasons, and I really did not need to see the cut scene on the DVD where he puts makeup and the Grandma's wig on the mask. I *can* say the unsympathetic characters in TCM made me care that the scenario they were to enact was so threadbare. So I really can't criticize TCM for having any less of a plot than, say, Halloween. If you expect more than that, you've never seen a slasher film. Killer." If you need more than that, you've never seen a slasher film. It's a bit unnerving how vividly and accurately three words can describe the typical slasher scenario: "Kids. Gramps? Please, maybe you can shut her up! Someone! Is there a competent killer in the house? I hesitate to say Texas Chainsaw Massacre has a plot, just as I hesitate to say any slasher film has a plot. For the love of God, end the scream before it goes on for another 30 minutes. And I wanted more than anything for Leatherface to shut her up. ![]() Sally, sweet Sally, what powerful lungs you have. But if you deserve a punch to the face, I don't care if you are in a wheelchair, you will get punched to the face." Texas Chainsaw Massacre also taught me why other movies ignore the realism of having their characters not scream when they should. Although, the characters in TCM did teach me a small lesson I learned that even if I feel sympathy for someone who is physically disabled, that person can be so annoying that I'd ignore those feelings and want to see him crippled further (specifically, something to permanently incapacitate the jaw.) "I'll cut you some slack, Franky, given the circumstance. The TCM family of films was the first to show me this. but good God, did it ever annoy the hell out of me! Maybe I'm just sick and twisted and desensitized by violence in the entertainment mediums, but I don't sympathize with the victims solely because they're about to be slaughtered in a 16mm slasher film. And granted, it has perks and high points. TCM is critically acclaimed for its rawness, for its brutality, and for unrelenting portrayal of a warped family based on everyone's favorite psycho Ed Gein. I still fail to see how it, along with F13, managed to acquire a cult following.
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