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 "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is proof that you don't need a big budget to make a classic, and it's also proof that rednecks can be every bit as scary as any supernatural monster. A bunch of addle-brained teenagers are unfortunate enough to meet a family of four "monsters" in this movie: the self-multilating necrophile, the creepy cook, the vampiric grandfather, and of course, the chainsaw maniac Leatherface. The scariest thing about these people is that they are based on a real-life serial killer named Ed Gein, a cannibalistic necrophile who made all kinds of things out of human skin. So, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" could happen in real life. To keep its R-rating, the movie leaves the most horrifying scenes to the imagination. Even though it doesn't actually show meathooks going through bodies or Leatherface chopping up bodies with the chainsaw, there are more than enough clues to let the audience know what is really being done to the victims. Although some things are left to the imagination, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" retains some bloody scenes (i.e. the bludgeoning), and it's brutal enough to satisfy most gore-hounds. The only glaring weakness about this horror classic is that the teenagers keep doing things that defy common sense. They pick up a creepy-looking hitchhiker with blood on his face; they don't go to the police after the hitchhiker slashes one of them with a knife; they don't stop for gas when they should, and they walk in a strange house uninvited...I could go on about their obvious mistakes, but at least their mistakes lead to a memorably gruesome story. The bottom line: A great horror movie, essential for any horror fan. |
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