1974
Kills - 5
First Kill - ~30 minutes
I'm not so sure I agree with Chainsaw and David* that The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre is the greatest movie of all-time, but I must say that it was one
of the best so far. The characters were a little weak, with the exception of
the fat-wheelchair guy, "Black Maria", and of course Leatherface, our
butcher.
The movie begins right in the middle of the supposedly true story - no time wasted in "getting to know the characters." Five young adults are traveling across Texas in a van (Why? We'll never know). On their way to wherever, they decide to pick up a hitch-hiker who we come to find out has a knack for cutting his arm up with his handy pocket knife. After losing this weirdo they continue their journey across Texas. Their next and final stop is at the lovely home of Leatherface and family. Here, most of them eventually meet Leatherfaces chainsaw, then the meat freezer.
Despite a weak plot and terrible (but slightly humorous) dialogue, the movie showed us that Leatherface is one of the coolest killers of all-time. We don't get much innovation in kills as Leatherface simply just chainsaws his victims to death. But he looks cool doing it! Theres not a ton of gore, and there arent many kills due to the low number of (approximately 10) characters in the whole movie. Leatherface certainly set a trend for the great masked ones that would soon follow: Jason and Michael Meyers. I would still consider The Texas Chainsaw Massacre a classic just because it was the pioneer for all the great stupid scary movies that weve come to know today... and because of Black Maria.
-- Blackie Woo
*David and Chainsaw are characters (and HUGE TCM fans) in the movie Summer School
Coolio -- Holy crap. This entire movie is worth sitting through just to watch Black Maria!!!! "Texas Chainsaw Massacre... took my baby away from me... ain't gonna never get out alive... oh no... oh noooo..." (If you have no clue and you're not singing along, then get off of your ass and go buy a Ramones record every now and then.)
Rev. Blood -- Leatherface.......... chainsaw..........
unsuspecting victims....... need I say more? What is probably one of the
weirdest horror movies of all time will also be rmembered as one of the most
compelling as well. Why? We don't know, it's just............................
something. Leatherface!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You finish your broccoli right now
young man, otherwise no killing tonight! Ha, Ha, that's just my
interpretation of what a day in the house of the leatherfaces sounds like.
Silence!!! I alone am best!!!! Just rent the damn movie.
Kannibal -- I love the meathooks. Black Maria gets 4 skulls!
NO SKULLS
Grossy Gracie -- Horrible cheap crap.
Plague -- It doesn't get much better than this.
