Thanks for the memories!

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is easily the most terrifying film of the 1970's. It could well be the scariest horror movie of all time. Gritty, grimy, and Perfectly executed, it stands alone in the way it builds an atmosphere of creeping dread, while setting up its big "grabber" moments. The set up is simple and the story straightforward: A group of five young people, including Sally (Marilyn Burns- EATEN ALIVE) and her disabled, quite annoying brother, Franklin (Paul A. Partain), are on a trip to find the siblings' ancestral home. While visiting the cemetery to view the family plot, they learn of some unspeakable crimes committed there. Next, they pick up a hitchhiker (Edwin Neal) who's unhinged behavior forces them to expel him from their van. This sets up the rest of the movie's events in a "harbinger of doom" sort of way. The house located, the group splits up, and the madness begins. Two of the kids wander into a neighboring house, where true insanity dwells. The inner decor is haphazard and macabre. The introductory appearance of Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) is unforgettable, and stands as one of the greatest shockers ever! The sequences leading up to this appearance, and subsequently thereafter, are astonishing, horrifying, and utterly foreboding, since our attention immediately shifts to the unwary survivors. Director, Tobe Hooper himself, never attained this level of malignant magic again in any of his films. The gloom-saturated proceedings unravel into utter lunacy, frenzy, and Sally's extremely realistic ordeal of survival. Stop reading and watch this now!...

So the first 30 minutes of this movie is in my opinion so, so. It's a good build up, but the only thing we have are characters, and from the beginig we can predict who's gonna die first, who's gonna be a final girl etc. But no one can predict what happens later! About 30-40 minutes in the movie Leatherface shows up and the first scenes with him, when he kills his first victoms are actually kind of creepy. We don't know anything about him and it's all just weird. In a good way. And the scene where he starts to pray is in my opinion the best example of that. But then the movie suddenly becomes masterpiece. The dinner scene is... Awesome. It's one of the weirdest, funniest and most bizzare things I experienced for a long time. I won't give it away but if you love weird things you won't be disappointed, I can promise you that. Hit her grandpa!!!

I am on the autism spectrum and make mistakes when I do chores. But if someone where chasing me with a chainsaw, I would be smarter than this girl! The main character runs, which is smart, but makes many mistakes. One I clearly recall is that some men capture her and place her in a chair. They don't even strap her down! But that's not good enough for the girl, apparently, as she screams "LET ME GO! AHHHHHHHH! LET ME GO! AHHHHHH!" forever. Out loud, I said, "Woman, you are not tied up! Get up, and run to the window in front of you! I know the glass will break your skin, but it is your only way out! Now break the glass before you break my ears!" Which she did 5 minutes later. What is up with horror films and lack of logic? If you ask me, the best horror movie ever made is Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom. They are really trapped in that world! As gross as it is, that is 1,000 times better if you ask me!

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — somehow only Tobe Hooper's second feature film ever — is as notorious as it is brilliant. It has been highly influential on a number of other filmmakers — Wes Craven counts it as one of his five favorite movies, Ridley Scott called it one of "only a few really, really great movies", Rob Zombie has sung its praises many times. There's really no other way to say it — it's legendary, and for good reason.It's just one of those movies that could never be truly duplicated — it's a stunning combination of the talent and inspiration of Hooper, the setting, the 1970s aesthetic and film quality, and, in many ways, the circumstances, more bad than good. The iconic dinner table scene, for example, was shot in a marathon 26-hour session, which led to the actors truly — physically and mentally — being on the verge of breaking down.The plot is surprisingly simple. Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) is traveling with her paraplegic brother, Franklin (Paul A. Partain), and three friends, Jerry (Allen Danziger), Kirk (William Vail), and Pam (Teri McMinn), to visit the gravesite of her grandfather to make sure it hasn't been defaced in a recent spate of grave robbings. SPOILERS!It's as politically and socially relevant now as it was in the 70s. Hooper talks about being influenced by how he felt about the world around him -- it was made in the wake of the Vietnam War, amid the investigation surrounding the Kent State shooting, at the height of the Watergate scandal. The opening text claiming that it was based on a true story (it wasn't) wasn't just done as a marketing ploy — Hooper thought of it as a response to "being lied to by the government". The raw, gritty style of the film really makes you believe at times that you're watching IS real. It's visceral. It's unpolished in the best way. You can feel the searing heat, the sharp twigs scratching your face as you run, gasping, through the woods, the chicken feathers brushing against your skin as you lay, horrified and confused, in a room full of animal flesh and dry bones. Leatherface is absolutely terrifying, if for no better reason than he is not some kind of supernatural beast — he's a man. He's strong and powerful and capable of chasing you endlessly while squealing like a stuck pig and wielding a heavy power tool… but he's human. It's filthy and gruesome but, surprisingly, there's a shocking lack of gore. The real fear comes from what is implied, and from the relentless mental torture. This was done intentionally by Hooper, and not for the reasons you might think — he kept the amount of blood down in hopes of getting a PG rating so it could reach a wider audience. But it's one of the reasons this movie stands out so much in my mind — it scares the hell out of you on a much deeper, much less knee-jerk level. On top of that, it has some incredibly well thought out and downright beautiful shots. The colors and contrast are vibrant. The cinematography is powerful. The shot of the open gas station door while Sally waits; Leatherface dancing, almost childlike, in the golden light of the setting sun after Sally escapes; the camera panning low while the house, stark against a stunning blue sky, looms over Pam; Leatherface's first kill, punctuated by the slamming of the sliding metal door; the van initially pulling up to the derelict homestead; even the closeup shots of Sally's bloodshot eyes as she desperately scans the room during the infamous dinner scene, unable to believe what she's seeing. All fantastic.Speaking of the dinner scene, the whole thing is just unreal. Again, there's no need for blood or gore — the psychological torment is palpable, both between the brothers' own family drama and their utter disregard for Sally's life (not to mention Grandpa, for which there is no explanation whatsoever). I can't think of another actress who has so convincingly and chillingly screamed in terror, and you get the sense that every single person at that table is going insane, both in the film and in real life. It is madness.Oh, and a special shoutout for the music, which manages to be disturbing in a way that gets under your skin thanks to an almost industrial sounding, discordant array of clanging and chiming. It's perfect.