The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Never again...

Alright, this is by far the most disturbing and fu**ed up movie I've ever seen.

I threw it on in the AM one night and I can't stress how much I regret doing so.

Yes, it is only a movie, but the brutality and sadism it exhibits is far beyond anything I've seen in any film.

There is something to be said about the old-school production of this film that makes it far worse than anything made in the modern day in terms of generating fear. No CGI. No sudden loud sounds or faces jutting in from the screen's side for cheap thrills. This one, made in 1974, seems to be filmed with cheapest of all video cameras, making the surroundings that appear much more real. And this movie goes to great lengths to invoke true horror within the viewer, and the camera seems like it never cuts away (and when it does, your mind fills in blanks). 

And worse, it is all done by a demented family of psychos, who, we can only guess, exists to an extent in our society (as is all too common in grisly murder stories we are all to unfortunate to hear about or click on).

I can't believe a production company produced this movie and that theaters nonchalantly distributed it.

Truly, you will be a different person after seeing this movie, in that, you will view the world through a more wary and cynical way. And that is clearly not a good thing or healthy for the normal human psyche.

There were some parts so utterly vile I had to turn ESPN for several minutes just to jolt me back into reality.

Yes, it's only a movie but unfortunately, there are some real-life events this movie is 'inspired' by which I don't care to document here.

Anyhow, I guess my one of my questions for the posters here is for those who were actually old enough to see it in the theater.

Was there palpable terror in the theater? Did the crowds leave silent (I recall this happening several times during other horror movies I've seen in my life that left me speechless)?

Anyhow, I'm eliminating horror movies from my general movie viewing. This was too disgusting to bear and I need not see another movie even attempting to duplicate it (as did the 2003 remake of this one did, another ghastly film).

Anyone else see this one? Your opinions?

Good lord, there are some sick people in this world with sick, sick minds to make a film like this. Just grotesque.

Overreacting? Just a film? This is a film that Roger Ebert says is,
"without any apparent purpose, unless the creation of disgust and fright is a purpose." Add the creation of disgusting torture to that list (that seems to go on for nearly an hour). It need not ever been made and again, I am baffled it was ever put to film for mass distribution.

My advice? Do NOT see this movie....ever.

I saw most of the usual slasher movies when I was younger... then I determined that you have to have some sort of problem to be a person that likes to see people hacked to peices - movie or not.

There are so many smart behind comments I could make here my head feels like it's going to explode

Not a big fan of disturbing movies like this one.  I haven't seen the original, but I seen the recent one with Jessica Biel b/c my lady at the time wanted to see it for some reason.  

Sounds about right for this shit*show massacre...

I do agree to a certain extent. If you are a horror movie fanatic, there has to be some underlying mental problems that keeps attracting you to this type of sick genre.

The remake was sick as well. A huge waste of time and money for me and the makers.

The next time you want to view wanton violence just youtube "The knockout game"

Knock yourself out. I'd expect nothing less. But don't think I'd waste my time responding in this thread. I already dealt with you in Mugg's thread.

And as fate would have it, he beats me to the punch and does exactly what we all know he would do as I'm writing up the previous post.

Scal - I thought you'd love this movie because it takes place in the deep south (Texas), and the only people who get killed are white - including (and especially) a southern white cop.....

It happens a lot in Jersey City.  Even downtown where there's a heavy police presence.  These thugs don't care.

You are such a pu$$y

Again, don't get all bent out of shape on here because I continually shame you about your bigotry. We've been over this many times, even in the NBA forum where you stalk me.

 I don't watch that kind of garbage anymore. I remember seeing this as a teen, along with other flicks that involve cutting people up & drilling their eyes out (). Scary movies are OK........gore just doesn't suit me anymore.

If im not mistaken that  was made by the mob just like Deep Throat.

Yes, it's only a movie but unfortunately, there are some real-life events this movie is 'inspired' by which I don't care to document here.

In 1975, Chase was involuntarily committed to a mental institution after being taken to a hospital after injecting rabbit's blood into his veins.^[1] He often shared with the staff fantasies about killing rabbits. He was once found with blood smeared around his mouth: hospital staff discovered he had been drinking the blood of birds and had thrown the birds' corpses out of his hospital room window. Staff began referring to him as "Dracula".^{[citation needed]}

While he was held at the institution, he claimed to have extracted blood from a therapy dog to curb his addiction, having obtained the syringes by cracking open the disposable boxes left in the doctor's offices.^{[citation needed]} Occasionally, he defecated on himself and smeared the walls of the institution with his feces.^{[citation needed]}

Chase was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. After undergoing a battery of treatments involving psychotropic drugs, Chase was deemed no longer a danger to society and, in 1976, he was released under the recognizance of his mother.^[3]

Chase's mother weaned him off the medication and got Chase his own apartment.

Later investigation uncovered that in mid-1977, Chase was stopped and arrested on a reservation in the Pyramid Lake (Nevada) area. His body was smeared with blood and a bucket of blood was in his truck. The blood was determined to be cow's blood, and no charges were filed.^[1]

I remember reading that Texas Chain Saw Massacre was based on an actual story that took place in Wisconsin. The producers didn't want to freak those people out so they changed the movie setting to Texas.

Hated TCM.  I want just a LITTLE dialogue with my movies if they are going to have that silly and cookie-cutter of a plot.

The gory, grotesque screenplay of TCM has nothing on REC, a Spanish "footage-found" movie that was shamelessly copied by John Dowdle in that putrid attempt at a horror movie, Quarantine.

I walked away from that movie with chills.  Only REC, Event Horizon and Alien (the original) ever made me feel like that.  But grabbing your attention and thrusting your imagination into warp speed: that is what movies are supposed to do, no?  I don't really think it makes you a demented serial lunatic because you enjoy a slasher flick or two.  Some people--like myself--are just movie buffs.  I went from Nightmare on Elm St to Weekend at Bernies to Lion King on an international flight once.  Left that f**king plane crying too at the end of Lion King.

 As far as horror, I personally love the OLD Friday the 13th's and the original Halloween.  The reboots of them all are pure garbage, including Rob Zombie's shitt attempt at revival on Myers.  In fact, most horror movies nowadays are pure trash.  The Paranormal Activities and The Gallows are (no pun intended) slashing the horror genre to bits.  Depressing to watch Hollywood throw the genre out of a plane without a parachute like that.

Last good horror (mix that with comedy) movie I think they've made: The Cabin in the Woods.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LBIs87F68

 

 

A dozen times? I couldn't get through once without changing the channel several times (although again, it was about 3am which added to the intensity of the flick). How have you turned that shi* on a dozen times!!???

I have seen Saw. That movie has some pretty brilliant writing, and I love the narration of the main character, but I left the series after Saw 2 was not all that great and all the more gory.

I will never see Hostel. You can write that down now.