"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in my book is a film that is a total classic, the movie will scare you all to death,,lol, no pun intended. Tobe Hooper did a super job directing the movie and the cast made the movie great also. The late Jim Siedow as Drayton Sawyer, Edwin Neal as the Hitchhiker, and Gunnar Hanson as Leatherface. The movie and the character "Leatherface" is based on the real life serial killer Ed Gein.
Five teenagers are on a drive in Texas, they stop at a graveyard cause they heard some graves have been dug up. Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother, Franklin,have a grandfather buried there and wanted to see if he was dug up, but he was not. They and their friends are driving and pick up a hitchhiker, who was the grave robber, they thought he was alright till he cuts himself, than cuts Franklin, they get rid of him.
They get to a gas station, but they don't have any gas,Drayton Sawyer,is the owner of the gas station told the kids the transport won't be her till later on. The teens are on their way to Sally and Frankin's old house. They arrive and have a little fun. Kirk and Pam want to go swimming, they go to a creek,and the creek is dried up. They see a farm house and think they could get some gas from them. Kirk and Pam go to the house. Kirk knocks on the door, and hears a noise, he walks in the house and Leatherface hits him over the head with a little sledgehammer, and drags Kirk's body in the kitchen. Pam is waiting outside and decides to go in and see why Kirk is taking too long, so goes in and goes in a room to see some horrid things, a live chicken in a cage, bones, skeletons everywhere. Pam is horrified and tries to run out of the house and Leatherface catches her and takes her into the kitchen and is hung on a meat hook. Leatherface takes out a chainsaw and begins cutting up Kirk.
Jerry goes to look for Kirk and Pam and sees the farm, he goes there, up to the door. Jerry thinks that Kirk and Pam are goofing around, he goes in the house and into the kitchen and hears a noise. The cooler in the kitchen is opened up by Jerry and sees the body of Pam. Leatherface hits Jerry on the head with the hammer and kills him.
Later that night, Sally and Frankiln go to look for Jerry, Kirk, and Pam, they run into Leatherface and he kills Franklin with the chainsaw and chases Sally to the farm house and she gets to the gas station only to find Drayton, he gets his truck and ends up tying Sally up and takes her to the house. Sally's night is filled with terror, will she make it out alive, or will she end up like her brother and friends? This movie really does show the terror out there.
In the beginning of the movie, the narrator was John Laroquette, who is well known for his roll in the 1980's TV series "Night Court".
I give this movie 2 thumbs up and 4 for gore.
Five teenagers are on a drive in Texas, they stop at a graveyard cause they heard some graves have been dug up. Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother, Franklin,have a grandfather buried there and wanted to see if he was dug up, but he was not. They and their friends are driving and pick up a hitchhiker, who was the grave robber, they thought he was alright till he cuts himself, than cuts Franklin, they get rid of him.
They get to a gas station, but they don't have any gas,Drayton Sawyer,is the owner of the gas station told the kids the transport won't be her till later on. The teens are on their way to Sally and Frankin's old house. They arrive and have a little fun. Kirk and Pam want to go swimming, they go to a creek,and the creek is dried up. They see a farm house and think they could get some gas from them. Kirk and Pam go to the house. Kirk knocks on the door, and hears a noise, he walks in the house and Leatherface hits him over the head with a little sledgehammer, and drags Kirk's body in the kitchen. Pam is waiting outside and decides to go in and see why Kirk is taking too long, so goes in and goes in a room to see some horrid things, a live chicken in a cage, bones, skeletons everywhere. Pam is horrified and tries to run out of the house and Leatherface catches her and takes her into the kitchen and is hung on a meat hook. Leatherface takes out a chainsaw and begins cutting up Kirk.
Jerry goes to look for Kirk and Pam and sees the farm, he goes there, up to the door. Jerry thinks that Kirk and Pam are goofing around, he goes in the house and into the kitchen and hears a noise. The cooler in the kitchen is opened up by Jerry and sees the body of Pam. Leatherface hits Jerry on the head with the hammer and kills him.
Later that night, Sally and Frankiln go to look for Jerry, Kirk, and Pam, they run into Leatherface and he kills Franklin with the chainsaw and chases Sally to the farm house and she gets to the gas station only to find Drayton, he gets his truck and ends up tying Sally up and takes her to the house. Sally's night is filled with terror, will she make it out alive, or will she end up like her brother and friends? This movie really does show the terror out there.
In the beginning of the movie, the narrator was John Laroquette, who is well known for his roll in the 1980's TV series "Night Court".
I give this movie 2 thumbs up and 4 for gore.