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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)

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ghoulkid		#181	[-]
Sep 28 09 7:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Joe Karlosi wrote: ghoulkid wrote: The funny thing is,I always tell people that you have to overlook things in this genre to appreciate it,and here I go questioning why they don't stay in the truck. Go figure. The way I usually approach that type of thing is, it's easy to sit at home comfortably watching a film and for us to think we'd have all the correct calculations and answers to every horrific situation. The truth is, you don't know what you'd do in an actual trauma like this until you're in the midst of it. It's always annoying to me when I'm watching a horror film with people and they're all saying things like: "Oh, what a dope - why does she go into the cellar??" and "Oh, that's real smart - reaching for a hammer instead of a knife!!" The only reason I said that was because they had climbed into the truck and then back out. It just seemed wierd to me. But then again,I probably would of ran down the street,screaming my head off.
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luisj40		#182	[-]
Sep 30 09 5:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The first Time I saw TCM was on broadcast TV back in the mid 1980's and I recall being under whelmed by the gore but terrified by the agony poor Sally was put through. So seeking to see the uncut version I rented a VHS tape sometime later only to discover I wasn't missing anything there was no gore and the film played uncut on an over the air TV channel. So I was a bit baffled because for years I had heard how disgustingly gross the film was and it just wasn't the case for me at least. Gore or not this still ranks as one of my all-time favorite post 1970 horror films as it is an intense thrill ride seeing if Sally will make it out alive. Luis
ghoulkid		#183	[-]
Oct 1 09 3:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	luisj40 wrote: The first Time I saw TCM was on broadcast TV back in the mid 1980's and I recall being under whelmed by the gore but terrified by the agony poor Sally was put through. So seeking to see the uncut version I rented a VHS tape sometime later only to discover I wasn't missing anything there was no gore and the film played uncut on an over the air TV channel. So I was a bit baffled because for years I had heard how disgustingly gross the film was and it just wasn't the case for me at least. Gore or not this still ranks as one of my all-time favorite post 1970 horror films as it is an intense thrill ride seeing if Sally will make it out alive. This was a movie where it's reputation exceeded it's reality. I think somewhere along the line,the implied became the reality for some people coming out of the theaters and they exaggerated it's gore. In itself,it became an urban legend I think. Or am I reaching there? To some it was such an intense movie,they thought they saw gore. I myself have some problem with the hitchhiker cutting himself and Franklin,so maybe that's where they get it.
pinkfloyd95209		#184	[-]
Oct 12 09 9:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For anyone who doesn't have it yet, Wal Mart is selling the Dark Sky 2 Disc Special Edition Of TCM for only $5.00. Definately a bargain!
Adolf Kitler		#185	[-]
Oct 13 09 8:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	luisj40 wrote: The first Time I saw TCM was on broadcast TV back in the mid 1980's and I recall being under whelmed by the gore but terrified by the agony poor Sally was put through. So seeking to see the uncut version I rented a VHS tape sometime later only to discover I wasn't missing anything there was no gore and the film played uncut on an over the air TV channel. So I was a bit baffled because for years I had heard how disgustingly gross the film was and it just wasn't the case for me at least. Gore or not this still ranks as one of my all-time favorite post 1970 horror films as it is an intense thrill ride seeing if Sally will make it out alive. It's the film's tone that's nasty. You could add all the gore you'd want, but without that hopeless atsmosphere that fills TCM, it would fall flat. http://allstarchampionshipbelts.webs.com/
HalLane		#186	[-]
Oct 13 09 9:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The real masterstroke of this film is the brilliant title use of the word 'chainsaw', rendering an otherwise innocuous garden tool into an iconic touchstone for the ages.
Tripod.aic		#187	[-]
Oct 13 09 7:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	HalLane wrote: The real masterstroke of this film is the brilliant title use of the word 'chainsaw', rendering an otherwise innocuous garden tool into an iconic touchstone for the ages. Indeed the title engenders a reaction in everybody-----it makes some want to see the movie, and makes others want to stay away. It is a very potent title.
MikeTheMook		#188	[-]
Nov 16 09 10:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Had another revelation about this after watchig it recently. I am probably alone in this, but I found Leatherface's whole appearance, especially at the dinner table scene, to be a bit Julia Child-ish. I saw her on tv yesterday, and right away thought of Leatherface. Not because of her face, but her stance, walk, general look. I'm talking older Julia Child, like around the time she did that cooking show with Jacques Pepin. Yeah, I'm nuts! Last Edited By: MikeTheMook Nov 16 09 10:49 AM. Edited 1 times.
Saturday8pm		#189	[-]
Nov 16 09 11:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hmmm ... dunno if I was hallucinating, but I could swear that I saw Leatherface selling the Bassomatic® on late night TV recently. I could be wrong.
MikeTheMook		#190	[-]
Nov 16 09 11:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Saturday8pm wrote: Hmmm ... dunno if I was hallucinating, but I could swear that I saw Leatherface selling the Bassomatic® on late night TV recently. I could be wrong. No, you saw The Texas Bassomatic Massacre!
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Saturday8pm		#191	[-]
Nov 16 09 11:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	LoL!!! I know what you mean by the Child reference ... the inflections, the stooping posture ... almost Quasimodian!
MikeTheMook		#192	[-]
Nov 16 09 11:50 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, there are a couple scenes where Leatherface walks with a someone stooped posture, and Julia Child does the SAME thing! I revel in my weirdness!!
Saturday8pm		#193	[-]
Nov 16 09 11:56 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hee ... I'm so old I remember The Galloping Gourmet! Then came Child, and the oddly creepy Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet ...
MikeTheMook		#194	[-]
Nov 16 09 11:59 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I loved galloping Gourmet! I was just watching some vids of him on youtube. I might be wrong, but I think Julia was on tv before him. I watched her all the time. I also loved Jeff Smith, and Justin Wilson! "I gar-on-teee!"
capmonte		#195	[-]
Nov 16 09 2:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I loved the Frugal Gourmet. Continuing on with the odd food theme, I just saw Gunnar Hansen, as a judge, on some Food Network show where cake makers competed to make a horror-themed cake. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
MikeTheMook		#196	[-]
Nov 16 09 2:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Really? Might that have been on around Halloween? I remember the ads for that show, but didn't get to see it.
capmonte		#197	[-]
Nov 16 09 3:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MikeTheMook wrote: Really? Might that have been on around Halloween? I remember the ads for that show, but didn't get to see it. Yeah it was a Halloween edition of the Food Network Challenge show. One of the contestants was really excited that Leatherface was judging. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
ryanbrennan		#198	[-]
Nov 17 09 2:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was watching local chefs Julie Benell and David Wade here locally long before I every heard of Julia Child -- but only because of the limited programming available on Saturday afternoons in the early sixties. Unfortunately, neither of them resembled Leatherface.
HalLane		#199	[-]
Nov 17 09 5:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Walmart I could see, but BestBuy, of all places, had the fancy schmancy 2 disc special edition of this film for $4.95 last night, too.
MikeTheMook		#200	[-]
Nov 17 09 7:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I hear alot of people on here saying their local Walmarts or BestBuys have that disc set real cheapo! But never in any of those stores around where I live!! You guys have great stores near you!!
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