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Summary: Best Sequel in The "Chainsaw" Series
Review: This film is the best in the horribly made seqeuls in the "Chainsaw" series. Tbe Hooper returns with his horror movie making skills. Dennis Hopper gives a beautiful performance as the uncle of Sally and Franklin, who both went through the original film. Bill Johnson as leatherface is a great fill-in for Gunnar Hansen who didn't take the part of Leatherface for the sequel. The film also includes Jim siedow as the cook and introduces Chop-top as a new character to the family. Great Horror film of the 80's. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a must-see for horror fans!
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Summary: Frank vs Leatherface!
Review: Theme song to 'Titanic' would've fit this movie better.
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Summary: Way to Sick and Twisted
Review: This is one of those movies were even if you have an iron cast stomach you are going to be nausiated. If it isn't because of the extreme violence then it is the guy constantly picking his scalp with a coat hanger and eating it (just thinking about it makes me sick). Then there is this whole thing with Leatherface molesting some poor girl with his chainsaw! I swear that was the most uncomfortable moment in any movie ever.The only reason I didn't give this movie one star was because at least it had some minor dark comedy. Like the fact that the family makes award winning chilly with a special ingrediant (don't forget they are cannibals). Plus there are some great scenes, but then they are quickly wrecked by turning into an overly violent mess. Only watch this movie if you can handle barf bag gore or have a very sick mind.
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Summary: Laugh and then puke
Review: This is one excellent masterpiece of Horror. I found it very creepy in the sequence where laetherface dances with Stretch (played by Caroline Williams. You kind of have to be a bit crazy yourself to think its funny. At times it almost seems to Graphic so the NC-17 rating seems apprpriate. Overall a great movie not to be seen after dinner.
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Summary: Not for fans of the original
Review: In my opinion the first TCSM, together with Kubrick's The Shining, is one of the greatest horror movies ever made. It is truly a masterpiece. The sequel isn't. This film is not funny, it's not scary, it's just depressing and even disgusting. Leatherface is not what he used to be and the whole concept of where the "Sawyers" (!) now live is simply ridiculous and unbelievable. The 2 stars for a few enjoyably (and unintentionally) stupid moments and Hopper's chainsaw-waving scene.
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Summary: Sloppy sloppy sloppy...
Review: Having seen what the laserdisc offers for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, I am well dissapointed with the feature-less DVD. What were they thinking - it could have been a great must-have DVD for fans of Leatherface, but instead theyve made it your bog standard release with the all too familiar "Interactive Menu, Trailer" as the Extras highlights. Good film though, and if you dont have a laserdisc then no doubt you would want to own this if you are a fan of the series. Its just dissapointing. Pathetic.
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Summary: A Glowing and Epic Masterpiece of Terror
Review: Very rarely does a sequel take the original idea of it's predecessor to the next level. TCM-2 does it in spades. Real horror and terror exist in this movie. It's an almost unstomachable onslaught. The First TCM shows us almost no graphic violence. Such is not the case with TCM-2. A bloody, horrifically violent masterpiece of fear and gore. The movie is made up almost entirely of set pieces. From the Opening "On the bridge" murder of two college boys on vacation by Leatherface and his Vietnam Veteran brother to the operatic finale of madness featuring our Heroine, a local radio station DJ nick named Stretch (really, really well acted by Caroline Williams) , the movie does not let up. The Radio station attack sequence is awesome. The introduction of leatherface during this sequence is astonishing and the whole sequence is a wonderfully crafted example of a movie deftly creating the boundries of reality and fantasy in which it exists. The Vietnam vets interaction with Stretch in this sequence (before all hell breaks loose) is goose bump inducing in it's creepiness. what makes this movie so scary is it's ability to make you feel like you would if all of this were happening to you. very rare in horror films, particularly of this day and age where we are treated more like observers than participants. Movies like Psycho, Rosmary's Baby, The Excorcist, Halloween and TCM-1 all do this. movies like scream (a good horror film), I Know what you did last summer ( a bad horror film)and the rest of the current offerings never put you in a postion of vulnerability and true danger. We are watching OTHER PEOPLE in danger. The experience between the two are wildly different. Be warned: this movie contains scenes of extremely offensive violence. particularly repulsive is Leatherface's "sex" act with Stretch at the radio station. It's almost unbearable in it's ferocity and tastelessness BUT this is not the vulger expressions of the filmmakers but of THE CHARACTER Leatherface. Even though nothing close to sex or intercourse takes place. this is how Leatherface has sex. In fact this is probably the closest he's ever come to an intimate relationship in his entire patholigically psychotic life. It's how he becomes bonded to our heroine. He actually falls in love with her. We also learn of the resourcfullness of our Heroine. And because we experience the scene WITH her and not AT her we become bonded to her as well. The scene serves an important function in the film to events that occur later. it is not gratuitous but it is disturbing. As is Leatherface. TCM 2 also does a wonderful job of painting the sick stars of the TCM universe "The Family". TCM2 elaborates on the dysfunctions and dynamics of "the family" from the first film recalling Erskine Caldwell's darkly humored and desperate Jeeter family of Tobacco Road. The family interaction and dialogue is hilarious and rings true. Seething with power plays, resentment,gossip, comraderie and support, the fact that these are homicidal maniacs of unparalled proportion doesn't change the fact that they ARE a family and like any family there are psychological dynamics that exist. These dynamics are wonderully on display here in TCM-2. Dennis Hopper gives one of the performances of his career in TCM-2. His Texas ranger, Lefty, is one of his most sharply focused characters since since his Frank Booth performance of blue velvet. Sure it's over the top but it's also quiet and dense. Lasting quotes abound in Hoppers character. Gems Like "Show me what I fear Lord, So I don't fear it no more" and "I'm bringing it Down! Bringing it all down!" get better with each viewing. Fascinating to watch as well is Lefty's descent into madness. Necessary as he prepares to do battle with the denizens of evil who thrive on the fear of their opponents. What makes TCM-2, an almost unpalattable opera of horror, digestable is the crackling and truly funny humor laced through out the film. Similar structually to Bonnie and Clyde before it, intense horror and bloodshed is laced with absurd and bizarre humor. Lines like "Dog Will Hunt" (sampled by rock freaks Primus)have almost become cliche's without most of us knowing that it originates in this film. There is definitely a line that has been drawn for this movie. Those that love it and those that hate it. I, personally, have yet to find someone that has seen it and doesn't love it. If you loved the first one i find it impossible that you wont adore this movie. If you hated the first one, you'll hate this one even more.
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Summary: STINKS
Review: The worst movie I ever saw. Even worse than the 90's version of THE HAUNTING and its real hard to be worse than that klunker. This is stupid, plotless and just plain old drivel.. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
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Summary: BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA that's all i got to say (maybe a bit more)
Review: If you watched and enjoyed TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART ONE this is a MUST! Although im not sure what category this falls under. Is it suppose to be a horror? Because i found it more a comedy. None the less it had it momments of horror. You HAVE to see this movie, the sets are amazing and the acting is supurb. Thats all i got to say :) GO SEE THIS MOVIE
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Summary: Great Dark Comic Follow-Up To a Classic!
Review: The first Texas Chainsaw Massacre excelled in frightening scenes, with little or no gore, that were accented by clever writing and great directing. This movie, its sequel, has all of that... PLUS, it has some great comedic moments as well. The cast of this movie is what makes everything work so well. Dennis Miller is great in the role of Lefty, a man who's looking to avenge the torture (and, in Franklin's case, death) of his nephew and niece. Bill Moseley (sp?) is superb as well as Chop Top, the twin of the Hitch-Hiker from the first film. And as always, Jim Siedow (sp?) is wonderful as Cook. He has the line of the movie towards the end of the film. This film is one of those few sequels that actually builds on the greatness of its predecessor. It's one of my top ten horror movies and, if you're a big fan of the genre, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, too.
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