Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Review

Written by: chris_gottschalk12   

Plot: 2 teens discover that a rual Texas cemetary has been vandalized. With fear that their grandpa's grave may have been vandalized they travel to the cemetary themselves with 3 of their freinds. After visiting the cemetary they pick up a strange hitchhiker that attacks himself as well as one of the teens with a knife, so he gets thrown out of their vehicle.  They then run low on gas, and stop at a gas station, only to find out that the gas station don't have any gas. Nearby is the family home, which two of the characters are familar with. However, they don't know that there is a family of cannabils living nearby. One by one, they continue to get killed by Leather Face, one of the cannabils, and his chainsaw.

Reveiw: (This reveiw may contain mild spoilers) Well, I expected this movie to be a really good one. It started an entire series as well as a remake with it's own prequal. When I started watching it I seen that this would be a good movie with some decent actors. However, I then began to get sleepy after the hitchhiker scene. I was begining to ask myself if this were meant to be a horror movie or not. After the first two victims of Leather Face I began to wake up. The freakiest part of this movie for me, was when one of the characters gets hung by her back with a hook. There is a chase scene soon after that. I found the chase scene to be boring and sad, rather than thrilling. There wasn't really any music to make you stay on the edge of your seat to see what would happen next. I couldn't belive that that scene had so much potental, but was boring. After the chase scene I began to get a headache from all the screaming. The screaming was really getting annoying, and began to drive your attention from the movie and onto other thoughts. The ending was my favorite part of the movie, but I didn't get scared or anything. If you are looking for a decent movie then this isn't what you are looking for. There is some good dialoge scenes and some really decent acting, but all the scenes that should have frightened someone sucked. There could have been more music, more gore, and more special effects.