Texas Chain Saw Massacre
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Proto-slasher flick
Maybe we should add “how not to disturb spooky houses” to the Standards of Learning.
This movie is as old as I am and still far more effective than most horror films its age. I suspect that’s because the last thirty minutes or so feature a woman screaming in mortal terror — a sound that would probably evoke your basic animal fight-or-flight response even if you were looking at pictures of fluffy bunnies. It also makes the movie something of a downer. (You can get the same effect from the Blair Witch Project, which seems to have stolen from The Texas Saw Massacre mercilessly).
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake) at The Anvil and Sprocket M:
[...] had to go back and reread my review of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie because most of that film had slipped my mind. I remember it being a real downer. Well, the [...]