AGAIN, AM I THE ONLY ONE...

[SteveSzyk]

Who doesn't find THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE scary? I loved the film, but it didn't scare me one bit.

[ParileseMonster]

It did not scare me, but If I were in the situations the kids were in, I would be scared shitless and I think that is the whole point. I do not think the movie was meant to scare you like some movies with cat scares or stuff like that. This movie is more like a reality scare. Things like that can happen to anyone and that fact is the scary part of life as shown in movies such as TCM.

[misfits859]

I don't know, I think there is some horror in it. Especially when the kids are about to enter the house. Not really a scary movie but a true horror movie. You only get to see this movie for the first time once and that's when it can be a bit "scary".

[countchocula]

It's not so much "scary" as it is disturbing and visceral. As already stated, the film is very realistic. It leaves an everlasting imprint in your mind.

[Skaboy18]

I've said this before and I shall say it again. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is IMO one of the worst horror films of all time. I didn't find it scary. I didn't find it interesting. I thought most of the film to be boring and contrived. The situation wasn't very realistic, and defentenly not scary nor shocking.

[FeydRautha]

I don't think it was scary in a "wandering down the darkened hallway, the shadow of the killer creeping up behind you" kind of way, but it did shock me in some places, and upset me badly in one.

*SPOILER COMING UP*


The image of that girl getting chunked onto the meat hook has stayed with me my whole life. It made me jump, it made me sleepless and it did what the director intended to do; got a big mental reaction out of me.

But the film also made me a lifelong Tobe Hooper fan. Go figure.

[Cannon Fodder]

I didn't find it scary at all, but then again I didn't find that the movie did much right at all.

[idealdiscountdude]

I hate The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I personally don't think that it was scary, suspenseful or entertaining.

[Gore 4 All]

I think the scariest part of that whole movie was watching the deranged hitchhiker anytime he was on screen. That guy freaked me out. On a whole the movie isn't very scary, but it certainly is something that you wouldn't simply forget. The first time to actually watch that flick always gives someone that feeling of disgust and bewilederment.

[Token Fat Guy]

I agree with countchocula.

The only time I jumped was when

*SPOILERS- TURN BACK NOW TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE VIRGINS!*

Leatherface chainsawed Franklin right out of the blue. But I found it extremely disturbing. Particularly the part where she was at the dinner table, and Grandpa's got the hammer. Plus, as I said once before I do worry alot about that trucker in the end.

All and all, I can't say it's scary. But I will say it's disturbing. And I personally plan on trying to find the time to show it to my 8 year old cousin sometime in the coming holidays, for calling me a liar. You just don't do that, it's about respect. That's why I wanna show him the TCM because...he needs to be thankful for the family he has. He could be living in Texas and eating Bar B Q people.

[FeydRautha]

TFG: Please, *please* don't show TCM to your 8-year-old cousin! OK, so he called you a liar, 8-year-olds do stuff like that without thinking. That's no reason to give the poor kid nightmares for the next 6 months!!

When I was 10 my older brother made me sit through "Theatre of Blood" on a dare. (I know it looks lame now, but to a 10-year-old it makes an impression, believe me.) I didn't sleep for a week. To this day I can't watch that film without cringing and remembering the original terror I experienced.

If you want to teach him respect, have a long heart-to-heart about the importance of family values and honoring your elders (blimey, can you hear the violins yet?). Just please, don't show him that film. I think if I'd seen it at his age, I'd have been permanently traumatised.

[Fettdog]

TFG, I agree with FeydRautha. It's a little irresponsible to show horror films to kids. They'll get plenty of chance to catch up on all the gore when they're older, but for now let them enjoy their peaceful childhoods.

Re TCM, I love this film but it's not so much scary as it is distubing. I think it's strength is in the feeling of unease you get while watching it. The Family are creepy because in their eyes they aren't doing anything wrong, and when you think about people like that in real life....that's when the unease starts to creep in.

Just think, your neighbour who says hi to you every morning could have a dozen kids buried in his cellar, or his mother's head in his fridge! Hey, maybe I have.....better go check!

[Jason Voorhees]

I think Disturbing is the best word for this flick. I didnt think it was all that scary but then again I have never seen a horror movie that actually scared me during my adult life, Allthough As a Child I was scared shitless by Childs play 2 and Friday the 13th part 7.

[Tyrone]

Maybe you are too vicarious SteveSyk. maybe too much horror has made you feel numb. I don't really know. All I know is that THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is primal and brutal in its horror. Think about it. People who live next to you are distant, right? Nobody knows anybody else these days. Everybody keeps to themselves. What if your neighbor turned out to be Jeffrey Dahmer or Ted Bundy? You wouldn't have a clue unless you lives at home with your parents and if that is the case maybe you are the Psycho like Anthony Perkins or Ed Gein was in hibernation before he moved out on his dead parents and killed the women and made necklaces out of nipples and clits. People are fucked up. So is our world. The nicest person you know may be some schizo-freak who hides his paranoia and selectiveness in his spare time, slowly bleeding people to death in his free time or maybe just a little light S&M. Anyhow... question everything. Great point Parilese Monsterette. REALITY. Period.



[This message has been edited by Tyrone (edited 11-17-2001).]

[Jason Voorhees]

Totally agree with Tyrone, This flick is like a sucker punch to your mind. The way you perceive other people, and they way they really are are often 2 diffrent things so it is defintly material of a more disturbing nature. To dwell on the diffrences between the illusions and the reality of life, creepy indeed. Allthough i could totally be blowing this out of proportion and its just mainly a scary movie with cannibal people and no message. Who knows?

[teenkiller]

Awesome movie. A true classic. But no it didn't scare me either. Movies just dont have the power to freighten me. Cause everyone... needs... a mother... FUKCER!!! Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Scully1888]

Like you say Steve, it's an excellent film but not scary in the least.

[Fettdog]

TCM is, for me, not a scary movie as such, more of a creepy and uncomfortable experience (particularly the lengthy scenes of Marilyn Burns at the dinner table).

A classic.

I liked TCM2 as well - it's a very funny film which doesn't try to take itself too seriously, and i the perfect companion in that respect to TCm which is a serious film, and brilliant for being so.

(However, my advice is avoid Leatherface and TCM:TNG - both lousy films, although to be fair Leatherface does have it's moments, just not nearly enough of them!)

[MikeyB]

This movie is a great, but it didn't scare me. It's creepy and weird more than it is scary.

I saw it for the first time this weekend and I was kind of disappointed. I thought it would scare me, but it is nonetheless a true classic.

[Raw Chili]

Great movie, but i didn't think it was that creepy.

[Trixieangel]

I usually don't scare at anything but the end chase scene really got to me. The rest of the movie was more creepy than out and out scary.

[JayWolf]

I saw this movie early on in life and I have to say it's not scary. It's interesting, but not scary. Also, I hated the overscreaming from Sally. It was annoying. Shut the hell up already!

[Token Fat Guy]

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TFG, I agree with FeydRautha. It's a little irresponsible to show horror films to kids. They'll get plenty of chance to catch up on all the gore when they're older, but for now let them enjoy their peaceful childhoods.

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[Psychocandy]

The first time I saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre i'll admit I was disappointed. The controversy surrounding the movie and the dumb fucking lies spread about by the tabloids during the Video Nasty debate of the 80's had convinced me that the movie would be a lot more explicit in the gore department than it actually turned out to be. So I went in expecting a bloodbath (I like a good bit of gore me) and instead got an intense and disturbing horror movie that to me looked more than a little amateurish. I've since seen it a couple more times and now consider it to be one of the finest horror movies ever made. I guess watching it the second time without the weight of expectation I had on my first viewing coupled with the fact that I was now watching a totally remastered DVD edition rather than the second generation pirate copy I had previously viewed made all the difference. The first time I had been watching it with a bunch of friend who did nothing but ridicule it from start to finish. Any time since i've watched it on my own with the lights out and it is a very intense movie directed with precision and skill by Tobe Hooper (a skill he has long since lost). Anyone who watches this movie and does not feel at the very least unnerved by the sheer relentlessness of the terror and brutality brought to bear on the group of unfortuante kids should try and invest a little more of themselves in the movie-watching process. When watching a movie I often try and put myself in the position of the characters on the screen and question whether I would have aquitted myself better than they do. In doing this I find that many horror movies become instantly more potent in the scares department.

[This message has been edited by Psychocandy (edited 04-13-2002).]

[Jewbo]

i aint been scared by a film since i was about 6. son no it didnt scare me tho i did like it.

[nothingfaceV]

I saw it when I was 14 and I was bored to death.