Chainsaw
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 29, 2005 12:33:52 GMT -5
Well, first off, I wasn't sure where to put this. I'm not sure if you guys know this but they are making "Texas Chainsaw Massacre:Origin" !!! It's supposed to be explaining some stuff of the family but not too much, "It's still a chainsaw film." I'm so psyched. Can't wait till next fall! EDIT:Its now known as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:The Beginning" Have a look for yourself www.texaschainsawmassacre.net/Sequels/Prequel/Prequel.htm |
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Post by roadkill on Sept 23, 2006 17:29:57 GMT -5
The people who title these films are so patronising to their audience. This is like the time James Bond: License Revoked was changed to License To Kill because certain moneymen didn't think the audience would understand what "revoked" meant. So now, instead of "origin" we have "the beginning".
As completely unecessary as the remake, this one is even more dubious. The whole point of why Leatherface and the family are so scary is that there is absolutely no exposition; they exist, they're out there, there's no rhyme or reason for what they do, they just are. Terrifying.
Now we have the birth of Leatherface, and Andrew Byraniski telling us we will now understand why Leatherface is the way he is and even start to feel sympathy for him! We don't need to feel sympathy for him; we need to feel terrified by him. We don't want to understand his pain, this is not the point of these films.
Will somebody please tell these executives what horror films are all about? This is fringe entertainment, it's not some piece of mainstream fluff.
Having said all that, I'll still be watching it when it comes out, in the hope there's some genuinely distressing scenes in there.
I hear they're paying homage to the dinner scene. This should be interesting...
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Post by MrSawyer on Oct 6, 2006 16:36:33 GMT -5
I hope to see the movie sometime this weekend or next week. Hopefully it will be good!
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Post by roadkill on Oct 10, 2006 6:41:04 GMT -5
I think it opens in Britain on the thirteenth. I'm going to see it early next week and will post my comments then.
Initially, it was going to be a rental-only deal for me but having read a review on BloodyDisgusting.com I'm going to see it at the pictures. The reviewer made much of the brutality of the film, and that's encouraged me to give it a go at the cinema.
David Schow co-wrote it. He had a hand in writing Leatherface, too, but a limited budget and constant studio interference curtailed his vision. Looks like this time out they've got away with quite a bit in the gore department.
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Post by roadkill on Oct 14, 2006 14:24:27 GMT -5
Well, friends, I saw this today - teatime showing and I was the only one there, just how I like it - and my verdict is it's a good 'un.
Unrelenting, visceral, brutal and overall probably the nastiest entry in the series, this is the perfect companion piece to the 2003 film, boasting a similar look (although I don't think Daniel Pearl was cinematographer this time round) and having an unsettling score by the same fella who scored the remake.
There's some humour here too, but of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it variety.
The same cast is back to play America's favourite dysfunctional family, and this is to the film's credit. R Lee Ermey's Sherrif Hoyt may perhaps be as nasty as Leatherface; in fact, make that nastier because we can always feel some sympathy for Thomas Hewitt. Speaking of of the chainsaw wielding cross dresser, I was initially wary of Byraniski's claim that we would feel some sympathy for Leatherface in this film but, amongst the violence there is a level of pathos to the performance and Andrew's take on the character actually reaches a level in this film that rivals Gunnar Hansen's (yes I said it, and I never thought I would).
I'm really pleased that I enjoyed this film. It truly delivers and I can't wait for it to stand next to my other TCMs when it comes out on DVD.
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Post by sludgefeast on Oct 14, 2006 21:07:41 GMT -5
i saw this the day it opened and i was very excited but thinking at the same time i might be a little dissapointed. but i wasnt  ! this movie truly delivers the goods, its freakin awesome and nasty. Sherrif Hoyt is one mean son of a bitch, i really liked this one. Just loved it. |
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Post by MrSawyer on Oct 17, 2006 18:28:02 GMT -5
I thought it was good too. I know alot of people online especially on imdb.com reallly hate the movie. I got spammed on there just because I said I liked it.
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Post by roadkill on Oct 18, 2006 14:26:03 GMT -5
imdb.com is not the best site in the world, let's face it.
With a respectable new film, and the two old films being given great treatment on DVD, 2006 has truly been the year of the saw!
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Post by sludgefeast on Oct 18, 2006 20:29:04 GMT -5
i agree with roadkill this has been a great year for tcm !! and we will also see a new action figure of leatherface later this november jajaja |
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Chainsaw
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 9, 2006 16:08:47 GMT -5
The figure has replaceable heads. The one with muzzle and the one with the first mask he ever dawn.
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Post by sludgefeast on Dec 14, 2006 0:19:41 GMT -5
cool i had no idea about the replaceable heads!! maybe ill get me the figure on sunday jajaja have been saving for a while  |
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