TCM Returns

[MrSawyer]

I thought this was a great addition to the TCM series. There was alot of action in the movie and it had some freeky parts as well. I don't think it was as good at the original TCM though. I also heard there working on a prequel to this movie. That would be nice and all, but I think Tobe Hooper should jump back in and make the movies. He is the creator after all

[Chainsaw]

yeah i agree but the movie was missing some good stuff from the original movie that it could of used in it to make it better like the characters they had in the original first and second.

all in all it was a watchable movie. real good just missin good stuff.

[MrSawyer]

I can't wait to see this one, I'm sure it will be good

[roadkill]

One film (horror or otherwise) that did not need to be remade was TCM (I mean, what next, Gone With The Wind? Jaws? Star Wars?) so I was very sceptical when I heard this was coming out. Apart from the conceit of remaking one of the finest horror movies in history, I was thought the whole idea was completely unecessary.

Thank god, then, that it was a decent film, done with sincerity and respect to the original. It was certainly a lot better than the horror movies we'd been subjected to up to that point (the post modern slasher series, Scream, and its imitators, were little more than Scooby Doo with gore) as it was a serious attempt to scare and disturb.

Whilst it was still tamer than the original (I actually don't think a relentlessly intense vision like Hooper's original could make it uncut onto the screen these days) it still had some stand-out moments: R Lee Emery is captivating as Sherrif Hoyt - the scene where he helps with the wrapping up of the body and his later scene with the lad in the car ("I love Skynyrd") are both particularly memorable; Leatherface chasing his hapless victim through the washing lines; Leatherface wearing Kemper's face, white feathers drifting around him.

And I like the way certain scenes are subverted, like the hitchhiker and our first glimpse of Leatherface.

Clearly a film made by people who loved and respected the original, they even got Daniel Pearl back for the cinematography and John Laraquette to do the infamous voiceover at the start.

More respect and integrity in this film than in either TCM 3 or 4, definitely.

[Chainsaw]

Completely agreed.