DVD : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780645851
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780645855
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 30, 2004
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 6974
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 17, 2003
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Inspired by a true story and the classic 1974 film. A group of teenagers take a detour from a road trip and what happens next is beyond anyone?s darkest fears and raw nightmares.
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The 2003 version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre adheres to the pure and simple slasher movie formula: Introduce a gaggle of sexy young people, make vague gestures to distinguish them--Jessica Biel (Summer Catch) wants to get married and doesn't like pot, so she's our moral compass--then start hacking them to pieces one by one. The visual palette includes grimy crucified dolls, fly-specked pig carcasses, body parts floating in murky jars, a tobacco-chewing redneck sheriff, and many slender beams of sunlight cutting through dank, dusty interiors. The camera lovingly photographs Biel's tank-topped bosom and sculpted abs as she's running in terror from a bloated, chainsaw-wielding, human-skin-wearing maniac. This remake lacks the macabre comedy of the original; it's all about the nauseating sensation of waiting for something to jump out of the dark. Also featuring Eric Balfour (Six Feet Under) and R. Lee Ermey (Full Metal Jacket, Mail Call). --Bret Fetzer
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How can this film's group of teenagers drive through Texas in 1973 & listen to a Lynrd Synrd song ("Sweet Home Alabama") that wasn't released until 1974? Do they travel through some sort of time warp?
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I dont see how people dont like this movie.it has everything a good horror movie needs.scary monsters,great pacing,good actors,blood and gore...what more could a horror fan want?and the performance by R.Lee Emery is worth watching this movie alone for.the whole movie is great as a whole.ive seen part of the original but turned it off as i found it to be somewhat boring.i hear it has very little blood and guts and i huge fan of gore.i did see TCM 2 though and i just dont like the way the old leather face was portrayed as a character...his nickname is bubba for gods sake.this one has lots of good,fear inducing moments that no horror fan should miss.deffinate buy,you WONT regret it.
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This remake of TCM doesn't really add anything new to the horror genre, nor is it necessarily an improvement when compared with the original, but when viewed without any expectations it makes for a solid thriller.
The formula is pretty standard: Pretty kids get shredded in creative ways by a gruesome killer. What I liked most about this film is the well crafted atmosphere of isolation and decrepitude. The environs of the forgotten little southern town where all this takes place are creepy yet believable, albeit in a "all southerners are inbred crazies" sort of way.
The film contains enough gore but doesn't go over-the-top, and it's clever enough to keep leatherface at least partially concealed for the majority of the film. They also made the good call of casting Jessica Biel, who's tight fitting white tee is frequently wet.
The DVD has limited extras - Some TV spots and trailers and a music video by some heavy metal band. Dolby 5.1 is available. I recommend this version if you're into horror movies and not emotionally attached to the original.
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Introduction: For starters, I never really planned on watching anything related to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, mostly because it reaches outside the type horror films that I can stand to watch (and no, I'm not talking teen-slasher flicks). Excessive amounts of blood and gore have never been a selling point nor a entertainment factor for me, yet the curiosity of wanting to see what the hub-bub about this film was about (and why it was considered so excellent among Horror aficionados) drew me toward the film regardless. That and I learned Mike Vogel was in it. That aside, I went into watching this film with no knowledge of the prior films before it, beyond what I've seen on television during the Halloween season and I'm happy to say that I was not disappointed. The Michael Bay produced remake of TTCMR lives up to praise and becomes far more than just another slash-happy gore fest of a film.
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Plot: On August 18th, in the summer of 1973, five young collage students (Kemper, Andy, Pepper, Morgan, and Erin) are on their way Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in Dallas, Texas, carrying with them a piñata full of marijuana (unbeknownst to Kemper's girlfriend, Erin). Their journey is delayed, however, when they nearly hit a young woman wandering in the road. Against the wishes of the three boys, Pepper and Erin usher the girl off the road into their van; Obviously traumatized, the girl falls into a fit of madness when she realizes they are ... Read More
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i personally dont look at this movie as being a remake. because if youve seen all of these chainsaw movies youll know they often times use a different sick and demented family of cannibals to tell the same basic story of some unlucky people getting stranded or whatever in the middle of nowhere and crossing paths with these familys. then it becomes a disturbing terror fest of screams blood and gore while they try to escape. so basically they all could be called remakes in a way with the exception of part 2 which kinda carries over from the original with some of the same family members and the beginning which is a prequel to the remake obviously with the same family members. but anyway i personally love this one. in fact i love every chainsaw movie so far with part 3 being my favorite. i love how they portray these crazy familys. and with that being said r lee ermys character sheriff hoyt just rocks hes so sick but so funny at the same time. if you like this one and havent seen or heard of the beginning check it out he plays him in it to where he is also sick and funny. id recommend watching it first giving the name obviously you get to see how the family got that way and a disturbing look at how leatherface was born.
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starring: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew Bryniarski, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel
directed by: Marcus Nispel, Michelle Palmer
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780645851
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780645855
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 30, 2004
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 6974
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 17, 2003
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