Texas Chainsaw Massacre

fozzybear · 25 Sep 2006 at 13:25

Spawn said:
Nah to obusy oggling her awesome jiggling norks tbh Good thing i have this on dvd...think ill have a watch of it later tonight and slow mo the bits with Jessica Biel

I'm just going to check her out in a film called London. It's actually supposed to be quite good according to imdb.

Sutters · 25 Sep 2006 at 13:31

I thought the original was a great film, very creepy. The remake was so-so, perhaps a little better than what I had expected. It just didn't have that special something the original had.

Older horror films tend to be much better though, I'm not sure why, It might be the acting. The lady in the original was awesome, her screaming was a thing of beauty.
Has any remake ever been a patch on the original though?

Bernard · 25 Sep 2006 at 13:34

The Thing , maybe.

Sutters · 25 Sep 2006 at 13:48

Bernard said:
The Thing , maybe.

Oh good call, the original wasn't that good though as far as I can remember (only seen it once). The 80's one was outstanding however. 70s/80s horror films rule :cool:

Bernard · 25 Sep 2006 at 13:55

I quite enjoyed the original, but I'm a sucker for old movies, the remake is one of my favourite films.

Sutters · 25 Sep 2006 at 14:12

Bernard said:
I quite enjoyed the original, but I'm a sucker for old movies, the remake is one of my favourite films.

Yeah, I mean I enjoyed it too, but i'd seen the 80's version first and it would have had to have been amazing to have topped that. The suspense and sheer terror of the film blew me away, also at the time the effects were very good. There's something about the bleakness of the film too.

alexakasloth · 25 Sep 2006 at 14:55

Sutters said:
70s/80s horror films rule

I think that most of top horror films came out of that era :cool:

I watched quite a bit of Texas last night, it had some atmosphere but didn't seem to go anywhere, much like the original.

moss · 25 Sep 2006 at 15:19

Joobs said:
I really dislike a lot of modern horror movies, they seem to have increased in violence (showing terrible horrific acts)

I find most modern horror movies are fairly tame compared to some of the gory stuff from the 70s/80's.

alexakasloth · 25 Sep 2006 at 15:33

Joobs said:
I really dislike a lot of modern horror movies, they seem to have increased in violence (showing terrible horrific acts)

I would agree with this about mainstream horror, though if you look into japanese horror's, they are the modern italians.

but decreased their charm and decreased focusing on the psychology of the killer. The bad guys are just lame now they just always seem to be angry disfigured people, and they dont bother to develope their character.

Some are yes, Hostel for example, failed to develope the 'bad guy's', and merely focused on the current situation. But then again, Friday the 13th (part 2) was also about an angry disfigured monster, and in part one you get a quick exposition covered up by some lesbian mud wrestling at the very end.

On the other hand though, many films from both periods have expositions near the end. With some however, you learn more about the character throughout the film or from the start.

tim_enchanter · 25 Sep 2006 at 15:34

I enjoyed the Nightmare on Elm St films, but I was younger then and they scared me witless at the time. Nowadays well I still enjoy them

just not so scary

alexakasloth · 25 Sep 2006 at 15:38

tim_enchanter said:
I enjoyed the Nightmare on Elm St films, but I was younger then and they scared me witless at the time. Nowadays well I still enjoy them just not so scary

Me too, I saw them first at my aunt's when I was younger, I think it became my favourite film straight away, it was the first film that ever scared me.

The school scene (with the body bag and all) has to be my favourite of the movie, it has some great original deaths aswell

Lopéz · 15 Oct 2006 at 20:21

I remember watching the original when it reappeared on video a few years ago. Even now the first kill, one brutal hammer blow, is pretty shocking. I watched the film in the same frame of mind as I watched The Exorcist - ie remember that this film was made back in the 70's and it will have 70's production values, effects and so on.

I watched the remake when it came out and thought that, for a remake, it was rather good. It also had Jessica Biel's shapely buttocks and bosoms as a prominent feature which always helped. The "Sheriff" character was good too, if you ever see the making off it explains that a lot of his dialogue was made up by the actor on the spot.

I went to see "The Beginning" on Friday night and have to say it wasn't quite up to par IMO, both the original and remake are more enjoyable.