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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
Upon first hearing about this, I had great doubts
this would be anything worth watching. It sounded
like a mass marketing re-hash that didn't need to
be remade. Destruction of a classic. I remember
when the remake of Night of the Living Dead came
out and I was SO disappointed, not just with the
movie itself and its need to completely rewrite
the characters and the point of the film, but with
Tom Savini, who was otherwise a great special
effects make-up guy. ( and had worked with George
A. Romero on some of the original "dead" movies ).
I was also afraid that they had turned Leatherface
into a more menacingly evil monster-like thing (
and I do say the term relatively ) rather than the
misunderstood childlike psycho that made the
character so appealingly scary in the first place.
That being said, nothing could have been further from the
truth. The movie, it turns out was more than your
standard popcorn fare, laugh at every turn from
the smell of cheese horror film. Leatherface,
although a little different looking, retained his
same basic characteristics. The rest of the cast
was great in this utterly cruel, evil, gory, sick,
bloody festival of the macabre. It takes a lot to
make a true horror fan a bit uncomfortable in his
seat at the theater, imagine what it does to those
unseasoned in the genre. A faithful 21st century
update to the original. And with the police report
voice over by John Laroquette, it made it all that
more eerie, giving a sense of realism.
( Note: Don't buy into the marketing ploy that
says it's based on a true story. The events are
based on the "serial killer" Ed Gein in the very
loosest of terms. But don't let that stop you from
going to see it. )
Stephane Morrell
Laurier CIM Group
MCSE,CCA
-Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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