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    Unique ID Code: 0000003464
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 15/2/2000 18:57
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    Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (UK)

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    Who will survive and what will be left of them?
    Certificate: 18
    Running Time: 80 mins
    Retail Price: £17.99
    Release Date:

    Synopsis:
    This is the bizarre and tragically gruesome account of what happened to five young friends one summer afternoon in rural Texas. After hearing reports of grave robbing, the group sets out to check on a family grave. Soon after, one by one, they wander into the murderous clutches of leatherface (Gunmar Hansen).

    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a frightening classic that possesses an undying power to terrorize audiences again and again. It`s ability to truly horrify is so strong that when the movie first opened, some people actually walked out in a state of shock.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Commentaries by Tobe Hooper, Daniel Pearl and Gunnar Hansen
    Deleted Scenes
    Alternative Footage
    Blooper Reel
    Original Theatrical Trailers
    Sequel Trailers
    Original TV Ads
    Stills
    Posters
    Lobby Cards
    Collectables

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Mono English

    Directed By:
    Tobe Hooper

    Written By:


    Starring:
    Paul A. Partain
    Marilyn Burns
    William Vail
    Allen Danziger

    Soundtrack By:
    Tobe Hooper
    Wayne Bell

    Director of Photography:
    Daniel Pearl

    Editor:
    Larry Carroll
    Sallye Richardson

    Costume Designer:
    Bob Burns

    Producer:
    Tobe Hooper

    Distributor:
    Pioneer Studios

    Your Opinions and Comments

    1 / 10
    There never was much point to this film, it is at once authentic and at the same time cheaply effective and purely expoitive.
    posted by Richard73 on 24/1/2001 14:58
    10 / 10
    Although this gem is almost 3 decades old it is superior in every single way to the recent rash of supposedly "post-modern" & "ironic" horror movies. The only scary movie in the last couple of years (Blair Witch Project) owes a major debt to TCM. As well as being genuinely frightening (and at times almost unwatchable) the film shows real intelligence & is a savage sociological tract, using the family of madmen as a metaphor for the modern dysfunctional family. This makes the movie play like a gross caricature of the typical American sit-com; with the truck driver/cook as "pop", just about holding onto his sanity; the hitchiker, with his tendency towards arson & GBH, as "junior"; & leatherface, with his perpetually stained apron & kitchen tools of mass destruction, as "mom".
    Unmissable & one of the most important horror films of all time.
    Those who rate this film so badly have only got their knickers in a twist cos it doesn`t star anyone from "Friends".
    posted by bill newton on 19/4/2001 01:38