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Monday, 27 December 2004
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2
"Honey,I'm falling apart on you!"
The sequel to the classic "Texas Chainsaw Massacre",released in 1986,like the original,iz a test of one'z nervez,loud & rawkus,but where the first one lacked gore it made up for it in chaos.Non stop screaming and vroom vroom chainsaw noisez made for a pretty frazzling viewing experience.
The sequel ups the gore factor waaayy up and keeps the chaos from the first,ditches the college film student documentary look,blasts out punk n' metal toonz,gets big star Dennis Hopper to play the good guy and yuks it up for dark n' chewy laughs with wacky one liners being thrown at ya in rapid pace.It'z a horrorgore houndz' wet dream!
Rob Zombie pretty much remade this film with "House Of 1000 Corpses",even using "Chainsaw 2's" Bill Moseley,who playz pretty much the same character in "Chainsaw 2".Yeah,it'z a rip off,but I tend to think of it az an homage to Tobe Hooper's filmz,tho ya'd think Zombie would try do at least come up with something new,but oh well.At least he'z ripping off a good one.
"Chainsaw 2"iz a wild spookhouse ride,just so 'out there' that ya can't help but luv it.Everything iz turned up to 10-the visuals,the screaming,the colors and the acting,oh yeah!
And the female lead iz no tuff assed Sigourney Weaver butch dyke heroine with no fear.Nope,not here baby.She's Dennis Hoppers' characters' daughter, a hysterical,screaming mimi,just plain flippin' out victim trying to make it thru the nightmare that iz Leatherface & his loveable family of wackos!One scene in particular iz one of the greatest scenes in horror,when she iz forced to wear the pealed off face of her friend by Leatherface(who actually showz some Frankenstein monster type pathos).It'z a rip roaring horrible scene of torture,yet so yukky yuk yukkity that ya can't help but love it for the whole black hearted humor that it iz.Just plain classic.
And,like the characters in the zombie classic "Return Of The Living Dead",no one iz a hero,she flips out in what I would imagine someone in that position would really react,pure fear and the need for survival,no keeping calm and kicking ass here!
It's pure gritty close to the bone losing yer marbles desperation.
AND it'z funny too!!
"The Chainsaw Iz Family!!
Ragz Rates It A:10.00!!
Posted by ragzdandelion
at 12:05 AM PST
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