The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

so what does everyone think of this highly innovative movie from 1974? of course as everyone knows, its my fav.

well since this is my fav, ill start the discussion. what do you guys think about the remake of this film? personally i dont think it needed to be made. they arent going to top the original, thats for sure.

Looks interesting, but I'm not entirely sure why they are remaking it.

Leatherface looks good:

yes he does, although we'll see how the rest of his body looks. because the guy who's playing him is a professional body builder, so hopefully he wont look too buff. leatherface should be big and intimidating, but not ripped like arnold.

Movie's like the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre cannot be made anymore. Times have changed, filmstocks have changed, the age of that time made TCM what it was and what it still is. Though it will be remade, it cannot truely be remade. The flavor of the original cannot be matched. Impossible.

I agree..........half of what made TCM good was the style.......the style cannot truly be duplicated now........they can re-tell the story but it won't have as great of an affect without the "dirty/gritty" look to the movie........

there was a little bit of magic in that movie.

The trailer is tagged at the beginning of Freddy v/s Jason...........this looks to be a really good remake......they even tried to recapture the graininess to the film ...........looks to be a winner.........

totally disagree. not only is there no reason to remake perfection, but it is insulting to a degree. if they want to make money off of the name, just re-release the original in theaters so younger people who havnet yet expereienced the masterpiece that is TCM can get to on the big screen. we dont need another bad remake starring a bunch of big name 'hot' actors. anyone who thinks this is going to be a faithfull or respectful remake should hear what the producers said about the remake and its relation to the original....

"less gory and more psychological take on the cult 70's movies"

as gunner hanson said, have they even seen the original? this is the reason he declined the invitation to participate in the remake, he was insulted by what they said to him about the original. and i agree, it is disrespectful and completely ignorant. and i believe that the remake w/ill only serve one purpose, and that is to make us all apreciate the originals undeniable brilliance in premise, and execution even more then we already do. again, no need for the remake, no reason to bring shame, and insulting to it.

I agree with backfire there is no need to remake a masterpeice. but i will so go and see it. cause i am stupid

i also agree..dont we already have a thread about TCM remake?

well we dont need one but they remade it any way,I think it does look pretty damned good,and since they did already make it i will go see it.

as will i, but theres no denying that a re-release woulda been much better.

I ain't quite sure if I like the idea yet, but its startin' to grow on me

the remake will be great! can u imagine how good the special effects will be?

special effects of what? its not a movie that needs good special effects.

the first is a classic, and what special effects did that have? it was and still is a masterpiece because its so real!

I'm not gonna go and see it, I'll wait til it comes out to rent, wouldn't waste my time going the cinema

it looks to be a dry boring attempt to make money off of amovie that has grown into a cult classic, no doubt fans of the original will only be thinking about the original and what they diddnt include in this one the whole time they watch it

I just watched texas chain saw massacre umm i think its called the next generation ( it had mathew mchgoney "sp?" in it) and i didnt find it scary at all. why was leatherface in a dress? also i found the part where matt is in the truck and he goes "get ready race fans!" and he pops the tape in and runs that kid down lol.

all the sequels suck, the original is the only one worth watching.