It's been a long time since I saw TCM. I only remember certain parts vaguely.
I rented the 1998 Collectors DVD edition tonight.
What a terrific movie.
The directing is amazing. The tension and suspense is quite astonishing. Starting off when they pick up the hitchhiker you immediately get those creepy vibes, and you just want to yell at the screen for them to kick him out of the van.
And when the first show up to leatherface house and they guy goes in , you just know he's going to get it and then BAM leatherface pops out and smacks him with the sledgehammer.
Great suspense.
Oh god, and then when they bring that grandpa down for dinner, I thought for sure he was a dried up corpse 'till that old bastard starting sucking her blood! 😱
Really great!
I wonder what happend to that nice black man in the truck towards the end? They should've turned around and picked him up.
It also didn't make much sense that they got out of the truck in the first place, they should've hit the gas and high-tailed it outta there.
Yeah, I just hope that black guy managed to get away from leatherface.
Oh, when they first get to the gas station and that old crusty fiend tells them theres no gas and that they may have to spend the night he was gonna kill them anyway right?
I assumed that's what all those cars were hidden behind the military camouflage tent in their backyard.
Yeah, but all together it is a tereffic movie.
Living in Texas myself I know when you're way out in the country, far away from the interstates you see a bunch of those abandoned farmhouses! scared
Originally posted by BackFire
No, the black guy from the original at the end, the truck driver who just kinda runs off.
Oh he's black? I thought he was hispanic.......but I'm probably wrong, I haven't seen that movie in a while. The original IS SOOO much better than the remake. I loved the ending of the original, when the girl is laughing, oh boy, that scared me!
Everyone just jumps on the bandwagon around here and most other forums regarding the TCM Remake. There was nothing wrong with the remake at all. At the start of the original TCM when they pick up the hitchhiker he cuts his hand... wow. In the remake you see a girl pull a gun out of herself and shoot herself in the head. I prefer the remake on some parts and the original on others. But to say the remake was crap is a joke, imo.
Originally posted by deathbycorn
Everyone just jumps on the bandwagon around here and most other forums regarding the TCM Remake. There was nothing wrong with the remake at all. At the start of the original TCM when they pick up the hitchhiker he cuts his hand... wow. In the remake you see a girl pull a gun out of herself and shoot herself in the head. I prefer the remake on some parts and the original on others. But to say the remake was crap is a joke, imo.
Hmm, I don't really think my last comment said the remake was bad. It was good, but I just didnt feel as scared as I did when I watched the first. Some of the effects were pretty decent, and some of the things like when the girl grabs the gun outta her knickers, that made me wince! But I mean, the original, felt more scary. The sounds, the images, pretty much how the film just looks...old and dry, really scared me more. 🙂
Originally posted by deathbycorn
Everyone just jumps on the bandwagon around here and most other forums regarding the TCM Remake. There was nothing wrong with the remake at all. At the start of the original TCM when they pick up the hitchhiker he cuts his hand... wow. In the remake you see a girl pull a gun out of herself and shoot herself in the head. I prefer the remake on some parts and the original on others. But to say the remake was crap is a joke, imo.
i agree.
a lot of you shit on the remake.
it wasn't that bad of a movie, actually it wasnt at all
it kept me entertained.
but i totally agree they should have named it tmc 5 because it is somewhat like the original, but it doesnt remind u of the original.
just because the original is a "classic" doesnt mean it was good. yeah the feel was good, but the "remake" was a little bit more a run for my money.
give the "remake" a chance
Originally posted by deathbycorn
The fact that she hid the gun in her vagina and pulled it out of there owns someone cutting his hand 🙂
Well, the guy was entertained when he cut himself.......and the guy was waaay scarier lookin, and the girl wasn't happy that she was killin herself, or grabbin a gun out of the holliest of holy's!
And as for the hitchhiker, the original was clearly the better actor. You could honestly believe the guy was insane. So the girl in the remake shot herself, lots of people shoot themselves in movies, it's nothing new. When the original hitchhiker cut Franklin, burned the picture, cut his palm, that was something.
By the way, I enjoyed the remake, it wasn't bad. The original is far better though.