Texas Chainsaw Massacre: the Beginning

[the mongoose]

Man, this movie comes out in just a couple of weeks and there are no ads on tv or anything yet...weird.

But anyways, I loooove the remake from a few years ago, and I think this director has promise (Darkness Falls, his other film, was a mixed bag but that opening scene was tight). The set reports and early reviews are all pretty positive (albeit a bit biased). I'm going to see it regardless because I'm a Leatherface nut!:D

[b.miller]

I just saw this...

R. Lee Ermy is like the star of the movie. it's all about him.

It's also very brutal. It's still an American horror movie (read: very quick cuts, shaky camera movements, can hardly really see anything), but the violence and sound effects and what they do get away with make it a pretty hard R.

Even though they say it's a prequel, it's pretty much the same story as the rest... I guess this is just supposed to be the first time that a group of horny teens breaks down in rural texas and gets eaten. nothing too surprising with the story or characters... but I think it delivers for the existing fans.

I thought the 03 remake was decent... right now I think this one was better than that one, although still just shy of "good" for me due to all that stylistic todays-version-of-the-70s cookie cutter horror stuff and ultra-fast cuts on ultra-close-ups. fans of the 03 remake should go bonkers over this though.

PS. The dude that plays leatherface was there along with the whole crew of the movie... and his voice is just as scary as his physique.

[the mongoose]

Very good, made me jump a couple times (and the surround sound fucked up and was turned off so it wasn't just the music;) ).

Gore was realistic and disgusting, the acting from R. Lee Ermy was the best thing about the film(!), and the main chick was soooo dumb that the audience was literally laughing at her - and I love it when shit like that occurs.:)

Flawed but indeed FUN (and sick)!:cool: