![]() ![]() The plot is pretty similar to the original, but the cast of characters is vastly different. Lee Ermey is menacing as hell (there is wonderful footage of him shouting his Full Metal Jacket insults at the giddy happy cast) and as a little bonus, John Larroquette reprised his role from the original by delivering the opening narration. Jessica Biel is a great terrified lead R. Director Marcus Nispel and Director of Photography Daniel Pearl (same from the 1974 original) created a haunting new look that made this version feel more like a cinematic case file, while the original film played out closer to the style of a gritty documentary. With a budget of under $10 million, the film became a massive success, and cemented Platinum Dunes as the hub for future horror remakes. On October 17, 2003, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre arrived as the first film for the newly formed Platinum Dunes production company (founded by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form). The film spawned three sequels, and launched Tobe Hooper’s horror-directing career, including Poltergeist in 1982. Nonetheless, the film gained a following, and became a big indie hit. Banned from many territories, there were many recorded instances of audience members becoming sick during screenings. The film’s disturbing violence made it very difficult to release and rate. A group of teenagers (starring Marilyn Burns) are driving through Texas, and have the misfortune of stumbling across a deranged household, including the infamous hulking Leatherface. The movie is framed to be “one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history,” as if tell you that this is based from a true crime story. Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of those defining moments in the history of horror movies. With a shoestring budget, a cast of unknowns, and an extremely messy production process (which could practically be its own horror film), Hooper and company made a shocking original film that would reignite the slasher genre. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) The 1974 Original The comparison between the 1974 original and 2003 remake is what we’ll be exploring today, and hopefully either of them can hook a new fan to the bold, exciting, terrifying world of horror movies. The original 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it is definitively one of the great pillars of horror cinema. This remake led me to the 1974 original, and the wealth of horror classics from the 70s and 80s. Personally, this arrived when was I discovering my own love for horror movies. The remake-wave began in 2003 with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and it was a surprisingly solid reinvention. They had the tendency to mistake ingenuity and resourcefulness with gratuitous shock. Dawn of the Dead in 2004), most of them missed what the originals represented. While a few actually brought something new and entertaining to the genre (i.e. They’ve helped open up the horror movie genre to show that we want new storytellers with their own scary tales to tell.Ībout 20 years ago, we saw a very strange invasion of classic horror remakes, reboots, sequels, and so forth. ![]() They’ve all become massive successes, and deservedly so. The past few years have seen some of the greatest, most original horror films in a long time: Hereditary, The Witch, Get Out, Us, A Quiet Place, Annihilation, Mandy, It Follows, and The Lighthouse, to name a few. ![]()
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