tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post8792248631966774266..comments2023-04-11T03:27:30.609-07:00Comments on The Exploding Kinetoscope: The True Meaning of Horror: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE THE NEXT GENERATIONChris Stanglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06300723935864517305noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post-42259356557545147902013-06-30T22:02:45.388-07:002013-06-30T22:02:45.388-07:00This is one of the best reviews I've seen for ...This is one of the best reviews I've seen for the film. It thoroughly analyzes it in ways I think other reviewers tend to either bypass or omit altogether. This happens to be the first TCM film I ever saw; I vaguely remember references to someone wielding a chainsaw, but never knew the story. What caught my eye most was the treatment given to the final girl; by the end the transformation of a nerdy, cautious type evolving into the heroic beauty encompassing an ideal of FG's had me captured in a moment of youthful observance of the horror genre. It seems so satirical and self-evident by the end that my 8 year old eyes couldn't help but sparkle at the resonance of a song epitomizing the damsel in distress. I've since been able to identify inconsistencies, but it still remains a classic of sublime pathos. I like the consideration you've given it, negative and positive. Calling out the main twist is deserved. I wonder what it would have been like for me if I had seen the original or others first? Thanks.beeswaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838131550499435575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post-91879622912927394092011-09-07T03:17:20.365-07:002011-09-07T03:17:20.365-07:00Hi,
I'm french.
You're the only one person...Hi,<br />I'm french.<br />You're the only one person I read from who understood this film such as me!<br />Despite, I think you would have been better in your view if it had been more deep and more developed about the sens, from the begining to the end (in unity and coherence),by passing all details in review - in particular the very begining & end of the story (facts, dialogues) and the allmost caracter / "métaphore" director Rothman.<br />Hope you'll understand me and my english!...<br />Guillaume CARTONAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post-10742004643228659892011-09-07T03:13:48.389-07:002011-09-07T03:13:48.389-07:00Hi,
I'm french.
You're the only one perso...Hi, <br />I'm french.<br />You're the only one person I read from who understood this film such as me!<br />Despite, I think you would have been better in your view if it had been more deep and more developed about the sens, from the begining to the end (in unity and coherence),by passing all details in review - in particular the very begining of the story and the allmost caracter / "métaphore" director Rothman.<br />Hope you'll understand me and my english!...<br />Guillaume CARTONAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post-21146300059564583502010-08-29T16:01:00.734-07:002010-08-29T16:01:00.734-07:00Thank you! I was afraid I would never going to und...Thank you! I was afraid I would never going to understand the ending. In fact I was so bothered I almost decided to re-watch this train wreck! Thank you for sparing me from that:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post-90029884939262316882007-10-30T18:34:00.000-07:002007-10-30T18:34:00.000-07:00The only thing that kept me going through this mov...The only thing that kept me going through this movie was the hope that Bridget Jones Zellwigger would be chain-hacked. This rates in the top five of the worst movies I have seen<BR/><BR/>- MonkeyboyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post-78233107828733365912007-04-02T02:19:00.000-07:002007-04-02T02:19:00.000-07:00I love this review! Thank you.I saw this at a crap...I love this review! Thank you.<BR/><BR/>I saw this at a crappy dungeon esque 42nd street theater (which no longer exists). Sitting in the front row were two old ladies who would say "tsk, tsk" and giggle <BR/>any time something bad happened.<BR/>I have no memories of the movie (other than Matthew Mo's performance made me uncomfortable) But those two old ladies made it completely worth while by over shadowing every horrible moment. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to tracking down some of your thoughts on Tobey Hooper. Good show.<BR/><BR/>JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com