I had gotten a break from the usual drama of my daily life, and decided to go see the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (TCM). Being a lover of TCM I was rich with enthusiasm when I heard that another chapter, "the beginning" of the Hewitt family saga was about to unfold. When I came out of the movie theater I was very disappointed.
I almost fell asleep twice during the movie. It had all the makings of a great horror film, but it lacked the kick in the ass that it needed, it was full of blood and guts lots of chainsaw action but the story line was weak at best.
Toby Hooper the original creator of TCM Co-Produced "the beginning" and there were a few scenes from the original TCM movie which were poorly regurgitated in "the beginning".
When I heard the phrase "the beginning" connected to another sequel of the TCM, I got goose bumps at the prospect of a peak inside the mind of a truly deranged and abused serial killer, and from the past portrayal of "Tommy" aka Leather face, as America's favorite chainsaw slinging serial killer, I thought this was going to be an intricate and very detailed account of what really made him the stellar man he was now, not so much. The movie grazes the surface of what I hoped "Tommy's" beginning would have been.
TCM "The Beginning" lacked the macabre scenes of the original which made the TCM so horrifying, in the original film the house was a collection of filth, human remains, piles of bones, chairs refurbished with human arms, upholstered chairs with human skin, etc. There was so much decorative and gory paraphernalia created by human remains in the first movie that just silent shots of this disarray made the audience truly terrified, and it made movie goers really stop and think about Leather face's psychosis.
Now you may be able to argue, well it's the beginning, but in the movie "Tommy" Leather face, was already filleting skin (origin not known) and covering his own disfigured face, to create a sense of normalcy within himself.
The rational behind the cannibalism in the movie stems from the "dying town" only kept alive by the slaughter house that was condemned and shut down, so instead of relocating their dysfunctional family they begin hunting down humans, torturing them, ultimately killing them and surviving on their remains.
The film was lack luster at best.
I almost fell asleep twice during the movie. It had all the makings of a great horror film, but it lacked the kick in the ass that it needed, it was full of blood and guts lots of chainsaw action but the story line was weak at best.
Toby Hooper the original creator of TCM Co-Produced "the beginning" and there were a few scenes from the original TCM movie which were poorly regurgitated in "the beginning".
When I heard the phrase "the beginning" connected to another sequel of the TCM, I got goose bumps at the prospect of a peak inside the mind of a truly deranged and abused serial killer, and from the past portrayal of "Tommy" aka Leather face, as America's favorite chainsaw slinging serial killer, I thought this was going to be an intricate and very detailed account of what really made him the stellar man he was now, not so much. The movie grazes the surface of what I hoped "Tommy's" beginning would have been.
TCM "The Beginning" lacked the macabre scenes of the original which made the TCM so horrifying, in the original film the house was a collection of filth, human remains, piles of bones, chairs refurbished with human arms, upholstered chairs with human skin, etc. There was so much decorative and gory paraphernalia created by human remains in the first movie that just silent shots of this disarray made the audience truly terrified, and it made movie goers really stop and think about Leather face's psychosis.
Now you may be able to argue, well it's the beginning, but in the movie "Tommy" Leather face, was already filleting skin (origin not known) and covering his own disfigured face, to create a sense of normalcy within himself.
The rational behind the cannibalism in the movie stems from the "dying town" only kept alive by the slaughter house that was condemned and shut down, so instead of relocating their dysfunctional family they begin hunting down humans, torturing them, ultimately killing them and surviving on their remains.
The film was lack luster at best.