Product Description

ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME Even More Terrifying 30 Years Later! - Entertainment WeeklyThe Ultimate Two-Disc Edition Of The Original Classic Now Remastered in High-Definition And Loaded With All-New Extras.It has been called grisly sick and perverse as well as raw unshakeable and the movie that redefined horror. It was attacked by churches banned by governments and acclaimed by only the bravest of critics. It stunned audiences worldwide and set a new standard in movie terror forever. In 1974 writer-producer-director Tobe Hooper unleashed this dark visionary tale about a group of five young friends who face a nightmare of torment at the hands of a depraved Texas clan. Today it remains unequaled as a landmark of outlaw filmmaking and unparalleled in its impact as perhaps the most frightening motion picture ever made.Dark Sky Films presents this masterpiece like you ve never seen or heard it before newly transferred in High Definition from the 16mm camera originals remixed in 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo Surround and featuring never-before-seen Bonus Materials produced exclusively for this definitive collection.System Requirements:Running Time: 84 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR UPC: 030306629292 Manufacturer No: DVD6292

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11770 in DVD
• Brand: MPI
• Released on: 2006-09-26
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .45 pounds
• Running time: 84 minutes

Amazon.com essential video
This sensational, extremely influential, 1974 low-budget horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist, Lifeforce, Salem's Lot), may be notorious for its title, but it's also a damn fine piece of moviemaking. And it's blood-curdling scary, too. Loosely based on the true crimes of Ed Gein (also a partial inspiration for Psycho), the original Jeffrey Dahmer, Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of teenagers who pick up a hitchhiker and wind up in a backwoods horror chamber where they're held captive, tortured, chopped up, and impaled on meat hooks by a demented cannibalistic family, including a character known as Leatherface who maniacally wields one helluva chainsaw. The movie's powerful sense of dread is heightened by its grainy, semi-documentary style--but it also has a wicked sense of humor (and not that camp, self-referential variety that became so tiresome in subsequent horror films of the '70s, '80s, and '90s). OK, in case you couldn't tell, it's "not for everyone." But as a landmark in the development of the horror/slasher genre, it ranks with Psycho, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. --Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews

The True Beginning
This is a concept that today remains disturbing. Purely the concept and characters are the sole reason to watch this movie. Shot on some of the worst equipment ever created and with virtually no special effects, this movie still is able to be extremely entertaining. The family of Leatherface is entertainingly dysfunctional, and is part of the thoroughly creepy concept. An amazing film for the lack of budget, and is truly a good way to expose the world to the demented.

Great Classic
I own the remake, I'd never seen the original before until recently. If your looking for a gore and blood fest in this movie, its not there. This is more of a darker type of movie. If your a fan of the remake that was released a few years ago, I'd say you'd like the 1974 original. I highly recommend buying this 2 disc edition the case and bonus disc are pretty sweet.

You just can't beat the [terrifying] classics, my friends.
The first time I saw "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was at about two o'clock in the morning, by myself, in total darkness. And by the end of this movie, my shocked eyes were about the size of the TV screen. Oddly enough, "TCM" is the only movie to date where I bought the DVD while I still had the rental copy. That's how quickly I needed to own this movie.
Now, despite the title "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", this movie is NOT a gorefest. It is a progressive, low-budget and very realistic movie that builds up with time.
There's just something about this movie that puts it in a category of its own. The atmospheric, backwoods setting, the raw camera and the un-movie feel of it. It doesn't entirely feel like a movie, more like a documentary or one of those experimental films on Youtube...that is, if Youtube were around 30 plus years ago.
Although three of the murders occur within the first, fifty minutes, it's the last half-hour of the movie that will make you hide beneath your couch pillows. The final attack and that extended chase scene is nothing short of outstandingly jawdropping. Between the six-foot, 250-pound Leatherface chasing the Texas girl through the forest, Leatherface's psychotic family with their corpse-like grandpa, (who's great at clubbin' their dinner!), and the sheer paranoia, this movie ends up as an edge-of-your-seat atmospheric nightmare that will leave you speechless!
In addition to having such a great movie on disc, the DVD comes loaded with extra features, which makes it all a very fun experience! After you're done chilling your bones with the movie, be sure to check out the special features. This DVD is definitely worth your money for lovers of horror.
So if you like atmospheric horror, slasher films, and/or something scary and cool that will keep your eyes glued to the television, this will be your Movie of the Week! I haven't checked out the recent remake of this movie, but this mid-70's spine-chilling classic is good enough for me! Thanks for the time, and peace.