Wednesday 20 March 2013

Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)

My understanding of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was a tad different from what I actually saw last weekend.  I had always thought that TCM was a random blood and gore movie with little or no story attached to it with a psychopathic killer at the centre of it all and of course a chain saw.

The story that has been shown in TCS3D starts some 20 odd years back with the original TCS story.  The one that created waves with its supposed true story background that was nothing but a marketing gimmick (did you know that?).  The one that has Gunnar Hansen as the dreaded Leatherface.
 
It would seem that Leatherface was actually one of the youngest of a family of Sawyers.  His Christian name was Jedidiah aka Jed Sawyer.  And he has a psychological disorder.  One that compels him to kill people who enter his territory because he is afraid that they may cause his family harm.  Hence the chainsaw.
 
The Sawyers do their best to keep him under wraps but the people of Newt (the village where this is set) eventually catch up with the killings and now want his blood.  Despite Sheriff Hooper’s (Thom Barry) best efforts, they surround the Sawyer house and burn the place to the ground.
 
The only person who survives is a small child Heather who is picked up one of the families in the riot – The Millers.  As on date, Heather receives word that her grandmother (Sawyer) has passed away and left her with a huge property in the same village.  Heather sets off with her friends to claim what is rightfully hers.
 
The human angle of a psychological disorder kind of put me off guard.  So much that I must admit to have felt some sympathy for Jed aka Leatherface.  I am quite certain that most of you will feel the same based on how the story has been handled and unravels itself over 90 minutes.
 
But for you gore fans, there is enough and more of the colour red and if you get the unedited version then there is lots of skin on display as well.  Definitely not the kind of movie that you will expect some great performances or direction but surprisingly both make the cut.  Watch it like a psycho thriller and you may like it.  6 on 10.
 

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