TEXAS CHANSAW MASSACRE (1974) Breakdown | Film Analysis, Easter Eggs, Making Of & Ending Explained
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Top Comments (10)
Imagine being paid $47 for what those actors went through. You would be pissed. You might even snap and go on a chainsaw massacre. Another great breakdown Paul.
I live in Bastrop, Texas where some of this was filmed. The gas station is still there and is a horror film gift shop and a decent BBQ restaurant. They also rent out little cabins in the back. Just recently they have had to take down everything related to this film due to a lawsuit. They had a ton of TCM pieces and merchandise. Used to have the cast come regularly for events, shit like that. The owner is the most knowledgeable individual on this film and many other horror movies I have ever come across. He’s fascinating and creepy. Will talk for hours if not busy. Still a cool place, but it used to be awesome.
I was so scared to go into the country as a kid living in Texas because of this movie. Now I’m the Texan in the country with a chainsaw…
Last House on the Left, had one of my favorite lines, " What do your parents do?" "They're into iron and steel. My Mom irons and my father steals."
The scariest thing was how much they were paid in the end. But this is one of my favourite pieces you've done.
26:03 I love how he thinks its some crazy antique camera when in 1974 a Polaroid camera was cutting edge technology like if you pulled out a Iphone 14 today. Most likely he stole this camera from a recent unfortunate traveler.
The real proof of the pudding is that the film isn't actually as graphic as people think it is. They didn't have the budget for super realistic effects, so they used cinematography, sound design, and a whole lot of implication to get viewers' imaginations to do the heavy lifting.
53:44 When you've got disabled family members, TCM hits a little differently on the scale of horrifying. I know Franklin's character typically gets a lot of flack, so critical analysis of the Sally/Franklin dynamic doesn't really get a ton of air. The whole situation is so effed— he relies on people annoyed with him for scraps of independence, and when he has legitimate concern for safety, he's brushed off and ridiculed. Even to the point a lot of viewers are relieved when he's killed. But he raises those questions of ethics... Do you leave a disabled person behind? Do you attempt to save them? Or do you save yourself? Franklin's last act was giving his sister a head start to get away from Leatherface. He needs a little more credit for that.
My favorite film since 1997. My Mother mailed an order to Gunner Hansen in 2000 or 2001 for two autographed pictures (which are framed in my home). She wrote a little note along the lines of "You scared me at the drive-in in 1974, and now you scare my son 25yrs later." He sent the merchandise, and included his own note "Thanks for the kind words, but you have overpaid me." With an explaination of the pricing and the mistake she had made. He could have just kept the $20 or whatever it was, said nothing, and she would have been none the wiser. I always think about that note and his honesty when I hear how terribly he was treated financially.
Jerry saw Pam and Kirks blanket draped over the porch which made him stop and realize his friends had indeed been there (or are there) so he went back and knocked again.
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Imagine being paid $47 for what those actors went through. You would be pissed. You might even snap and go on a chainsaw massacre. Another great breakdown Paul.
I live in Bastrop, Texas where some of this was filmed. The gas station is still there and is a horror film gift shop and a decent BBQ restaurant. They also rent out little cabins in the back. Just recently they have had to take down everything related to this film due to a lawsuit. They had a ton of TCM pieces and merchandise. Used to have the cast come regularly for events, shit like that. The owner is the most knowledgeable individual on this film and many other horror movies I have ever come across. He’s fascinating and creepy. Will talk for hours if not busy. Still a cool place, but it used to be awesome.
I was so scared to go into the country as a kid living in Texas because of this movie. Now I’m the Texan in the country with a chainsaw…
Last House on the Left, had one of my favorite lines, " What do your parents do?" "They're into iron and steel. My Mom irons and my father steals."
The scariest thing was how much they were paid in the end. But this is one of my favourite pieces you've done.
26:03 I love how he thinks its some crazy antique camera when in 1974 a Polaroid camera was cutting edge technology like if you pulled out a Iphone 14 today. Most likely he stole this camera from a recent unfortunate traveler.
The real proof of the pudding is that the film isn't actually as graphic as people think it is. They didn't have the budget for super realistic effects, so they used cinematography, sound design, and a whole lot of implication to get viewers' imaginations to do the heavy lifting.
53:44 When you've got disabled family members, TCM hits a little differently on the scale of horrifying. I know Franklin's character typically gets a lot of flack, so critical analysis of the Sally/Franklin dynamic doesn't really get a ton of air. The whole situation is so effed— he relies on people annoyed with him for scraps of independence, and when he has legitimate concern for safety, he's brushed off and ridiculed. Even to the point a lot of viewers are relieved when he's killed. But he raises those questions of ethics... Do you leave a disabled person behind? Do you attempt to save them? Or do you save yourself? Franklin's last act was giving his sister a head start to get away from Leatherface. He needs a little more credit for that.
My favorite film since 1997. My Mother mailed an order to Gunner Hansen in 2000 or 2001 for two autographed pictures (which are framed in my home). She wrote a little note along the lines of "You scared me at the drive-in in 1974, and now you scare my son 25yrs later." He sent the merchandise, and included his own note "Thanks for the kind words, but you have overpaid me." With an explaination of the pricing and the mistake she had made. He could have just kept the $20 or whatever it was, said nothing, and she would have been none the wiser. I always think about that note and his honesty when I hear how terribly he was treated financially.
Jerry saw Pam and Kirks blanket draped over the porch which made him stop and realize his friends had indeed been there (or are there) so he went back and knocked again.