After hearing the reputation of this film, you have to expect some crude, low budget exercise in gore & violence; and although the latter two attributes play a part, this is so much more than a mere slasher film. Hooper employs breakneck editing, so much so that the running time will fly by. Eerie sound effects (the music as the opening credits roll is particularly memorable), and images such as the gravedigger`s display with the sunrise as a backdrop, and the camera prowling around the bones in `the house` play their part as well. It`s not just technique though, the hitchhiker`s first interchange with the main characters is a triumph of tension. Don`t listen to the critics damning the explicit violence & gore. They must have been watching another film. This is an extremely well made & genuinely unsettling piece of work by a director who has never repeated this feat. Ignore the redundant sequels, this is the one to watch ! (9 out of 10)
Review of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
