Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, 1986
Directed by Tobe Hooper
I had seen later version of Texas Chainsaw massacre and found it brutal and violent, with the victims running from the villian leather face, only to be captured and tortured and eaten. However, I found this version much more uncanny and sinister because of the eccentric family that live under a fairground and hunt for their food by capturing and torturing victims to feast on. Although this horror film was full of torturous scenes and a chain saw wielding maniac it was very humorous because the characters were so bizarre and disgusting that the spectator couldn’t compare them with a real life serial killer, even though this film and the other Texas Chainsaw Massacres are based on the true crimes of serial killer Ed Gein. This horror movie is far from the scariest movie I have seen, but compared with the other Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies it is the one that sticks in my mind.
The Austin Chronicle interview
online review: 11-02-98
http://www.filmvault.com/filmvault/austin/t/texaschainsawmass4.html
Austin Chronicle: So many people have their own favorite scenes in Chainsaw -- I'd like to know what you consider the best bits in there. What do you look back on and think, "Damn, I really nailed it with that one?"
Tobe Hooper: The meat hook scene and the build-up to it is certainly one of the scariest things in there. When the camera dollies under the swing as the girl (played by Teri McMinn) gets up and approaches the house...you see that her back is exposed all the way down -- that's one of my favorite scenes. I also like the dinner table scene a lot because it allowed me to work inside this bizarre, comedic sequence that had a ring of truth to it. And it was so damn weird and bizarre that it could go way out on the edge and turn into comedy. However, I think that scene, coming late in the film, it did take a long time for some people to see the comedy in it. It was outrageous, and certainly that's also one of my favorite scenes.
