so much have be write about the texas chainsaw massacre these day that it seem almost redundant to write a review about it . needless to say and tcm be one of my top film of all time . it so good on so many level that it would take a book to write a perfect review of this once malign flick . some people and who have never see it before and wonder what so great about it after watch it for the first time and well and this be probably because tcm be the most copied movie of all time and tcm will look too familiar to newbie . you can literally trace x number of horror movie ( or even action movie ) back to this film . the thing be and tcm be a groundbreaking movie but few people back then notice it . mainly because when this low budget movie be originally release by it unscrupulous distributor it be dismiss a another trashy drive in horror movie and when in fact few realize the brilliance to be find within it . after tcm be release and few horror film could afford to go back to hammer style horror or the usual boring fare . you can really see the difference in movie make before tcm and those make after tcm become a big hit . the unrelentingly blunt and chaotic and savage and take no prisoner attitude of tcm be unlike anything anyone have ever see before and this aspect of tcm be what make it truly groundbreaking . horror movie or even movie in general simply couldn not be cutesy or quaint anymore . the film be unsettling and funny . it totally original with it brazen and full throttle approach to horror when most film make in those day be static and slow and poky . the level of energy this movie have be truly amazing . for a low budget flick and the camera be stunningly fluid and rarely static . the editing be sharp . the music be ominous but never overwhelming . the look of the film be perfect while it look so natural and un hollywood like which add a lot in create the uneasy atmosphere of the movie . but the direction by tobe hooper be inspire brilliance and even though hooper often inject bit of black humor here and there which could have make the film less authentic and the humor never overtake the story ( which be probably what many do not like about the sequel and which and btw and i recommend too ) because the rawness of what occur on screen be never pull back . the direction be perfect for this gruesome horror story . what really remarkable about tcm be that there isn not a weak link about it . even though the budget be almost next to nothing and the condition of make the movie be and accord to many article and hellish and the film doesn not have one weak element . everything fit perfectly . technically and the film be amaze . there isn not a scene that feel excessive or some performance that wasn not good . everything be top notch . tcm be fill with classic moment represent the beginning and with the flash of the corps while the scene at the cemetery while the hitchhiker in the van while kirk face leatherface while pam and the swing shot while pam fall in a room fill with bone and feather while pam and the hook scene while leatherface surprise by jerry while sally be chase by leatherface ( the scene be only screams and chainsaw and for a whole 6 minute . amaze . ) while sally be poke by drayton while sally at the diner table ( yikes . ) while grandpa and the hammer while sally be chase by the hitchhiker and leatherface during the chaotic live wire end while a craze sally in the pick up truck . the film be one amazing moment after another and from begin to end . the actor be mostly unknowns to u today but that doesn not mean their act wasn not good . the entire cast be excellent and game and ready to give their all . what i really like about the script be that everyone come across a real . some character be even unappealing and like franklin and the guy in the wheelchair and which you would not see do in movie these day . today and everyone have to be cute and fun and likable and but in an edgy kind of way . franklin be a real pain in the as but have him in the movie make the film feel more realistic . a for marilyn burn and well and she probably the most underrated scream queen in history of film . while other actress have make a career out of horror film and eventually move on to other genre and marilyn have be unlucky in this aspect . you would think her career would have take off after tcm but it do not . the release of the tcm early in the 1970s be probably one reason why her star never shine like jamie lee curtis . the fan boys that follow jamie lee film be too young when tcm be release . a for the actor who play the sawyer family and well and there isn not enough praise in the world for them . jim siedow be totally unforgettable . the same for gunnar a leatherface . but the great performance in tcm be surely give by edwin neal and the hitchhiker . man and oh man and what a performance . his performance be so unbelievably believable that i wonder represent be he even act . another great thing about the texas chainsaw massacre be how it capture the feel and attitude of it time . it a great time capsule . it so in the moment and that watch it be like travel back in time and be there in 1973 or 1974. and remember and this be a very troubled time . vietnam . the manson massacre . richard speck . nixon and etc . tcm be a true statement of the time it be make . but the thing that always give me the creep when i watch tcm be the scene at the beginning and when they drive by the cattle ranch and we see the poor animal while franklin talk about how they be kill and everything . this give the whole movie it queasy and black humor subtext represent the folly of mass consumerism . the general public doesn not see how animal be kill in slaughterhouse . our meat be always package neatly and look appeal . but we never see the real horror behind the benign act of buy some ground beef at a store . the story of tcm be sorta like what happen to the cattle but instead we see cannibal process their food which and obviously and come from human . hooper seem to be use the whole horror story a a statement about mass consumerism go horribly wrong . sally run away from the sawyer house be like the cow that get away from the slaughterhouse . all in all and the texas chainsaw massacre be so good that it one of those rare gem that can be truly appreciate a a straight horror movie and a a black comedy and even a an art film . personally and i think the film get good and well with time . there hasn not be anything do like it since . the whole movie be the result of catch lightning in a jar . it a one of kind film experience that can never be duplicate .