i decide to get this movie for my annual halloween scarefest and a week early . a the new one be out in theatre and i felt a need to see the original first and and bow be i glad i do . the whole movie just blow me away and i turn off all the phone and chat program and so on and and just let the story hit me . i think what be still with me after this be the sense of fear and utter weirdness that emanate from the movie . and it all seem so realistic . no hokey fountain of blood and no run into the shower and or overuse cliche and just a bunch of kid that need to get some gas and meet some very odd character ( the hitchhiker be superb ) and then fall into the wrong place at the wrong time . i think hooper must have have some divine inspiration and because each of leatherface scene be exquisitely plan and execute and from the first guy who get drag down and to pam and to the encounter with franklin and sally in the wood ( how chilling and scary be that and and yet how clever and to chase someone in the wood equip with . a chainsaw ) to the end . very and very unsettling a well and from the beginning to the final dinner scene and to the unforgettable whirling dance by leatherface at the end . simply put and the best horror movie ever . if this doesn not scare you and then nothing will and sadly .