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The Texas Chainsaw Legacy//October 143rd, 2022

 You may or may not remember me making  a post  after having seen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the first time. If you do recall this post (or have just read it after clicking the link), you probably could tell how excited I was to see more of Leatherface and the franchise as a whole. I was expecting him to become a fixture of my blog, and my life in general honestly, but you’ve probably noticed by now that I’ve barely mentioned anything Texas Chainsaw-related, anywhere, since then. The reason is, sadly, very simple: I was extremely disappointed by what came after the 1974 film, and ultimately feel that this is one franchise that never should have been such. It was one perfect movie, that didn’t need to be added to. A situation where lightning was never going to strike twice, if you will. The original sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, is just about the definition of 80s camp, which makes no sense whatsoever when put up next to its predecessor. It could be a fu...

Respecting A True Classic//October 242nd, 2020

I have a confession to make, boils and ghouls. Somehow, and I truly have no real explanation for this, up until last night, I had never gotten around to watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I know. How can I even call myself a horror fan, right? I truly don’t know how it escaped me for so long. I suppose I have to be in the right kind of mood for those slasher type films, and when the mood strikes, I tend to veer more toward the slashers I’ve had more exposure to throughout my life, such as Michael Myers (obviously!), Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees. Leatherface was just someone I never got to know that well over the course of time. But honestly, after finally viewing the movie that made him a horror icon, I truly wish I hadn’t waited so long. As much as I enjoy horror movies, I always find it very hard to call one “perfect”, at least by technical standards. No piece of media is without its flaws, and the horror genre, no matter how good the story is, usually t...