Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Exploring The Series 

The final chase in this film is one of the most suspenseful and thrilling moments ever

Watching Texas chainsaw in a church around that time is metal AF lmao

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is truly disturbing to watch and definitely one of the scariest Horror Films ever !

The second is probably my favorite. The first is obviously a classic, but Dennis Hopper and Bill Mosley's comedy in the 2nd is hilarious.

The first TCM is legendary. The next TCM they should come out with should be a “making of TCM” The behind the scenes stuff is insane

To me, the first one feels like a documentary/reality movie.

My mom told me my whole life about seeing this at the drive in, at 13. She said people passed out, left, etc ... She said my grandparents took them to ton of extreme movies at the drive in..hells angels, exorcist. TCM is still very scary to me too, even being before my time (born in 87). My scariest all time is and will probably always be The Exorcist.

While I wasn’t a fan of part 2 ironically I see the humor in the first film which is still my favorite to this day. It balances the horror and humor perfectly. While the second one tries to be all out humorous.

It was 1994, for the first one. I was 15. I'd seen horror before (i.e. Hellraiser, RawHeadRex, Fright Night). But my older girlfriend's dad had it, and one night she showed it to me. Very cool film. I loved watching those crazy early slasher films, and the documentary style is so well done. In Grand Rapids, MI, one night, they screened it on the side of a downtown building with a white paintjob. You could bring your own lawn chair, and Pretty sure they were sellin beer. It was hosted by the guy from Wisconsin that was the main guy in An American Movie, and he also screened his short film Coven. He was a ultra douche bag when I went to say hi at the end, but it was a fun night :)

Man, the 70s were a wild time in American cinema. Alongside TCM, youve got the likes of Taxi Driver (1976), Last House on the Left (1972), Deliverance (1972), Jaws (1974), The French Connection (1971), The Deer Hunter (1978), Halloween (1979), Soldier Blue (1970) I Spit On Your Grave (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979) and many others, film that basically redefined the art of popular cinema and acceptable mainstream content. There's an undercurrent of anger in all of them, as if the shame and self-loathing stemming from the Vietnam war and Nixon poltical era had been vomited forth in a stream of bleak, ugly metaphors. It's hard to think of another decade in which the both the independent scene and Hollywood pushed the boat out quite as far; only the 90s, with its explosion of nihilistic indie pictures and self-reflexive post-modernism come close.

Part 2 brings me so much nostalgia i remember renting it on VHS more than once just to eventually copy it

When classics are made during certain periods which are interesting in and of themselves, the movies hold more special qualities than any other good flicks

I'm probably in minority, but I really like Texas Chainsaw 4. All of them are great.

Uploaded on the late Marilyn Burns Birthday R.I.P. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

1-3, the best. 👍 Also, if they ever give TCM 3 the 4K treatment, I hope they present it in its unrated/uncut, version. One can only wish. 😌

TCM has been my favourite series for years now! Im so glad its getting even more love with the new game! (Still praying Chop Top joins the new game!)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre may just be the greatest reverse home invasion flick in history.

It's possible you knew my late husband. He graduated from Cheraw high School in 1985. Joe was a 6'3 Italian boy of the McLaurin family. He grew up there and we spent all of our holidays there with his family before moving to California in the late '90s. Anyways we both love the film and you produced a very satisfying documentary. I love this content in October.

I think the remake is honestly surprisingly good. It’s a very different kind of movie to those that came before but Leatherface is legitimately scary in it and R Lee Hermey elevates that film above what it would have been otherwise.

Had to thumbs up for the intro already!! Beautiful!!

I watched this with my parents when I was 6. I was absolutely terrified but I loved it. I used to have a reoccurring nightmare that I was being chased through the house by the sawyer family. Sometimes I got away, Sometimes I didn't.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: masterpiece Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: very fun black comedy . . . . . . The rest dont exist

A great documentary, one I have not seen before. I remember importing a VHS videotape from America and first watching it. I was terrified! The 4K transfer by Second Sight films is brilliantly put together.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 was one of the best remakes/reboots ever! So well done, creepy, gory and fun. Just like The Hills Have Eyes 2006. Just my opinion (Don't burn me). Thanx for the feature, Imma gonna enjoy this. 💙🪚

No one will admit it because of the love most people have for the original and I get it...but the 2003 remake is without a doubt one of the best remakes of all time and I like it more than the original. come at me.

Agree. The first movie is the scaryiest movie ever made. Is disturbing. The 3 killers make it damn scary.

As far as I'm concerned, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III is the best movie in the franchise besides the original of course. Nothing tops that one.

TCM III is the only I have not seen. I haven't come across it, in all my DVD - Ultra HD Bluray collecting.

I see an hour long horror video , I click

Texas Chainsaw is not only one of my favorite horror movies, it’s one of my favourite movies in general! I love it

It was banned in the u.k until 1999 I think but I vividly remember renting the uncut and unrated version. The whole movie was just nerve shredding. The way it builds up the tension then crescendo's into this visceral, grimy and uncomfortable end is masterful.

Well, I don't hate these movies any less but now I at least understand why so many folks are so into them. I've been trying to sort that for years. I really appreciate this video.

Amazing content on this video amd awesome topic for films to talk about, because you don't really hear to much about this franchise. I'm 40 now, and I was around 10 or 11 when I first seen this movie, I was out in Texas visiting my oldest sister at that time, and i made some friends out there and it was my friend Will, who introduced me to this franchise, it was his birthday and we rented all the Texas chainsaw massacre films that were out and available at video stores.. I believe there were only 3 films at the time.. and we also got to go to the house and I'll tell you it was totally scary as hell, and you literally had to be escorted by police and when it came to go into the basement they made us put on rubber boots due to the water, and the scratches were still in the wall and we found hair and teeth and a few fingernails. And the metal door is not fake the filmmakers want you to believe, no no no, that sliding metal door would not open and there was no other way into that room, the only way in and out was through that sliding metal door!! I still to this very day can't figure out why we had to be escorted around by police officer's we didn't break any laws or did anything wrong!! I've been asked by alot of people to go back, would I go back again, naw I'm good.. well I might go and that depends on if I'm allowed to have protection of my own, or some sort of weapon to defend myself.. because there really was a guy killing people with a chainsaw and to this day they do not know where he is!! No, I did not take thus from any movie!! I'm literally telling you what I expirenced when I was there in person!!!

I was five and wanted Texas Chainsaw on vhs (it was 1987) and my dad got it for me for my birthday. I would make my babysitter watch it and she couldn't get through the dinner scene!

While the first has always been my favorite horror films, the second is by far my most favorite in the franchise. You just can't beat chop tops lines, I've seen it so many times I actively quote it during rewatching. "Nam land!"

31 here. I still remember that for months i kept the vhs because i got to the scene where Pam got grabbed id panic! Then shut it off right after her shoes came off. I like the original, then the remake & the beginning. And leatherface tcm 3 I remember the summer of the remake coming out. I remember thinking of it as SUCH A BIG EVENT that they would keep playing forever 😂

I was in 5th grade and my father insisted I had to see this film. 😆 🤣

Still haven’t watched theses movies I just decided to watch your video

My jaw dropped when you said church lmao that’s awesome. I first watched this when I was 11 - in 2001 horror movies were on television every Friday night and it through our satellite dish so there was no commercials on the station I watched it on. I had to watch it at night when my parents were asleep. It traumatized me but it never left me and then I wanted to watch the other movies and eventually the 2003 remake came out. Great franchise(I even like part 4 four it’s stupidity) part 3 gets too much hate. That one was creepy asf too

Great stuff. Love this movie. Love leatherface and Chop Top from #2

Honestly it seems kinda pointless to try and connect anything after parts 1 and 2. Tobe hoopers vision just could not be picked up on or improved, just remade. TSCM does seem more like a 1 or 2 sequel movie but only if hooper did a third it couldve worked somehow

Part 1 and 2 is best ❤

friday the 13th : not scary Halloween : not scary the texas chainsaw massacre : scary and disturbing

One of my favorites of any and all time! The OG of course! I love the Next Generation as well.

Wow 👌 brilliant 👏 video .I throughly enjoyed finding out facts I never knew about my favourite all time horrors. And I thought I was a big fan aswell 🙄brilliant narration and putting together the clips of the 4 films 👏👍I wanted to ask though will you be doing anthor video as there we're more texas chainsaw movie's aswell 😉.

I always found it strange that no one ever acknowledges the fact that Darla in the next generation was played by Mrs Davis from varsity blues....even in this video , it wasnt mentioned that there were two actors from the original movie appearing at the end

Are you making a part 2? This is only half of all the TCM movies

I first seen this movie when I was 16 rented at a Blockbuster and it scared the hell out of me at the time I thought Leatherface was real and on the loose before I learned it was only inspired by The Ed Gein Murders but damn I was alone one night my parents were on a date night and I stayed home that night had pizza and Texas Chainsaw Massacre on VHS rented earlier from Blockbuster and it scared the shit out of me from beginning to end now I’m older but I still think it stands alone as one of the scariest movies and no other can quit compare still terrifying after all these years

Sawyer familly i thought they were called Hewitt????

I love the first 3 and have them with box sets of night mare and Friday 13th and still watch them all 👍

Seen through the eyes of today, this film definitely showcases its budget and it feels slightly dated. Mainly due to the aspect of the gore actually being almost nonexistent. Beyond that, I think the film’s major “golden point” is its pacing. It is so quick that it feels like you are in and out in no time. Making it instantly rewatchable. It doesn’t waste your time and it gets to the meat pretty quickly. As much as I like the character of Leatherface and the premise of the film, I would say that I prefer the 2003 remake. It comes down to the film being highly respected for what it did and what it created. So something like the 2003 remake can come along and build on its foundation. Unlike the horrible sequels it spawned. I think those two films are the best and worth rewatches. After rewatching TCM 2, all I can say is that I don’t know how people enjoy the movie. Part 2 was just extremely boring and lackluster. Only two moments of the film I actually enjoy, one of those being Dennis Hopper buying the chainsaw from the hardware store. Otherwise the film feels like a poorly made parody where ideas just went out of the roof, and no one was attempting to reel back the stupidity. it was one of those films that because I knew how it ended and have seen a lot of the scenes from RU-vid or what not, I never watched it in full. I wasn’t until like 2017-2018 that I did a back to back watch of TCM and The Fly. I was shocked at how quick it was over. I watched it on some free movie site on my phone. With a Bluetooth speaker connected to get a better sound experience. I now own the steel book version of the film on my collection of movies. That ranges in mostly horror 😂

Thanks, this helps a newbie like me navigate the horror genre.

TCM 2 is my favourite comfort movie

My parents let me watch horror movies from a young age but this one genuinely scared me lol Mainly cuz my dad used to tape movies off the telly and didn't always mark them😂 Wasn't expecting a mad man in a human skin mask, wielding a chainsaw, while chasing a screaming lady when I popped the tape in the VCR😂

Pt 4 is my favorite, sane horror as original

When i first saw it i was at the local bar/grill with my dad. It was on the tv in their. Made me love horror

First time watching the original, I was like 10 and it was everything I still love about classic horror films! People can say what they want about watching it that young, is what it is, had multiple friends that watched horror movies that young too and as far as I know, most are successful adults. I can't stand people who blame films, games and music for real world violence, the subject has been studied extensively and there's little to no evidence to back it up. It's nothing but an easy scapegoat for people who don't want to acknowledge psychology is wayy more complex than that. Upbringing, trauma, mental illness and psychopathy are all things that have to be looked at, the fact that some people truly are just born that way is frightening so I think that some people find comfort in having something that they can blame instead of accepting that cold truth. I liked Rob Zombie's "Halloween" because it really challenged a lot of that stuff by showing Michael Myers having a horrible home life and being bullied while also stating that he was just evil too. It's almost like it takes the perfect combination of things to really make a monster, you can't necessary make anybody into anything, somebody has to be predispositioned to it while also being raised in the wrong environment. Rob Zombie does a really good job with stuff like that, he makes horror films but a lot of them make you question what evil is. "The devil's rejects" is a good example, the sheriff sets out to stop true evil and in the process, he does some pretty horrific things himself. Rant over lol. I really liked the first film, it was truly scary and it really was pretty tame too, it was dark and didn't show a lot but just the image of leatherface alone was terrifying! The sequels I wasn't a big fan of, they got too over the top. The first 2 remakes were good, especially the first but as they went on, they started to get worse and worse. What even was the last one? Idk how a film series like that thought it would suddenly be a good idea to try to comment on things like firearms in America, gen z, social media, etc. Horrible idea! It came off as an extremely unsettle attempt to be politically correct and it was unbearable to watch! I don't care what the creators think about firearm ownership, I'm looking to watch a horror movie, not have a bunch of PC people from Hollywood try to make this deep film about modern society when really all it was is them pushing their views. Good films make you question things, bad films try to force a message down your throat and that's exactly what the last movie did!

Texas Classic! 🤘🇨🇱

Its a tough watch, but an amazing film.

I remember me and my cousin, loved The Next Generation Chainsaw movie. we thought it was hilarious and different

Second one is the best!.

Cheraw! Haha being from SC, i know exactly where that is. My first viewing of the original TCM was on BETA cassette tape (anyone remember those?) at my parents lake house on Lake Wateree, SC. Being semi isolated around a heavily wooded area, i saw the movie around 12 years old and it scared the absolute hell out of me. My favorite horror film to this day as no other film ever scared me that much.

Joe Bob is how i got to see TCM2 for the first time. and i had seen that before the first one. So when i saw the first one, i was shocked how different it was.

Chainsaw 4 Directors Cut was watchable. Anyway we only watch it for Matthew Mcconaughey

We had one of those ma and pa video stores that didnt check your age. They didn't have a xxx section but I remember renting the Don Johnson movie "The Harrad experiment" thinking it was an adult movie because it was the one movie at the store that had a large vhs box

I'm curious as to how you had keys to a church. Peculiar. I must say that it seems like a pretty cool venue to watch a film in, especially if the acoustics are top notch in the sanctuary.

This was a movie that made me a horror fan. I was 13. I liked horror before seeing TCM, but made me crave it.

Scary ish disturbing....hell yeah...classic definitely

I think 2 is my favorite to rewatch.

Greatest movie of all time

I saw the original TCM when I was 16. My dad had it on VHS.

The classic will always be the most sinister and dangerously darkest horror flick from the 1970s. But the Chainsaw 3D was horrible and it ruins its franchise. Love your vid, JoBlo.

Ted Nicolau directed Subspecies and a bunch of Full moon movies wow interesting

I would say the original part 2 the remake and 3d are the best after don't care for the other movie's

My step cousin n I rented this on vhs maybe in 2001 or 02 (both 11 yo) We were excited and after watching it we didn’t really say anything. Saw him two weeks later n I asked him if he felt off or weird for a day or two after watching it, m he said yeah. We both felt hyper vigilant for a day or two 😂. Now as adults we agree that movie was traumatizing, it really did feel like we watched a snuff film. Something felt too ‘real’ about that first one. One of my top 5 favorites but definitely the most traumatizing horror movie I’ve ever seen. Nothing has ever matched that n the feeling after watching it.

What almost universally fails to be mentioned or observed for some reason is the fact that the first 3 kids trespassed on the Sawyer property, not just on the land, but actually unjustifiably entered their home.

I did think this was scary. Mostly the earie tone of the movie l, the claustrophobia of being in a freezer for the one character and the real chickens who were stuck in a cage. The scariest movie I have seen is Henry: Portrait of a Killer

I consider the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre the most horrifying movie I’ve ever seen. You have to understand, I saw it in a theater during its opening weekend release.

The first time I watched this movie was at my grade 8 Catholic school sleepover on a double bill with The Hills Have Eyes... yup.

WHen I first watched TCSM I was actually in my Senior year Gym class watching it on a shitty laptop lmao

Idk why but I love the second one, like it’s so extremely different from the first one which was pure horror then the second is pure dark comedy. I love both films but something about the second just intrigues me a lot, it’s like every time I watch it I see something new

TCM (1974) is legendary, everything after is a joke -- films made for gore hounds or horror leeches that suck up anything dropped with a franchise's name. I've even heard people say that the big-budget cookie-cutter horror-trope crap made in 2003 was better than the original. That is insanity.

I’m wondering if there was a novelization or a comic book adaptation?

Honestly I only recently started watching these *having only seen 1974 and remake* but having watched 2 and 4 snd 3d and leatherface their fun And if you go Installment by Installment vs the Other big baddies Texas Chainsaw is more horrific than Nightmare, it's got more scares than Halloween, it uses no blood but gets the point across better than Friday My only argument against this being a great series is inconsistencies and also constant reboots but regardless 1 is A 9/10 2 is a 10/10 and 4 is 3 nick cages and a brick of cocaine 🤣🤣🤣 Doesn't make sense but still fun regardless

Wait. What small town in South Carolina?

I can't remember where and when I first watched this movie, only that I did watch it some time. Possibly more than once. The remake is not bad but doesn't have the charm of this one.

for me its just an ok movie but then again I also watched cannibal holucost while living close to the amazon. I think that movie does the gore and cannibalism much better.

You said "the most intriguing name at the time" what beats out The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ?

Sure Dennis Hopper regretted Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 but it didn't stop him from giving it a 110% like he always did, rest in peace you Hollywood treasure you.

I always found The Texas Chainsaw Massacre interesting and not really scary....

I like the 2003 version the best

Around 2002 when I was 9 years old and my older cousins who were 18, 16 and 14 years old at the time put the original on when I slept over their house one night. At first they said it wasn’t that scary and told me it was funny. About 40 mins in I was like freakin out and told them to turn it off 😂 i was so upset the rest of the night. Of course a year in 2003 the remake came out and I remember having to deal with it all over again. Lol my older sister and brother rented it and I remember not wanting anything to do with it but I remember actually watching it with them but I wasn’t really paying too much attention and was playing my game boy 😂. A few years later or so I came back around to actually watching the original and remake a lot And all of their others. It’s not really like I was afraid of horror movies but that night really bugged me and the original on VHS is creepy. It felt different……. It also doesn’t help the fact that they told me it was a true story lol it’s inspired by true events but that stood out when they said that 😂😂😂 it’s without a doubt one of the creepiest horror films of all time.

I've never heard or read about how 'bloody' this series first entry supposedly is. I only have ever heard "It's not as bloody as everyone says." & people say this a shit ton. Where are these liars hiding at?

I’m not trying to be a dick, but did you guys really think that we weren’t gonna notice? This is the same exact intro to one of your other videos?

I was annoyed by this movie more than anything. The constant screaming and chainsaw sounds make it a chore to listen to, especially the ending dinner scene which just goes on and on and on. So obnoxious. I went into this movie kind of like you did with this expectation that I was about to see the most horrific thing ever, but I don't recall feeling anything while watching it except annoyance. I've seen some of the other Texas Chainsaw movies, but I still think this franchise is the low-man on the totem pole when it comes to B-grade horror films.

I never understood the horror genre. So many of the villains are in rural areas. I myself carry 3 firearms on me at all times. How do these bad guys not get smoked by a 45ACP??

I feel like the remake is way scarier.

"Times change". After years of "upside down", California and Disney are now creepier and Texas represent the counterculture.

TEXAS CHAINSAW: GREATEST OF ALL TIME, TEXAS CHAINSAW 2: AWESOME, TEXAS CHAINSAW 3: SCARY AS FUCK, TEXAS CHANSAW 4: WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS.

The third one really had potential to be good, because it was dark and serious. You can tell they were really trying to make a horror movie with sadistic but down to earth villains than the goofy buffoonery we gotten in the first two movies. But it was ruined with those cuts from the MPAA that thought the movie was too gory and violent, which is laughable when coming off of the second one. The movie was way too short, a mere 75 minutes which is barely a movie. Nothing should have been removed. New Line getting the series was a mistake because their movies just tend to be cut down of their violence like what went on with Nightmare On Elm Street 5. Of course the series would then go back to the hokey and comedic tone by the fourth movie. But Leatherface III was definitely an early prelude to what we would see out of the more successful Platinum Dunes movies years later.