The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Special Edition)
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In Theaters : 22 August, 1986
DVD Release : 10 October, 2006 |
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Special Edition) description
This wild, operatic 1986 sequel to 1974's low-budget horror hit--The Texas Chainsaw Massacre--is an extraordinary film that demonstrates just how far filmmaker Tobe Hooper had grown in the interim between the two movies. (Between the two movies, Hooper directed, among other things, the Spielberg production Poltergeist, the critically admired Lifeforce, and the spooky remake of Invaders from Mars.) In Massacre 2, Hooper enlists Dennis Hopper as a Texas Ranger seeking vengeance against the flesh-eating family that was introduced in the first film. Meanwhile, a radio deejay (Caroline Williams) is kidnapped by the family and brought to their underground lair. The performances are crazed, terrifying, and comic; the chainsaw fights are practically epic; the lighting and camera work are artful; the emotions are strong; and the ending is astounding, unparalleled in its imagery and force. --Tom Keogh |
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986)
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, released in 1974, was considered to be the scariest movie ever made. As far as I'm concerned not only was the film scary as hell, it was also extremely morbid. Director TOBE HOOPER, the director to the first film returns to direct THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2, the original film's long-anticipated sequel.
The story opens as two rowdy high school seniors race out of control along an abandoned stretch of Texas highway in route to a weekend of fun in Dallas. Heavily intoxicated and in the mood for some fun, these two hellions use their car phone to call in and harass on-air DJ, VANITA "STRETCH" BROCK (played by the sexy Caroline Williams). Unable to convince the boys to hang up, Stretch is forced to keep the line open and later with what began as a simple game of chicken quickly turns into a nightmare as their gruesome deaths are caught on tape at the radio station. After a fourteen year absence, a legend has now emerged from the shadows.
In steps LIEUTENANT "LEFTY" ENRIGHT (played by Dennis Hopper), former Texas Ranger and uncle of SALLY HARDESTY and her invalid brother, FRANKLIN. It seems Lefty has spent the last fourteen years chasing their ghosts while investigating reports of mysterious chainsaw killings across Texas. Branded a kook by his peers, he is able to get the local paper to carry a tiny article about his quest and this sparks the interest of Stretch who brings him a copy of the tape. At first mortified, Lefty asks Stretch to play the tape on her nightly show. She does so as a special request from Lefty and terror comes a calling.
As the sounds of this horrible incident echoes across the airwaves of Texas, a few of Stretch's fans decide to drop by for an unexpected visit. While preparing to leave for the night, she finds CHOP TOP (played by Bill Moseley), who turns out to be the twin brother to the "Hitchhiker" (Chop Top was stationed in Vietnam during the first film) waiting out in the lobby. When she tries to get rid of him, out of the darkness comes Leatherface ready to rip her in two. But it seems the "saw" has taken a shining to Stretch and lets her live.
LEATHERFACE (played by Bill Johnson) joins Chop-Top as they haul Stretch's near dead co-worker off to their home. She follows them, and winds up trapped inside the Sawyer home (which is, in fact, an abandoned carnival ground, decorated with human bones, multi-colored lights and carnival remnants.) Lefty turns up, with a chainsaw of his own, and begins to carve up the home in a rage, shortly before he finds the remains of his nephew, Franklin.
After THE COOK (played by Jim Siedow, who played the same character in the first film) finds Stretch roaming the grounds, they take her captive. Lefty eventually finds her being tortured at the dinner table and saves her. A battle between Lefty and the Sawyer family ensues, peaking with a chainsaw duel between Leatherface and Lefty. In the end, Lefty and most of the Sawyer family (Leatherface, Grandpa and the Cook) are apparently killed (offscreen) when one of the Cook's grenades goes off prematurely. Only Chop-Top and Stretch escape, where they do final battle in a carved out rock tower that overlooks the property. Stretch carves Chop-Top up with a chainsaw, where he falls off the tower to a presumed death. The final shot has Stretch, standing on top of the tower, emulating Leatherface's famous chainsaw dance from the ending of the first film.
For years, I've been wanting to this first-up sequel to the classic, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, but never had the chance. I finally got the chance not too far back, but at the time of the movie's start, I wasn't expecting too much out of it. Man, was I wrong. This is one hell of a worthy follow-up to its classic of a predecessor. |
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