.TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)

Film Review -

I absolutely loved this film. I have to say I enjoyed the use of the "DON'T GO IN THERE" moments that regularly appeared on screen, the film was really intense but not as scary as I though it would have been. For someone who hates really scary movies this was really easy on the eyes and the heart! Some moments became humerous because I expected them to happen. I don't enjoy extremely gory films, because they take away from the story line and so I believe this is why I enjoyed it so much - because there was a level of fabrication to it I wasn't easily scared. 

The Hitchhiker's character, has to be my favourite - he added an automatic level of mystery to the story line. Normally we, as the audience know that you should never pick up a Hitchhiker because of their unpredictable nature but this group of friends were extremely naive. The Hitchhiker's behaviour was clear to the audience as untrustworthy and unsafe but not to the characters and therefore I was able to work out that he had a connection to the movies title and was therefore going to murder, or reoccur at a later point. 

The use of symbols by the Hitchhiker was also significant as religion (a convention of the horror genre) was used when the Hitchhiker 'cursed' the van with his blood and marked it with his arm. I think the naivety of these four individuals provided us with a level of humour because they kind of asked for it.

 Leatherface's character added an amount of mystery to the film, we wonder who he was, what he was, why he did what it was that he was doing. He was menacing, and the use of a mask was crucial to this aspect of his character because a concealed identity is always more frightening and is a convention of he horror genre. 

Along with Leatherface's character, was the petrol station owner, Hitchhiker and the Grandfather - the scene with the four cannibal males at the table was one of the most menacing because Sally was the only female at the table - victim to all of these men and there was nowhere for her to run. She screamed and screamed but there was no way that they would have let her go, it almost seemed enjoyable to the men to watch her, scream for mercy and beg whilst they ate a meal.