I thought it was pretty scary for a movie made 50 years ago.
>>221139250No, it's kino as fuck, but not scary. The second one is equally cinema even though it's a different genre.
>>221139250I haven’t found a movie scary since I was a child.
kirks death scared me. as well as the meathook bit. it felt oppresively hot and sticky, and the final girl sequence had me stressed. BANGER of a fucking movie.
>>221139250Central Texas used to be like this before Austin was developed.
I don’t think movies are scary, but I still check under my bed cause I watched Don’t Breathe and had a nightmare where that old man dragged me under my bed (it actually freaked me the fuck out)
>>221139250The intro with the exhumed corpse and the first kill legit scared me. The last 20 minutes also made me very nauseous and sick. The atmosphere in this is so thick I'd feel humid and sweaty even if there was a blizzard outside.
>>221139343what the fuck. am i fucking npc? we had the same experience. see three posts above you.
>>221139439We must have sex now.
>>221139250That cow 2 minutes into the film
>>221139250The opening/or closing (i forgot) shots of the camera flashes and burning sun are really unsettling.
Not "scary," but very unsettling and horrific. It's a "vibes" movie really, very atmospheric. So was Eaten Alive. Tobe Hooper was scarred by the American South and working out his demons on screen.
>>221139250Never watched it as a big horror fan who mostly only watches horror, I think chainsaws are stupid and probably awful weapons and it completely takes me out of it based on the premise. Literally anything else would be scarier.
>>221139283Part 2 in the eighties was great. I'd put it up there with Repo Man and Return of the Living Dead.
>>221139250One of my favourite films.Absolutely gorgeous to look at, no wonder its the only horror film ever been viewed in Cannes.The film laid the slasher groundwork and has so many iconic scenes, it made the troupes people copy today.
>>221140864part 2 is a flawed gem. great set design, the spitting guy upsets me though
It made me uncomfortable like I was surrounded by rusty nails in a barn and the roof was covered in bats
>>221139250I first watched it when I was like 9 so yeah it was pretty fucking scary at the time.
>>221139250TCM was shot on 16mm which when blown up to 35mm creates a hazy atmosphere similar to how dreams are percepted in your mind.It's why Dennis Hopper shot the cemetery sequence in 16mm for Easy Rider to give it a surreal feeling....https://youtu.be/SDAdzb9IeGU?si=PFtfg9NCZGxiKKBPDarren Aronofsky also shot Black Swan on 16mm while the reason why it's soo unsettling is because until video most news reports and documentaries were shot on 16mm which had heavy grain and conditioned people to feel as though TCM was more "real" because it looked the same as those docs and reports which captured real life events as they unfolded while he's some vids on 16mm and 35mm emulators applied to digital video.....https://youtu.be/ckzKP2qBm48?si=kcse0QHBIZJDMH4Thttps://youtu.be/45z60vnPOBw?si=mEDreetUBnO1vHRlhttps://youtu.be/IELnqxdjQ34?si=goZV6JF78s9Ke7nd!!!FACT!!!
>>221139250It's the goat horror film bar none
>>221139250I couldn't properly appreciate it as a kid, I always liked it, but it wasn't until like a third rewatch in my 30s that I truly appreciated it for the complete madness of that final act. When I was younger what drew you in was the spooky flesh mask, not much else. But the way the film portrays that absolute terror and psychological breakdown in that third act is insane, it just keeps elevating it.
>>221139250It’s creepy as fuck, no matter what anyone says. Is it “scary” though? That’s debatable. It’s one of the GOATs of horror films though, that’s for sure.
>>221139250I find it comical. The only genuinely tense scene is the dinner table scene. Everything else is laughable. How anyone can call it the goated slasher or think it's anywhere on the level of Halloween, Black Christmas, or even Sleepaway Camp, is beyond me.
>*beans you on the head with a hammer*
>>221142204This is kinda funny comment since i think Hooper (and me) said the dinner scene is supposed to be comedic as opposed to the rest of the film.In a way its more of a testament how good it is.
