I'm curtain that almost no one will doubt the the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre film is a horror classic, however the second has been a source of strong debate of if it was a worthy follow up or a massive disappointment. When if was first released...
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I'm curtain that almost no one will doubt the the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre film is a horror classic, however the second has been a source of strong debate of if it was a worthy follow up or a massive disappointment. When if was first released it wasn't very well received for being released over a decade after the original not many people cared about seeing a sequel to it anymore and for those die hard fans who did felt put off because of how it took a very different approach then that the original did. The first was handled in a realistic and gritty manor, where as TCM 2 went for a very bizarre and surreal setting with a strong theme of dark comedy behind it like many other horror films of the mid 80's. However some regarded this as what killed the movies where as others feel it what made it great.

I personally the that as one of the films strongest attributes. Despite having some similar scenes to the original the film had a completely different feel to it. This was good because it didn't feel like it was made just to live of the original like the Friday the 13th sequels, it was good entirely on it's own merits.

While much of this film was based around dark humor it still managed to have moments that was actually scary. In this film they go into more depth into Leatherface's personality. It showed that he was capable of sympathy and other emotions and showed him as more human then what we got to see in the original and frankly made him a scarier character then what he was in the first and the film in general (particularly in the second half) had a very eerie atmoshere which even managed to last through the humorous scenes which make this the only film that managed to be scary and funny at the same time. However it was not as scary as the first.

The other strenghts were that it was very quickly paced.....in the original the lead up scenes were boring...there is on question about that but even the lead up scenes often have some entertainment value and the second half of the film was literally non-stop. The other thing is that for an 80's horror sequel the acting was good and to top it off the special effects where done by king of splatter 'Tom Savini'. So there is a lot to like.

If I liked this film more then the original is hard to say but he two films both the strengths in different ways and were both classics in my eyes. The first for being raw and powerful and this one for having a stronger story and faster pace. This is why Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a misunderstood horror classic that deserved better treatment then it received.

I'm a big fan of Bruce Campbell. Not that I think his been on many good TV shows, but rather more for some of the movies his appeared in. He was great in such movies as the Evil Dead triogy and Bubba-Ho-Tep. He may not be the worlds most well...
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I'm a big fan of Bruce Campbell. Not that I think his been on many good TV shows, but rather more for some of the movies his appeared in. He was great in such movies as the Evil Dead triogy and Bubba-Ho-Tep. He may not be the worlds most well known actor but he has built up quite a sizible cult fan base, particularly with horror fans. I know he has had had multiple appearences in stuff like Zena and Hercules....infact I think he played the same character in both of those....but I'm hardly and expert on that show. Let's just hope he gets more work in the future.