Makes it unwatchable, imo
Sure, I have seen plenty of violent movies such as Itchi the Killer or depravity such as A Serbian Film
But this movie is just depressing.
I like R. Lee Ermey but he must've been desperate for cash to say yes to this.
"Too violent...."
Hang on... so a movie called "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" - relating to a movie over 30 years old that has quite a degree of notoriety surrounding it, pretty much explains the premise in the first four words of the title, is rated "R" in the US and is suitable for people over 18 years pretty much across the rest of the planet is "too violent?"
What were you expecting?
Really?
I need it explaining to me.
Did you watch "The Sound of Music" and then complain about the fact the cast break into song at regular intervals throughout?
Where is everybody?
Have you ever seen the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Hardly has any gore at all. Disturbing material sure but hardly any blood.
This movie seemed like it wanted to appeal to gore hounds. And it just seems very dark and depressing not done with any sort of intelligence
Compared to something like Hatchet which is also very gory but done with some intelligence and dark humor. A movie I could watch with friends having a few beers.
But with this movie I'd just feel dirty watching it with other people.
I am familiar with the original. That was made over 40 years ago, since when ratings and conforming to them have changed and the ability to find out how much violence, nudity, profanity, drug references and sex is featured in a movie is easier than it ever has been before. Considering the remake three years prior to this contained a large amount of gore and the trend in movies in the last couple of decades, combined with the rating for this movie... I still find it hard to believe that anyone could be shocked or surprised by the content of this movie.
As an addendum; I was born and raised in the UK and the TCM was banned until 1999. I had seen grainy third+ reproductions on VHS when I was younger and was 23 when I finally got to see it in the cinema. The gore was minimal but the content was still disturbing.
This was a throwaway flick with a little background thrown in to keep some old fans happy. It's a reasonable way to waste an hour and a half when there's nothing else to do.
Where is everybody?
Personally I do think it went over the top, border-lining more on torture porn than general horror. Made it harder to enjoy, but it's not necessarily unwatchable. Just something I don't care to watch often. TCM 2 is still my favorite.
Course I shouldn't complain too much. I wasn't expecting a whole lot. This is after all a prequel, and you'd have to be completely unfamiliar with the remake to not find this film predictable.
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Way too over the top. Gore doesn't equal scary, but this director sure seemed to think so
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Eh not really. It didn't seem too violent to me. Nothing like the Jason movie, but I consider that to be gruesome.
shareThe more violent the better i always say!
shareI'm not trying to be funny, but we don't have enough films like this anymore. There's nothing like this that pushes the boundaries of cinematic violence. I mean aren't we all a little tired of low grade supernatural horror flicks like paranornal activity, insidious, the conjuring which are okay, but theres nothing exactly new about them. And they are definitely not pushing any bounderies outside what is considered exeptable by the majority of the general public.
shareI'm not trying to be funny, but we don't have enough films like this anymore. There's nothing like this that pushes the boundaries of cinematic violence. I mean aren't we all a little tired of low grade supernatural horror flicks like paranornal activity, insidious, the conjuring which are okay, but theres nothing exactly new about them. And they are definitely not pushing any bounderies outside what is considered exeptable by the majority of the general public.
This is what happened. Horror goes through phases.
The early-to-late 00s had violence in abundance. Saw, Hostel, Final Destination, the French new wax of extremism, the countless slasher remakes. It was all about gore, body counts and elaborate death scenes.
Then Horror slipped into the jumpscare and paranormal phase. Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Conjuring...Horror was all about scares and tension with little violence or nudity.
Now we're going through the 'elevated' Horror phase as some call it. Which started with It Follows, The Witch, The Babadook. Leading into films like The Lodge, Hagazussa, Get Out, Saint Maud, Mandy, Hereditary and The Lighthouse. Now Horror is all about critical reception, intelligent screenplays with an 'artistic' leaning. Jumpscares and gore have both been dialled back in favor of drama, 'art' & political statements.
I disagree. I respect that this film had the balls to get an NC-17 rating, and push boundaries were not used to seeing. The violent tone set the film perfectly as far as I'm concerned imo. Also, the gore wasn't as bad as Ichi the Killer from what I recall.
shareThat's one of the best aspects of this film. I mean it is called The Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE.
It was about time they really ramped up the violence. Don't get me wrong Part 2 is gorey but it's comedic and that detracts from the brutality. The remake was an amazing film but kept the violence relatively in check. This one, whilst slightly lesser than the remake, really delivered on the title. When people see the title this is what they expect.