Movies: 21 Days of Horror, Day 1; 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' , Public Power and Utility

Scary movies are great year round, but it feels so right in October. We are gearing up for tube time with horror classics, Asian horror and campy gore and decided it would be fun to share some of our personal favorites. Throughout the month of October, we will be sharing one horror movie (or a series) a day of recommended watching.

To start it off, let me introduce you to one of my all-time favorites: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

In school, I was a bookworm and many of the books I loved were found in the “True Crime” section of the library. What I loved in the pages was on screen with “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” (1974) directed by Tobe Hooper.

The opening credits claim that what you are about to see is true (sooo ahead of “Blair Witch Project”), which led to rumors that it was loosely based on the real life killer Ed Gein, making it even more appealing. The story of teenagers getting stranded in the woods and looking for help only to find that the help might get them killed became a formula for slasher flicks.

The original film was controversial for violence and torture, sexism and gore, but the movie also was praised, garnering numerous awards and finding a place on many horror-movie lovers top-whatever lists.

While I love the original, the sequel that came out twelve years later in 1986, also ranks high on the list for introducing us to Bill Moseley (‘Chop-Top’ Sawyer). One of my favorite horror scenes is in this movie where the teenage boys are driving on a Texas highway and a van pulls alongside and a chainsaw-wielding Leather face on top of the car to the sounds of Oingo Bingo.

Hooper was only involved with the first two movies, but more have been produced with

I skipped the 2003 remake, but caught the prequel, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning” (2006), both produced by Michael Bay. I wanted to hate it, but it was still the story I love with buckets of gore, violence and chase scenes with a madman wearing a mask made out of a dead person’s face. Both movies received negative reviews, but if you love the original, it wouldn’t kill you to see all of them.

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