A lesson one should take from this channel and others of it's type is that, even if a certain film may seem like the worst ever, it's more than likely not. There's always something worse and in particular, the rabbit hole of "worst films ever" is deeper than the deepest of oceans.
There's no greater tragedy in cinema history than knowing such an epic encounter never came to pass. Alas, one can only dream. Maybe in some other timeline there’s an Evil Dead sequel with Dennis Hopper as the villain, acting like a freaking madman one last time.
This is actually my favorite Chainsaw movie. Maybe it's just me, I've never liked horror taking itself too seriously. The fact that Drayton probably fed a bunch of people human meat at a chili cookoff and won is just so incredibly creepy and I love it.
The first one is only better in my opinion,but the first was also crazy and hilarious at times,for me sometimes the craziness in horror makes it more scary than the cringe seriousness
Watched it for the first time this year, and I was pretty surprised at how uncomfortable the movie could get at times. It wasn't quite in the same fashion as the original, but even with the obvious comedic tone Tobe Hooper really balanced that out with over the top horror to match. Awesome sequel
My aunt worked on this film (she did costumes, props and makeup). I remember her showing me the scene with Chop-top in the radio station and explaining how they did the effects...
I really like how Stretch tries talking to Leatherface, like she could still see some humanity left in him or something. I dunno, it's such a strange scene how the chainsaw stops and it's just her pleading voice and it feels so real or something.
I would think it's less seeing something in him that isn't there and more so desperation and the knowledge that there's nothing else she can do. Then again, thinking about it, there may have been something after all. The mere fact that he could feel attracted to her means he wasn't just the cold blooded monster he seemed to be. Not that it mattered in the end, but it adds a interesting layer to the character.
Those guys were in my Top 10 Favorite Filmmakers of All Time - and yes, it has been a bad year for horror fans, especially after Christopher Lee and Wes Craven also passed away.
Indeed legends also don’t forget Angus Scrimm and Herschel Gordon Lewis The Godfather of Splatter both those guys made it close to their 90s still the impact all these directors, producers and actors had it’s so sad to know and it won’t be the same without them in Horror..
Oh yeah, we lost them, too. And original TCM stars Gunner Hansen and Marilyn Burns. It's gonna be hard trying to find new icons who can follow in their footsteps.
We can't, there's nobody out now or going to come along that's likely to ever be on their level. Especially when you look at how bad a lot of horror movies are today.
TRUE STORY First time I saw this was in Navy barracks. Was on a submarine so we have rooms off ship. My one roommate was brother of the legendary "Ozzy Osbourne suicide" guy. Even Congress tried to blame his death on listening to Ozzy back in late 80s. That was all bullshit but also not the story. He had 2 GIANT 6.5 ft lockers filled with nothing but horror and porn VHS tapes, oh also a chainsaw (no trees to cut on a submarine or Groton CT) because he loved this movie. We even decorated it for Christmas. Like a lot of nuclear reactor techs. and engineers of the time on subs he was also crazy, that is no joke or exaggeration. Mental issues were common as can be among the whole crew but this one used to talk about torture and killing A LOT. No he didn't kill anyone but it made it very hard to sleep at night, sometimes I didn't
@@hiigghhggg9150 yep... I think they didnt know how bad the movie was exactly... "Dia del niño" they took us to watch the same WWII italian movie... About some germam tank trying to reach some place.
Minor correction, sir! Drayton "The Cook" Sawyer is not Leatherfaces dad. He is his big brother :-) Anyways, nice and fun review of an awesome entertaining movie which I have seen many times over the years (first on vhs) since I was a young teenager in the 90's. One of my first encounters with GORE :-D Thanks!
I love how informative you are in your videos. The education about Hooper at the beginning and what led up to this film's creation really shows your dedication and knowledge of the medium. Cheers.
the fact that brandon usually focuses more on pointing out the good stuff or what is funny/interessting/etc about the movies is way more enjoyable, to me, then the usually nonstop hardcore negativity that other ppl usually focus on at all times... even if its an otherwise rather bad movie or so.... or ya know stupidly crazy etc...
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TCM 2 is a horror staple imo, fun fact, i met Gunner Hansen(the OG leather face) over 20 years ago at a haunted hayride attraction in South Carolina,he was there along with Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster), I am 6 ft and weigh 305,I looked like Steve Erkel standing next to Gunner, he was a HUGE man
I think I like ChopTop more than LeatherFace. 1. He's more uncomfortable 2. He's funny 3. He's more scary 4. He talks 5. He actually has a bodily deformation 6. Itches scalp with metal hanger 7. He has some memorable scenes 8. He's underrated 9. He's actually smart 10. His name is CHOPTOP
@@Crazypixiness no, he is just another family member of the sawyer family (Brother of leatherface and hitchiker). The hitchiker's name is Nubbins Sawyer and he is the corpse leatherface and choptop carrieng with them and they are scaring the two guys at the beginning with it and then leatherface kills them. At first i thought Choptop is the hitchiker as well but he isn't. He is a great character though
Much like the Emperor in the _Star Wars_ prequels, he's one of the only characters that seems passionate about what he's doing, regardless of how dumb it is, and that makes him way more compelling.
To be fair Canon Films gave Tobe an INCREDIBLY hard time his entire time making the 3 movies for them. They also greatly interfered with Texas Chainsaw 2 as the end product wasn't the film that Tobe wanted. As far as his original vision we'll unfortunately never get to see it as all the footage is gone/lost.
There's only a few FX shots surviving but Leatherface and Chop Top go on a killing spree, I always thought the movie seemed to be missing a few extra kill scenes and it just feels like a 1st and 3rd act. There was more slashing but I think Tobe hated what the second unit director did and scrapped everything.
I love the Texas chainsaw massacre, it’s my 2nd favorite horror series. (Scream is first, and evil dead is third.) this series holds a special place in my heart. Edit: if I had a heart, it would be there.
My friends and myself watched this movie when it first came out on video in the 80's and we LOVED it . We quoted things from it for years " Nam Land ! " . Great video Brandon , this movie was tailor made for your channel .
Stretch losing her mind was the last straw. The chainsaw brought her over the top and now all morality is out the door. This would happen to even you. We all know Brandon has a darkside. I'm sure Kenny's will be the first on his list.
As a fan of the original, I honestly loved this movie the first time I saw it. I recognized what Hooper was going for right off the bat. Absolutely gotta respect and be impressed with a director who's willing to go all out, in a parody of his own work. :)
...... Yeah, you know, if you ignore Laurie Strode, Jamie Lloyd (twice), Olivia Hussey in Black Christmas, pretty much every final girl in a Friday the 13th movie, and almost every final girl in any slasher movie ever. There's a hell of a lot more than "few". That's why they're called "final girls".
@@hiigghhggg9150 Actually, at age 65, I haven't seen very many slasher movies. I don't find them that interesting. Most of my knowledge of "pop culture" has come from watchingpeople like Brandon.
0:24 great, the TCM series is on its way to Direct-to-video hell, joining the likes of the Hellraiser, Child's Play, Phantasm, The Howling, The Crow, and Children of the Corn, etc..
Great review! This movie isn't the best overall, but it has so many great moments and I will always be upset that Dennis Hopper didn't win Best Actor at the Oscars for this flick. So entertaining!
Brandon, since you've now reviewed two of the three films that Hooper did for Cannon Films, any chance of you doing the other one, the INVADERS FROM MARS remake?
Personally; I like it! Think it's so over-the-top, that it delivers on the dark humor from the first film. Tobe had supposedly been upset that people didn't catch on the first go-around, so he decided to make the comedy more obvious. Chop-Top's one of the reasons (if not the main reason) I enjoy this flick. He's Nubbins taken to eleven! "Dog will Hunt!" "Music is my Life!" "NAM-LAND! NAM-LAND!" "Lick my plate, ya Dog Dick!" "It's Like Death Eating a Cracker!"
I get why some people don't like this movie but I've always enjoyed it. It's silly and over the top but it works. I'm also, dare I say, not a fan of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre although I respect its place in horror movie history and the story behind the making of it is fascinating. Weirdly enough, I like Part 3 a lot too even though it's terrible. Nice work, by the way. I really enjoy your stuff.
It's an 80's Cannon movie, what do people expect from it? It's like how people "hate" Cobra, just because of it being over the top violence. Bunch of snooty puritans.
I was actually disappointed the first time I saw the first TCM because I'd heard so much hype from adult family members who'd seen it long before I did and found it absolutely terrifying. By the time I saw it, probably in my early teens, I was already a fan of horror of all kinds, so I was like, "Meh. I've seen worse." I've come to appreciate it, though, and I do find the scene where Pam is carried, kicking and screaming, to the meat hook genuinely horrifying now.
I was literally thinking about the guy who picks the metal plate on his head as I was coming up the stairs to grab my phones before I saw this notification
dennis hopper has said that he was paid more for this one film than he was for blue velvet, river's edge and hoosiers COMBINED. the actor lou perry aka lou perryman who played L.G. in this film worked behind the scenes on the first texas chainsaw massacre. sadly he was murdered several years ago. it is a very unusual, strange and sad case.
Right before the cut to black and credits you can see Grandma stand up behind Stretch. I also think people that don't like this movie probably also don't like Evil Dead 2, Return of The Living Dead, Night of The Creeps or Re-Animator. Gory horror comedy peaked in the 80s and this is one of the best ones.
I'd like to see Brandon cover Halloween 3, besides being underrated it still has material for a funny review, just like this movie was. Some say that "Hellraiser 2" will be the movie Brandon will talk about, but I don't think that movie is underrated, everyone agrees that it's the best Hellraiser sequel. Plus not enough material for jokes.
@@hiigghhggg9150 3 had Ken Foree , Viggo Mortensen and Tom Everett were good in 3 it's a shame it's overlooked it's not great but a lot better than it's given credit for
This is my favourite version. This and Blood Diner are 2 of my favourite camp comedy horror movies . This was the best direction Hooper could have gone without making a complete failure.
Watched this one first and loved it. More than the 1st one, but i watched it at a much later stage in life. The wacky vibe in this one was what sets it apart for me and branded what the Texas Chainsaw Massacre meant to me
YEAH! One of my favorite horror movie sequels! (Second to "The Exorcist III") and yeah, i'm one of those who loved the change in tone, it just works. Plus, the Drive-By Chainsawing scene is one of my favorite scenes in horror.
I used to hate "Bride of Chucky" and "Seed of Chucky" for turning into straight up comedies (the first three films were able to make Chucky a threat while also injecting just the right amount of morbid humor and one-liners), but I learned to appreciate them for what they are. They might not be masterpieces or the best of the series, but at least they're both well made, the acting is solid and editing and cinematography are all professional and the puppetwork is still outstanding. Be in the right mind set and you'll have fun with both. (EDIT) Also... they're movies about Chucky getting married and Chucky becoming a parent. It's GOOD that they decided to execute these premises in a more comedic tone instead of taking themselves seriously. Chucky needed to get more comedic with "Bride" and "Seed" because it needed to change pace instead of repeating the same plot of the first three, and also because it actually helps sell the ideas of Chucky getting a bride and an offspring, and we should also consider that in the first three Chucky was the antagonist while now he's a villain protagonist so he just gets more focus and we learn his other sides instead of being ONLY a killer doll. Unlike Freddy Krueger who just got sillier and sillier after Nightmare 3 for no reason.
Not to mention Bill Mosley as Chop Top, stoned out of his Sonny Bono wig on psychedelics, while eating seared scalp scabs! Groovy! You know, like "In a Vida Da Gadda, Baby"?
Great review! I love this movie, it's so weird and extravagant! You must review Tobe Hooper's most forgotten movie: The Mangler (1995). Nobody seems to talk about that one!
Gio Chavez And no one seems to like it very much either. I’ve never actually seen it for myself but I’d like to give it a watch if I can ever get around to finding it.
Yeah, the movie have a bad reputation, but it have some interesting stuff on it, and Robert Englund's performance totally worths it. You should check it, especially if you like the over-the-top weirdness of Tobe Hooper.
whenever I show TCM to people for the first time, I always follow it up with TCM 2, just to see their reaction. They expect it to be the exact tone of the first and dread it.
The best part of the Lord of the Harvest line is Drayton's confused answer of "who's that?'
some new health food bunch?
The fact that the movie starts off with signs and mailboxes getting shot is extremely accurate about texas
Dash Rip Rock from New Orleans have a song called "Shootin' Up Signs".
Because no one has timestamped this yet:
13:51 "LET'S SAW! I'LL SAW ANYTHING THAT MOVES! HA HA HAAAAAAAA!"
I love that Hooper went so far out there with this one that no remake or sequel will ever top what he produced in this excellent film.
to quote dr wolfula "dennis hopper and leatherface have an epic good vs evil chainsaw duel. if you don't like that sentence, i hate you."
I fucking adore that sentence
@jdalefan
I hope one day that both Dr.Wolfula and Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews do a collab someday!
@@thatonea-hole
You fucking weirdo.
“Whoever wins, we lose!”
Love the Doc
I love that every time Brandon says “they said this is the worst film they ever starred in” ....it’s not. That’s not ironic. I love it.
A lesson one should take from this channel and others of it's type is that, even if a certain film may seem like the worst ever, it's more than likely not. There's always something worse and in particular, the rabbit hole of "worst films ever" is deeper than the deepest of oceans.
As a native Texan, I can say that this movie is 100% accurate.
The chainsaw duel that will never happen Dennis Harper versus Bruce Campbell. Lord of Harvest vs The Chosen One.
There's no greater tragedy in cinema history than knowing such an epic encounter never came to pass. Alas, one can only dream. Maybe in some other timeline there’s an Evil Dead sequel with Dennis Hopper as the villain, acting like a freaking madman one last time.
"so Texas clobbers Oklahoma in chili"
me an Oklahoman: THE HELL YOU SAY!
This is actually my favorite Chainsaw movie. Maybe it's just me, I've never liked horror taking itself too seriously. The fact that Drayton probably fed a bunch of people human meat at a chili cookoff and won is just so incredibly creepy and I love it.
The first one is only better in my opinion,but the first was also crazy and hilarious at times,for me sometimes the craziness in horror makes it more scary than the cringe seriousness
The first movie was art
The first TCM is boring as shit. Part 2 is the best in the whole franchise. 🎉
@@Gorgutsforcongress then your not a fan of the franchise and have no taste
@@Cowpoke1911 nah he right
My dad said that when he was in the army they had this on VHS in the barracks. They watched and laughed at this movie everyday.
Oo fun
Watched it for the first time this year, and I was pretty surprised at how uncomfortable the movie could get at times. It wasn't quite in the same fashion as the original, but even with the obvious comedic tone Tobe Hooper really balanced that out with over the top horror to match. Awesome sequel
Where's frank?
Lou Perryman the actor who played LG tragically was a victim of a homicide back in 2009.
My aunt worked on this film (she did costumes, props and makeup). I remember her showing me the scene with Chop-top in the radio station and explaining how they did the effects...
Sure 😑 I heard someone else say it liar
Last time I checked Savini did these effects and I'm unaware of any female assistants of his
Imagine actually being related to someone who worked on a horror movie
@@GrosvnerMcaffrey Candi Duke and Denise Carfagno also did the make up
@@Largentina. thanks I'll look into them
I really like how Stretch tries talking to Leatherface, like she could still see some humanity left in him or something. I dunno, it's such a strange scene how the chainsaw stops and it's just her pleading voice and it feels so real or something.
I would think it's less seeing something in him that isn't there and more so desperation and the knowledge that there's nothing else she can do. Then again, thinking about it, there may have been something after all. The mere fact that he could feel attracted to her means he wasn't just the cold blooded monster he seemed to be. Not that it mattered in the end, but it adds a interesting layer to the character.
Great review. I've met Caroline Williams, who played Stretch, and she's a really nice person; I think she gives a great performance.
SHE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!
😮💨❤️ shes beautiful in the most respectful way
I really like in leprechaun three because I saw that scene
It has been a bad year for horror fans, losing both Tobe Hooper and George Romero.
Those guys were in my Top 10 Favorite Filmmakers of All Time - and yes, it has been a bad year for horror fans, especially after Christopher Lee and Wes Craven also passed away.
Indeed legends also don’t forget Angus Scrimm and Herschel Gordon Lewis The Godfather of Splatter both those guys made it close to their 90s still the impact all these directors, producers and actors had it’s so sad to know and it won’t be the same without them in Horror..
Oh yeah, we lost them, too. And original TCM stars Gunner Hansen and Marilyn Burns. It's gonna be hard trying to find new icons who can follow in their footsteps.
We can't, there's nobody out now or going to come along that's likely to ever be on their level. Especially when you look at how bad a lot of horror movies are today.
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Really Hopper Super Mario Bothers WaterWorld Crow: Wicked Prayer Alpha and Omega & this was the worse you thought you where in ? Man he was Crazy.
Ths groovians not a movie but still
"The Lord of the Harvest", god damn that is such a bad ass line...
Great review, this was a blast to watch!
The old man's response was hilarious as well. I laugh every time.
@@119Agent It's always the small business man that has to take it up the ass
The original is one of the greats, and I know this movie is nowhere near in its league...but having said that, I love this movie, and always will.
As a Texan these jokes have my approval.
TCSM2 was a comedy, and was always intended to be a comedy. And I love it.
TRUE STORY First time I saw this was in Navy barracks. Was on a submarine so we have rooms off ship. My one roommate was brother of the legendary "Ozzy Osbourne suicide" guy. Even Congress tried to blame his death on listening to Ozzy back in late 80s. That was all bullshit but also not the story. He had 2 GIANT 6.5 ft lockers filled with nothing but horror and porn VHS tapes, oh also a chainsaw (no trees to cut on a submarine or Groton CT) because he loved this movie. We even decorated it for Christmas. Like a lot of nuclear reactor techs. and engineers of the time on subs he was also crazy, that is no joke or exaggeration. Mental issues were common as can be among the whole crew but this one used to talk about torture and killing A LOT. No he didn't kill anyone but it made it very hard to sleep at night, sometimes I didn't
dirkbonesteel, sounds like a good set up for a horror film!
Sounds like he's going to be killing
WOW! Sounds like the kind of guy who should get his own horror franchise!
Well... okay!
was he texan if so i have dub they texan chainsaw massacure:5:leathery dive
“What kind of name is stretch?”
Let me answer your question, with another question
“What the hell kind of name is soap?”
How did a muppet like him make it through selection?
i realize I am kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to watch new movies online?
@Anakin Dean Flixportal xD
@Connor Saul thank you, I signed up and it seems to work :D I really appreciate it!
@Anakin Dean Happy to help xD
when I was in 3rd grade, they played THIS movie at my school, mexican elementary education!!!
Miguel Porras
What does it feel like, to be overestimated rather than under?
Mexico must be wildin
No they didn’t, no way. I refuse to believe that B.S.
@@hiigghhggg9150 yep... I think they didnt know how bad the movie was exactly... "Dia del niño" they took us to watch the same WWII italian movie... About some germam tank trying to reach some place.
I don't find that hard to believe, when I was in third grade they played Prophecy for us at my school, you know, the one with the giant mutated bear.
Rob Zombie must've LOVED this movie, since he basically remade it with House of 1000 Corpses
@ with some hillbilly stuff mixed with vodka
Yeah but this movie was far superior to House of 1000 Corpses. Now the Devil's Rejects, that was up there with original TCM.
Jared Genesis It was awful.
Jared Genesis As do they with yours. Except the fact that TCM2 is a cult classic while 1000 corpses has been all but forgotten.
Jared Genesis Now this is definitely one man’s opinion. I’ve never heard of 1000 corpses referred to as a cult classic.
Minor correction, sir! Drayton "The Cook" Sawyer is not Leatherfaces dad. He is his big brother :-) Anyways, nice and fun review of an awesome entertaining movie which I have seen many times over the years (first on vhs) since I was a young teenager in the 90's. One of my first encounters with GORE :-D Thanks!
I love how informative you are in your videos. The education about Hooper at the beginning and what led up to this film's creation really shows your dedication and knowledge of the medium. Cheers.
the fact that brandon usually focuses more on pointing out the good stuff or what is funny/interessting/etc about the movies is way more enjoyable, to me, then the usually nonstop hardcore negativity that other ppl usually focus on at all times...
even if its an otherwise rather bad movie or so.... or ya know stupidly crazy etc...
MisterMoo Couldn't agree more!
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Hell yeah Tenolds fancy bro
TCM 2 is a horror staple imo, fun fact, i met Gunner Hansen(the OG leather face) over 20 years ago at a haunted hayride attraction in South Carolina,he was there along with Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster), I am 6 ft and weigh 305,I looked like Steve Erkel standing next to Gunner, he was a HUGE man
I got freak out with the jump scare and I'm watching on a phone
Originally one of the original ideas for TCM2 was centering around an entire town full of cannibals, but the makers abandoned this concept.
That sounds interesting more as a stand alone movie. Like a good, gritty version of Troll 2.
How interesting. I wish the director was still alive to go in depth with the concept
Which became The Hills Have Eyes? Probably?😅
Why the hell would the chainsaws at the store have gas already in them? That's like having a gun store where every gun on the racks are loaded.
I think I like ChopTop more than LeatherFace.
1. He's more uncomfortable
2. He's funny
3. He's more scary
4. He talks
5. He actually has a bodily deformation
6. Itches scalp with metal hanger
7. He has some memorable scenes
8. He's underrated
9. He's actually smart
10. His name is CHOPTOP
The best one from the Sawyer family is the Hitchiker from the first one
@@majklnedic6358 That's also Choptop.
@@Crazypixiness no, he is just another family member of the sawyer family (Brother of leatherface and hitchiker). The hitchiker's name is Nubbins Sawyer and he is the corpse leatherface and choptop carrieng with them and they are scaring the two guys at the beginning with it and then leatherface kills them. At first i thought Choptop is the hitchiker as well but he isn't. He is a great character though
He's not funny.
Much like the Emperor in the _Star Wars_ prequels, he's one of the only characters that seems passionate about what he's doing, regardless of how dumb it is, and that makes him way more compelling.
While I recognize the original as an iconic masterpiece, I prefer TCM2 for its over the top rewatchability factor.
As a kid, I didn't know I had to be an elitist horror movie critic, so I loved this movie.
To be fair Canon Films gave Tobe an INCREDIBLY hard time his entire time making the 3 movies for them. They also greatly interfered with Texas Chainsaw 2 as the end product wasn't the film that Tobe wanted. As far as his original vision we'll unfortunately never get to see it as all the footage is gone/lost.
Exactly. It was supposed to be a commentary on yuppies
There's only a few FX shots surviving but Leatherface and Chop Top go on a killing spree, I always thought the movie seemed to be missing a few extra kill scenes and it just feels like a 1st and 3rd act. There was more slashing but I think Tobe hated what the second unit director did and scrapped everything.
*Cannon
Damn..i wonder how it was supposed to be like
@@johnran6015what was the original vision.
Dennis Hooper was in his own movie when he did this one
Bill Moseley is a legendary horror actor. PRAISE BILL MOSELEY!
Thank you so much for featuring this. Stretch will always be my alltime fave final girl
I love the Texas chainsaw massacre, it’s my 2nd favorite horror series. (Scream is first, and evil dead is third.) this series holds a special place in my heart.
Edit: if I had a heart, it would be there.
When I first watched the actual movie, the leather facexchop top jumpscare, I yelled out: OH JESUS MOTHER LORD OF FUCKING GOD!
My friends and myself watched this movie when it first came out on video in the 80's and we LOVED it . We quoted things from it for years " Nam Land ! " . Great video Brandon , this movie was tailor made for your channel .
Chop Top is one of my favorite horror characters to reference with my friends, because I actually can do Bill Mosely's voice perfectly.
died at 74, iconic horror masterpiece released in 74...
I lmao at how the opening credits start with 3 minutes of "suspenseful" 80's music. Lol so cheesy.
UNFUN FACT : Lg played by Lou Perryman was actually murdered in 2009 by a man with an axe..
The first kill is set to 'No One Lives Forever' by Oingo Boingo. They started off strong if nothing else.
You forgot Dennis Hopper singing bringing in the sheep before calling himself the Lord of the Harvest .
It's actually Bringing in the Sheeves. It's a gospel song I believe.
@@charlesdavis4887 You can tell he never went to church in the south.
Wow I got jumpscared by an ad after he talked about jumpscares
Stretch losing her mind was the last straw. The chainsaw brought her over the top and now all morality is out the door. This would happen to even you. We all know Brandon has a darkside. I'm sure Kenny's will be the first on his list.
That's kinda how "WINTCHFINDER GENERAL" ended-- both the hero and his girlfriend went insane by the end.
12:44 It's good to know that the actor Texas Battle was appreciated before Dragonball Evolution ruined his reputation.
"Brandon Tenold Wig."
Yes. Just... Yes.
One of my favorites in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, and one of the better horror sequels in my opinion
As a fan of the original, I honestly loved this movie the first time I saw it. I recognized what Hooper was going for right off the bat. Absolutely gotta respect and be impressed with a director who's willing to go all out, in a parody of his own work. :)
I will forever love the hell out of this movie!
*No one lives forever by Oingo Boingo plays*
Oh, Danny Elfman did some music for this movie
"Stretch" was one of the few "heroines" in a slasher movie who survived to the end and even got some pay back.
...... Yeah, you know, if you ignore Laurie Strode, Jamie Lloyd (twice), Olivia Hussey in Black Christmas, pretty much every final girl in a Friday the 13th movie, and almost every final girl in any slasher movie ever. There's a hell of a lot more than "few". That's why they're called "final girls".
Have your ever seen a slasher movie before? THEY ALL. I MEAN EVERY FUCKING ONE OF THEM HAVE ONE FEMALE SURVIVOR.
@@hiigghhggg9150 Actually, at age 65, I haven't seen very many slasher movies. I don't find them that interesting. Most of my knowledge of "pop culture" has come from watchingpeople like Brandon.
@@davidj.thompson so basically you're talking out of your ass and know nothing about the slasher genre other than what you've heard from Roger Ebert.
@@justinperry2598 I don't pay any attention to Ebert either, as he's pretty set in his ways. And, hey! I'm not trying to start an argument with you!
20:27 Just imagine this scene with the FF7 battle won fanare palying in the backround! LMAO
0:24 great, the TCM series is on its way to Direct-to-video hell, joining the likes of the Hellraiser, Child's Play, Phantasm, The Howling, The Crow, and Children of the Corn, etc..
The last "Phantasm" somehow managed to make its way into theaters. I saw it in Dallas.
Well @lest The Crow Reboot is being theatrical release.
Child's Play is doing fucking great
Legendary is putting out a new entry in the next year, or so.
11:10 the first jumpscare to actually scare me.
I remember shooting signs in Texas.
Great review! This movie isn't the best overall, but it has so many great moments and I will always be upset that Dennis Hopper didn't win Best Actor at the Oscars for this flick. So entertaining!
Brandon, since you've now reviewed two of the three films that Hooper did for Cannon Films, any chance of you doing the other one, the INVADERS FROM MARS remake?
the saw is FAMILY!!!!!
The only problem with the movie is they cut out Joe Bob Briggs
Personally; I like it! Think it's so over-the-top, that it delivers on the dark humor from the first film. Tobe had supposedly been upset that people didn't catch on the first go-around, so he decided to make the comedy more obvious. Chop-Top's one of the reasons (if not the main reason) I enjoy this flick. He's Nubbins taken to eleven! "Dog will Hunt!" "Music is my Life!" "NAM-LAND! NAM-LAND!" "Lick my plate, ya Dog Dick!" "It's Like Death Eating a Cracker!"
I get why some people don't like this movie but I've always enjoyed it. It's silly and over the top but it works. I'm also, dare I say, not a fan of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre although I respect its place in horror movie history and the story behind the making of it is fascinating. Weirdly enough, I like Part 3 a lot too even though it's terrible. Nice work, by the way. I really enjoy your stuff.
It's an 80's Cannon movie, what do people expect from it? It's like how people "hate" Cobra, just because of it being over the top violence. Bunch of snooty puritans.
I was actually disappointed the first time I saw the first TCM because I'd heard so much hype from adult family members who'd seen it long before I did and found it absolutely terrifying. By the time I saw it, probably in my early teens, I was already a fan of horror of all kinds, so I was like, "Meh. I've seen worse." I've come to appreciate it, though, and I do find the scene where Pam is carried, kicking and screaming, to the meat hook genuinely horrifying now.
how the hell did you like the second one more than the first? the sequel it terrible
@@sshadyh I watched them both and preferred one over the other. It was that simple.
Caroline Williams also had a cameo in the 3rd film as a reporter rumored to be the Stretch character.
"Now they gotta find someone crazy to- oh HELLLLOO!"
It's still debatable amongst fans today if Spielberg, or Hooper directed poltergeist.
I was literally thinking about the guy who picks the metal plate on his head as I was coming up the stairs to grab my phones before I saw this notification
my very first DVD I bought 13 years ago
Mine was Halloween 2!
I was Evil Dead :)
You didn't buy a DVD until 2004?
mine was the matrix
dennis hopper has said that he was paid more for this one film than he was for blue velvet, river's edge and hoosiers COMBINED. the actor lou perry aka lou perryman who played L.G. in this film worked behind the scenes on the first texas chainsaw massacre. sadly he was murdered several years ago. it is a very unusual, strange and sad case.
Right before the cut to black and credits you can see Grandma stand up behind Stretch. I also think people that don't like this movie probably also don't like Evil Dead 2, Return of The Living Dead, Night of The Creeps or Re-Animator. Gory horror comedy peaked in the 80s and this is one of the best ones.
One of the things I remember most about the movie was the awesome soundtrack, this was how I found out about Oingo Boingo
Another underrated horror sequel?... ... ... You's a gonna do "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch", aren't ya, Brandon? /:)
codybratsch I'm thinking maybe Psycho 2?
And they would've gotten away with it too if they had just done Halloween 2 later.
I'd like to see Brandon cover Halloween 3, besides being underrated it still has material for a funny review, just like this movie was.
Some say that "Hellraiser 2" will be the movie Brandon will talk about, but I don't think that movie is underrated, everyone agrees that it's the best Hellraiser sequel. Plus not enough material for jokes.
Dont give him any ideas!!!
Well he did it
Good fucking lord denies hopper is
My freaking inspirational inner characteristics and this movie IS FUCKING EPIC INSANITY
When are you going to do a review of Toho's Frankenstein conquers the world (1965)?
CubanPete1990 war of the gargantuas first
Smugly Otaku Gargantuas is the sequel to Frankenstein, so he should do Frankenstein first
Imo, Frankenstein Conquers the World is the best non-Godzilla kaiju movie Toho made in the Showa Era
It's too spooky
And TCM isn't?
It was the third and fourth films that really let me down. The first two are classics that are watchable for entirely different reasons.
I hated this movie but it was alot better than the third and fourth so I can agree with you on that.
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I agree. Part 3 is just bland and forgettable, and part 4 is a sin against humanity. First 2 are masterpieces though.
@@hiigghhggg9150 3 had Ken Foree , Viggo Mortensen and Tom Everett were good in 3 it's a shame it's overlooked it's not great but a lot better than it's given credit for
12:12 (reference to Freddy crugger 2009) my chainsaw says yes but your body says no
"Brandon Tenold Wig"
Fucking awesome. 😂😂😂
This is my favourite version. This and Blood Diner are 2 of my favourite camp comedy horror movies . This was the best direction Hooper could have gone without making a complete failure.
Watched this one first and loved it. More than the 1st one, but i watched it at a much later stage in life.
The wacky vibe in this one was what sets it apart for me and branded what the Texas Chainsaw Massacre meant to me
As a Sawyer I loved this movie since I was a kid and as a Sawyer I make the best chili
YEAH! One of my favorite horror movie sequels! (Second to "The Exorcist III") and yeah, i'm one of those who loved the change in tone, it just works. Plus, the Drive-By Chainsawing scene is one of my favorite scenes in horror.
Just saw this on Hulu and it's probably my favorite in the franchise after the original.
One of the world's greatest losses. Cannon was never able to pull off a Toby Hooper Spider-Man movie.
Rest easy, Tobe. Thanks for the horror memories.
I'M THE LORD OF THE HARVEST!
nuff said.
I'm surprised you didn't say another about Leatherface being in Mortal Kombat. That would have been a good reference for your review.
I used to hate "Bride of Chucky" and "Seed of Chucky" for turning into straight up comedies (the first three films were able to make Chucky a threat while also injecting just the right amount of morbid humor and one-liners), but I learned to appreciate them for what they are. They might not be masterpieces or the best of the series, but at least they're both well made, the acting is solid and editing and cinematography are all professional and the puppetwork is still outstanding. Be in the right mind set and you'll have fun with both.
(EDIT) Also... they're movies about Chucky getting married and Chucky becoming a parent. It's GOOD that they decided to execute these premises in a more comedic tone instead of taking themselves seriously. Chucky needed to get more comedic with "Bride" and "Seed" because it needed to change pace instead of repeating the same plot of the first three, and also because it actually helps sell the ideas of Chucky getting a bride and an offspring, and we should also consider that in the first three Chucky was the antagonist while now he's a villain protagonist so he just gets more focus and we learn his other sides instead of being ONLY a killer doll. Unlike Freddy Krueger who just got sillier and sillier after Nightmare 3 for no reason.
This movie is such a surreal, insane art piece. Its so self aware and hilarious.
Fah Q....I swore that when I got my first car that I would put the se license plate on my vehicle that those frat boys had. CLASSICK!!
Well... it is like catching lightning in a bottle. Twice. Very difficult to do. But you hoy to appreciate it for what it is.
+Papa Taurean *YUP*
Can I just say I fucking love that you referenced Doug stanhope!
It's a bad movie but it's a bad movie with Dennis Hopper all hopped up on cocaine. That's got to count for something.
That makes it good. It's like Gary Busey in any movie, it makes it all worthwhile.
Not to mention Bill Mosley as Chop Top, stoned out of his Sonny Bono wig on psychedelics, while eating seared scalp scabs!
Groovy! You know, like "In a Vida Da Gadda, Baby"?
If it manages to entertain you, then it's technically a good movie. Just not as great as the first movie.
Hellraiser 2 confirmed
"That's one of them hard-shell peppercorns."
No, that's a human tooth.
That immortan Joe joke killed me ! Thank you havnt laughed that much in awhile
Now I am thinking about the AVGN episode of Texas chainsaw massacre with Mike acting like chop top
Great review! I love this movie, it's so weird and extravagant!
You must review Tobe Hooper's most forgotten movie: The Mangler (1995). Nobody seems to talk about that one!
Gio Chavez And no one seems to like it very much either. I’ve never actually seen it for myself but I’d like to give it a watch if I can ever get around to finding it.
Yeah, the movie have a bad reputation, but it have some interesting stuff on it, and Robert Englund's performance totally worths it. You should check it, especially if you like the over-the-top weirdness of Tobe Hooper.
I thought the Mangler was pretty good; no Helllraiser, but better than a lot of the crap that comes out today.
Ending kinda sucked but it was okay
whenever I show TCM to people for the first time, I always follow it up with TCM 2, just to see their reaction. They expect it to be the exact tone of the first and dread it.
why would they expect anything else? it makes no sense compared to the first and it’s so silly i was disappointed