Favorite Texas Chainsaw Massacre Film

[Joshg]

Well, what is it? :)

I always liked the remake. Yes, I know....remake? Remake and like do not usually go in the same sentence together, unless separated by the word dis....which doesn't make sense. >.> Vote peoples!

[Uncle Hugo]

The 1974 original is my favorite horror movie of all time

[sCabbOy]

The original.

Then 2, then 3, then 2003, then 4 then TB

[Jigsaw]

TCM 2003 is my favorite.

[Titan]

I love the original. My next favorite would be TCM: The Beginning.

[MiMania]

The original, hands down. I like the remake quite a bit, too.

[mcilroga]

The original. Then the remake, then 2, then 3, then The Beginning, then 4.

[Mutant Leprechaun]

Definitely the original.

[Deathscythe]

I voted for the remake, I have stayed away from The Next Generation, very far away.

[sCabbOy]

The original. Then the remake, then 2, then 3, then The Beginning, then 4.

Almost like my list... although I put TB after 4 and 2003 after 2 and 3.

[The New Blood]

I haven't seen the beginning nor have I watched TNG all the way through, but I even if I had I doubt it would change my opinion. The original is the best.

[Rich]

The original is the best hands down. Part 2 is fun in a silly way. Part 3 is probably the best sequel to the original. The remake is a good movie. The Next Generation and The Beginning both sucked.

[hack slash]

The Beginning:saw:
The Remake:D
Part 2:lol:
Part 4:side:
Leatherface:meh:
Original:misery:

[sCabbOy]

The photography in the original ALONE makes the others pale in comparison. That movie had some of the best photography that I have seen in any horror movie.

[Rich]

To put them in ranking order:

Original
Remake
Leatherface
Part 2
Beginning
Next Generation

[Lammert]

Original 1973
Beginning
Remake
Part 3
Part 2
Next Generation

[Rich]

The photography in the original ALONE makes the others pale in comparison. That movie had some of the best photography that I have seen in any horror movie.

I agree 100%. Not only the photography, but also the set decoration inside the house. The "look" of the original Chain Saw is as important to that movie as the music was to the original Halloween, it was simply everything.

[Lammert]

Like in most film series, nothing can top the original!
The music, the visual aspect... the movie is just damn near perfect.

[happycampertwo]

The original. It has the best atmosphere I've experienced in any film, horror or not.

[karloff]

For me, hands down the original.

[sCabbOy]

The original. It has the best atmosphere I've experienced in any film, horror or not.

It really was. I don't know about ANY film because I think the atmosphere iN A Clockwork Orange is up here along with the atmosphere in Jacob's Ladder, Platoon and Taxi Driver.

But, for amateurs, they knew how to photograph a horror film.

[Wheatjedi]

My favorite is Part 2, but the original is the best.

[James M]

Definitely the 1974 original, followed by the highly underrated (in my view) Leatherface: TCM III.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

I voted for the original. Nothing can top the original, IMO. It's one of the greatest horror films ever made.

My rankings:

TCM 1974
TCM 2
TCM 3
Remake
The Beginning
The Next Generation

[Spade]

The original is the best, but I also liked the remake.

[El Rooto]

I love Part 2.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

I love Part 2.

Me too. I liked the dark humor they added in it. Most people hated that, but that's one of the things I liked about it.

[Ron]

The original is definitley the best.

[MrCatalyst]

Original

Part 3
Part 2





all the rest go somewhere in the gutter

[ChoKo]

My rankings:

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) - One of my favorite films of all time and one of the best horror films ever made.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 - A fun movie, yet not on par or nowhere near as great as the original.
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 - Somewhat entertaining sequel.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 Remake) - Meh...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - Double meh...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation - Triple meh. Poor excuse for a film.

[Voo-doo]

I'm surprised 3 doesn't have any votes. you've got Ken Foree, Hodder doing stunts, and a cool looking chainsaw.

anyone who votes for part 4 should be hanged on a meat hook.

[sCabbOy]

i love III a lot, just like the first more.

I thought III was great, pretty much a remake but a good story, funny, violent, and gory.

[nottidelterrore]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 with the original right behind it.

[Kane Lives]

My favorite has always been the original TCM.

Rankings

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

[The Dream Master]

TCM
TCM 2
TCM 2003
TCM 3
TCM The Beginning
TCM The Next Generation

I also think that TCM 2 is criminally underrated.

[mrniceguy]

Hands down the original .

[The 5th Golden Girl]

The original and the remake are pretty much tied with me. They're both really good movies and different enough from one another to not feel unique and not like, well, an original movie and its remake.

In order to place my vote, I went with the original because without it, there couldn't have been a remake. Also, while the remake is a great film (it least I think so), it will never be as infamous or culturally significant as the original.

So... Original, Remake, Beginning, 2, 3, Next Generation

[DRE]

The photography in the original ALONE makes the others pale in comparison. That movie had some of the best photography that I have seen in any horror movie.

Yes sir, I agree.


My rankings:

The Original, one of the greatest horror films of all time.

Part 2, is an underrated classic! "I'm the lord of the harvest!" "What's that? Some new health food bunch?"

TIE: Leatherface III, definitely one of my all time favorites. and TCM03, a very well made and worthy film, beautifully shot.

The Beginning, could have been better, had a golden opportunity for an off the wall dinner scene but pissed it away.

TNG, I usually find something in the entries I'm not fond of, but this movie has not a damn thing for me. Matthew is far too over the top, Renee is a whiny wet rag, Leatherface is the most stupid I've ever seen him. Wayne Bell's return to score is about the only thing I like, but it's not enough to make me buy the DVD.

[Germaniac]

My rankings:
TCM74 (one of the most terrifying films ever)
TCM2 (one of my personal favourites, Chop-top rules)
TCM-Beginning (best horror movie of this year)
TCM Remake (good remake, but feels rather tame to the others)
TCM 3 (mediocre)
TCM4 (one of the worst movies ever)

[Scarecrow]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation


- Scarecrow

[Grizzlyman]

The original is probably the most enjoyable for me, followed by Leatherface Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, only because I thought it had more of an impact and tension on being a "true" sequel, versus The Next Generation which I thought was humorous, but just plain stupid on the same hand. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 had some good silly humor as well, but I think lacked in some ways because of it, but definately the Chainsaw fights between Dennis Hopper and Leatherface were a blast and I can never get Stewart Copeland's "Strange Things Happen" out of my head during the end credits.

[sCabbOy]

I always thought Part III was more of a remake than a sequel, and Jeff Burr was basically "re-creating" the franchise from his own words.

[Scarecrow]

Has anyone seen the oriignal alternative cut of The Next Generation as is it any good?


- Scarecrow

[Jigsaw]

Never even heard of an alternate cut of TNG, or at least don't remember anything about it.

[sCabbOy]

There's uncut TNG going around, I believe that cut was released on DVD in Region 2. I have a VHS with the title "Return Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". I don't know if it's uncut, I never watched it.

[Utellme]

There's uncut TNG going around, I believe that cut was released on DVD in Region 2. I have a VHS with the title "Return Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". I don't know if it's uncut, I never watched it.
I have this vhs coming i think theres suppose to be about a minute of extra footage.I hope

[i am SAW]

TCM: The Beginning

[Monkey]

The Original.

[God of Thunder]

Leatherface: TCM 3 gets my vote. It's got a higher bodycount, it's the most fun to watch, and it's got a metal soundtrack! What's not to love there?

[sCabbOy]

I agree, TCM III is a great film but still not my favorite.

[The Dream Master]

I just watched The Beginning again for the first time since I saw it in theaters, and it holds up okay. Sort of by the numbers and a bit bland, which would put it 5th for me in the series (right before TNG), but that's not really a bad thing because I think the first two and the remake are damn fine films, while part 3 and The Beginning are good little popcorn flicks. And TNG...well... :X

[Rich]

My rankings are:

original
remake
Leatherface: Part 3
Part 2
The Beginning

[Timberwolf Entertainment]

The remake is superior to all of them as a film. But, not as groundbreaking as the original was back in 1974

[Rich]

I don't think you can compair the original with the remake. They are way too many years apart. What makes the original better then the remake? If 30 years from now, the original will still be a bone afide classic American film and the remake will be remembered (only among the horror fan base) as "just another one of those."

[sooners4life98]

My fav was the original. Creepy as heck IMO. I like the remake too but the original gets my vote.