Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

15. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, 1990

Well, after part 2 was a weird comedy/horror thing, part 3 decided to ignore it completely, wanting to make a more serious film. SO basically they rehashed the original but added a bit of Hollywood to the mix… and by that I mean: like the original only flashier and with a considerably bigger budget.
The photography is pretty decent, also the main theme, which is something I never gave any attention up to this point, but hey I can’t just talk shit about this movie (yes I can).

Leatherface looks like he’s a member of Slipknot, but bigger, and wears a leg thingy (maybe referencing the first movie’s final scene when he cuts his own leg with the chainsaw… or maybe I’m giving them too much credit).

Anyhow… Viggo Mortensen is in this movie, fuck LOTR this is the highlight of his career. Ken Foree is also in this and he’s a bad ass, he plays basically himself in every movie I’ve seen him, and he’s great at it, just give him a gun and have him say ‘motherfucker’.
I just wish I had seen the Director’s cut, supposedly it has more gore and the ending is different, but maybe next time. Speaking of directorial duties, Tom Savini was offered the job of directing this film. (yeah, I wasn’t gonna miss the chance of talking about that dude).

It’s a ‘meh’ kind of movie if you’ve seen the original, I mean it does have entertaining moments and the last 10 minutes are pretty goddamn awesome, but ‘meh’ still.
If you’re a fan of everything Texas Chainsaw (like me), be sure to check it out.



P.S. In this movie Leatherface has a daughter… go figure that one out.

Dawn of the Dead

11. Dawn of the Dead, 1978

So tonight I wanted to watch something a bit more gory than the last few movies I’ve been watching… well here’s the early work of effects man extraordinaire Tom Savini who also acts in the film.

This is a bloody fun film, the mall setting makes wonderful scenarios and tools for the zombie killings and the humor of the movie. The same setting may be interpreted as social satire comparing mall shopper to zombies, but to me it is just a fun horror/gore flick (I’m not that deep when it comes to horror, sorry).

I love how red the blood is! Supposedly, Savini was unhappy with how the blood photographed; to him it looked too bright and fluorescent. Romero felt it was perfect for the film’s comic book style and decided to keep it like that, the fake blood was a mixture of food coloring, peanut butter and cane sugar syrup.

If you haven’t seen it or if you just saw the remake, you’re missing out.