Leatherface

This is a review of the seller not the movie. Disc and case arrived in good condition. Played well no issues.

I'm a big fan of the Texas Chainsaw franchise, and I was reluctant to see this film due to its poor reception; however, I also felt I couldn't call myself a true fan if I didn't give it a chance. Let's be honest; they are all different from the original regarding overall quality and tone. That being said, people are too hard on this entry in the franchise.My main grievances concern continuity with most of the characters between films. For example (SPOILER ALERT) in the 1974 film, The Hitchhiker (Nubbins) voices contempt for his brother The Cook (Drayton,) revealing that he and Leatherface do all the killing and grave robbing for meat, while Drayton is just a cook. Even then, Drayton Sawyer (or Slaughter) states, "I just can't take no pleasure in killin'. There's just some things you gotta do, don't mean you have to like it."In "Leatherface," he's depicted as a bloodthirsty killer. He doesn't feel like the same character at all!I'll go into more detail when I do a complete review of the film on my show, "The Review That Drips Blood."

I thought that this movie was actually pretty good. No sequel nor prequel will ever compare to the original one, so don't let the "purists" dissuade you from watching this movie. They're pretty much the same people that whine back and forth whenever a movie such as this one comes out.Had I made this movie, I wouldn't have gone the route of trying to make people guess which one of the characters was going to wind up being Leatherface. I would have gone more the route of Rob Zombie's Michael Myers (you know who it is right off the bat). Secondly, the chainsaw was pretty big...do they really make them that big lol? I have personally never seen a chainsaw as big as the one that the Sawyers own. Third--did we really need the sex scenes? They seemed pointless, especially when it's the two very bad "baddies".There was plenty of gore to satisfy me.The people that hated this movie pretty much wouldn't have been happy unless they would have gotten all of the original cast members rehashing the same movie that came out back in 1974. Same group of people that are currently giving "The Last Jedi" a bad name out there as well.I think that if you give this movie a chance that most people would like it. It's an updated TCM story, don't go into it thinking that it will be as cult as the original one.

Aside from a sequence in the beginning and some stuff towards the end, The chainsaw is left out. The saw appears around the start of the film. After that, the picture is basically a combination of asylum type horror and a sort of rip-off of THE DEVIL'S REJECTS for awhile. The setting moves to an asylum where you get this bunch of lunatics that result in a violent breakout. Then they're on the run, so it's now a horror/action flick with assorted bloody bullet hits and a psychotic cop who shoots one in the head in cold blood. Then towards the end the chainsaw comes back. This all allows for a variety of deaths throughout the film and even some bits of necrophilia. I certainly didn't think it was dull. It moves quickly, is easy to follow, and has a nice body count. Its got some really cool chainsaw splatter towards the end when he saws up a guy real good, and you can also choose to watch the film with an alternate and nastier ending that I certainly thought was better. This is fun stuff with plenty of violence and splatter. This was directed by a French horror director, so I thought the film style was somewhat different than the other chainsaw films; I guess that can be good or bad depending on what type of Texas chainsaw film you want. I had fun with the whole thing.The Blu-ray quality is excellent. I liked the extras and that alternate ending option.

The chunky gore and mean horror violence will satisfy those who desire it. But the film never even nearly lives up to its name Leatherface. This feels like a “Sawyer family story.” Despite its lackluster impact as a whole, the cruel death scenes still manage to hit hard. So if you enjoy mean slasher horror, then you ought to enjoy this… even lacking the macabre atmosphere and dread of the franchise. I’d only recommend this to TCM completists.Being an origin story, I had hoped this wouldn’t take the over-expository path of Halloween (2007) regarding the creation of a soulless Michael Myers. And to be fair, I among the fans of Rob Zombie’s remake. But the young Myers story arc simply didn’t serve the character or enrich my view of the franchise. Well, in this film, the entire story revolves around turning a criminally delinquent child into what we know and fear as Leatherface. Let me spare you the suspense—this fell completely flat on its lame face. No wonder he decided to start wearing a mask!The opening scene attempts to capture the unnerving magic of the iconic TCM dinner table scene, but does so with a toothless lack of intensity (and some weak writing). You feel none of the dreadful weight of the scene that was so earned in 1986 and 2003’s iterations. But what is nailed well is the abrupt violence and its accompanied brutal impact of the gore. Hammer-strikes to the head and chainsaw lacerations look great and provide brief spates of exhilarating violence amid an otherwise drab movie.Except for the first few scenes, the first half of this film feels more like a family-size Natural Born Killers (1994) (more in character style than overall film tone) than anything from the Texas Chainsaw franchises. Hell bent on imprisoning the homicidal members of the Sawyer family, Sheriff Hal (Stephen Dorff; The Gate, Blade) seeks revenge for the murder of his daughter. As a result, in 1955 young Jed was removed from the Sawyer house and his family as a small child. In 1965, he came home. Most of this film is the few days marking.A group of teenagers (including Jed) have escaped from their “mental hospital for troubled youths” with criminal intentions of getting money and a vehicle, quite comfortable with whatever bloody cost by which it comes. What’s interesting is that the movie keeps the viewers from knowing exactly which teen is Jed (i.e., eventually Leatherface). My obvious choice (in my opinion anyway) turned out to be very wrong.[Spoilers in this paragraph] One thing I found perplexing was that I spent half the movie thinking a “different” character would end up being Verna’s (Lili Taylor; The Haunting, The Conjuring) son Jed (whose name was changed at the juvenile facility). I expected it to be the gigantic heavy teenager who hardly spoke; not the thin and spry, chatty sympathetic teen. And the movie essentially never acknowledges this deception or reveal. A second criticism would be that Leatherface’s fixation with making “human” leather-stitched masks comes completely out of nowhere. Sure, it makes for a mean closing scene, but completely unjustified given the movie. [end Spoilers]The chunky gore and horror violence is solid. But, to the title’s-sake, the film never comes close to living up to its name Leatherface until except for a couple scenes. This feels like “a Sawyer family story.” Co-directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury (Livid, Among the Living, Inside, ABCs of Death 2—X is for Xylophone) have done some decent movies in horror. This is not one of them. Despite its lackluster impact as a whole, the death scenes hit hard. They’re mean. And if you enjoy mean slasher horror (e.g., Wolf Creek), then you still ought to enjoy this.But where’s the macabre atmosphere and the dread? This film packs none of it. So ultimately, I’d only recommend this to TCM completists who want to see all things Leatherface/Sawyers ever created (which I am).

Todo bien, sólo que en las imágenes se muestra con slipcover y viene sin él.

Dato che non l’avevo ancor visto.. deciso di acquistarlo, si vede bene e audio ottimo! Ovvio x chi piace il genere.. Ciaoo

Works as intended and came pretty well packaged. Not the best leatherface movie but I enjoy it. Bought on sale for 10 dollars and I think thats a good deal, would recommend

La vi en su momento y la queria tener,es el inicio de como se crea al personaje de leatherface.

Un super film d'horreur!Vraiment ce film m'a scotché durant toute sa duré ( 80 minutes qui déchirent pleins pot!), et me laisse dire qu'il devrait arrêter là la saga de ce qui resterai une fin exemplaire pour le grand, très grand classique " massacre à la tronçonneuse" de 1974 qui reste à ce jour LE film d'horreur des 70's!Ce film nous plonge dans l'enfance et l'adolescence du futur tueur qui se montre plus humain qu'on pourrait se l'imaginer...Jusqu'au moment ou sa mère prendra le dessus de son esprit.En plus l'intrigue nous fait faire fausse route quand à qui est LEATHERFACE au cours de l'évasion dans le texas de l'époque.Vous verre par vous mêmes, cet intrigue vaut à elle seule l'achat de ce film! J'ai passé un super moment devant cette histoire de famille très sombre, et je ne peux que le recommander aux fans du film original, à sa suite déjanté au milieu des 80's et aux trois films sortis avant celui-ci qui enfonce le clou de manière fort honorable à cette légende qu'est et restera FACE DE CUIR!Un régal!