To support the OP a little, if you never saw the original until fairly recently (let’s call that the last 20-25 years or so), it definitely doesn’t hold up well as one of the GOATs. I watched it for the first time maybe ten years ago or so, and had similar thoughts. I can appreciate what it was and what it did for the horror genre, and still agree with some of the OP’s criticisms.

I also did think the 03 remake was great. I don’t know if it’s “better” than the original, because they are sort of different movies. But I definitely enjoyed it more. It’s legit good IMO.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 8/29/22 at 7:50 am to CocomoLSU

quote:
it definitely doesn’t hold up well as one of the GOATs.

I still disagree.

One major issue with reviewing it after seeing its progeny is that everything else basically stole from it. Kind of like slashers and Halloween. So THAT is the issue more than the movie itself not holding up. It's style and substance are still being copied today, so it holds up.

Also, the shitty film gives it a snuff film feel and that's something that cannot be replicated today. Ti West does a good job making movies feel like they're from the 70s or 80s but they're still clean with modern film and post production. You can't replicate that grimy presentation like TCM or Last House on the Left.

It's not just the kills or direct interaction with the family. That scene where she stumbles into the room of feathers and bones is intense. It's very difficult to replicate that with clean/modern filmmaking.

I have to revisit 2 but I will say I pretty much loathe all other TCM movies except for the 2003 one, and that one is just uninspired slasher shite. The rest of the movies are horrible. Leatherface isn't a slasher.

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