My dad was playing college football in 1974. At one point, he and the rest of his team were invited to a free screening of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Now, it's important to keep in mind that this was still relatively an age of innocence when it came to movies. People weren't desensitized to horror the way many of us are now. In 1974, this tough bunch of college football players were so disturbed by what they saw that they lost their game the next day. True story.
Witness movie first came out they had a much worse unedited uncut version. There was controversy in the industry to either ban the movie or make significant cuts. This is the edited version. Several critics felt the unedited version was the scariest movie of all time.
who are into grave robbing, collecting autos from previous victims, creating home decor with skeletal remains, slicing people with knives, wearing masks of human skin, kidnapping, murder and cannibalism. very misunderstood...
Fun fact the survivor girl in this movie was actually trying to run as fast as she could, but she's not even basically athletic. So the other actors had to slow down during the chase scenes and improvise running serpentine or stopping completely at times to let her get ahead. Bonus fact: when they were cutting her finger to feed grandpa, they had trouble cutting through the fake skin and blood packet. They ended up using a real knife, but then accidentally cut the actress for real.
She actually hurt herself on one of the window jumps, and that's why she ran so slowly. They had someone else jump through the window, but unnecessarily had her jump off a six foot high platform.
It wasn't an accident. The actors were in hellish conditions. It was HOT, the meat around them was rotting, and they had been filming for over 24 hours straight. Gunner Hansen just said, "screw it" and actually cut her finger. According to Hansen, he was near delirious by that point. The heat and long hours is also what led to that chainsaw dance at the end.
"That chicken has seen too much." This is the main reason why I watch your videos. They are genuinely funny and entertaining. Can't wait for the next one.
HI 80S UNDEAD!! Aaahh thank you for saying that!!! I really really am so happy to hear that they are making you laugh. Yhat's my favourite thing ever. Thank you for watching!!Kat:D
A fun note. Among a DVD release, they talked with Edwin Neal, who played the hitchhiker. During this, he tells a story about how he would go to midnight showings and sit in the back. Then, during the movie, he’d go up behind one of the moviegoers and say “It’s a nice picture.” After they’d freak out, they’d go get the usher. When they’d come back, Neal would look at them and act like nothing was wrong. “What? I’m just sitting here trying to watch the movie. I have no idea what they’re talking about.”
I feel like out of all the actors Edwin Neal liked his role the most, especially since he came back to voice the hitchhiker in the new Texas chainsaw game
@@Sundowner13 While Leatherface is the central character for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, I think the “secondary” family member has played a role that is just as iconic. Edwin Neal as “The Hitchhiker” has such a creepy personality that is such a major part of the tone for the movie. In the second one, Bill Moseley as “Chop Top” does the same thing to add a layer of camp, which was what that movie was shooting for. In “The Next Generation”, Matthew McConaughey as Vilmer was so good.
THANK YOU SETH!!! That means a hacking lot to me!!!! ALSO I can’t see who else responded to this comment, but if it also looks like me and told you to message them… IT’S A SCAMMER!!!
Shoutout to John Larroquette for his first movie role, narrating the opening crawl. He also narrated the openings of the movies from 2003, 2006 and 2022.
Fun fact Sally wasnt supposed to run into that branch, but they kept it in and she started bleeding afterwards. The film production of this film has some huge horrific stories of how the made the film, like props stop working and dinner room had bad airflow so people were sweating like crazy and they filmed that scene for 26 hours.
Gunnar Hansen (Leatherface) had to keep stopping and sawing away at random branches because he kept catching up to Marilyn Burns due to the branches and briars.
Leatherface is one of those unsung villains of Horror. Bogged down by less quality sequels and more popular villains like Jason and Michael. Absolutely LOVE this series and the character!
This film is an absolute masterpiece. What I truly love about it is how it almost feels like a documentary with the way it was shot. It's so dirty, so grimey, that it truly feels plausible that everything in it is real and can happen, even Grandpa, who's basically a supercentenarian. And the way it ends so ubruptly is perfect after all that madness. It just leaves the viewer shocked, drained, speechless, etc. The cast and crew really did suffer for their art as making it was an absolutely terrible experience for all involved due to the heat and the extremely long hours it took to shoot. Love your reaction to it. You've got a subscriber in me 👍
It absolutely is a masterpiece. Maybe not in terms of plot, but the emotional effect of the film is masterful- there are few films that feel so terrifying to watch, especially considering how little gore is in it.
Fun fact, the gas station is still there and is a gift shop. They also have 4 cabins behind it you can rent and stay in . I did it last year and it was quite nice
Fun facts on this one: There was actually a video game for the Atari 2600 and yes, you played as the killer. You may have noticed Leatherface's mask changed towards the end, he was wearing Pam's face.
You are correct on part of it. The Hitchhiker(real name Nubbins)was supposed to be watching the house and his brother, but ran off to take pictures of his "art"at the graveyard, digging up dead bodies. Leatherface was alone and he freaked out at intruders, so he killed them. All three of the Slaughter family are brothers.
29:13 A comment on another channel's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" reaction explained that the driver had shut off the engine of his truck thinking he would have to remain stopped for a good while as he gave Sally first aid, got her explanation of what was happening, waited for the cops/ambulance to arrive, or whatever and that starting up a 1970's semi truck from being fully shut off is complicated and time consuming, so rather than sitting there for an extended period trying to start his truck started with a chainsaw wielding maniac just inches away from him, he ran for his life. I'm not familiar with the operation of a semi, so I don't know it that's correct, but that's the explanation I read.
I gotta agree with you! The acting was great, from the lead actress to the Dad, Leatherface and the hitchhiker they did an amazing job. I know the actress playing Sally was just exhausted during filming from screaming, the heat, etc. Its gory but they really nailed the psychological aspect as well!! Excellent movie.
"Special shoutout to the Grandpa!" John Dugan, the actor who played Grandpa is very MUCH alive and terrific friends with two of my friends. I have yet to meet him, but they love the man.
25:45 - Ahhh, these are the good moments. These moments are the little kernels at the bottom of the popcorn bag that are just hard enough to bite down and get a lovely crunch out of.
This was my mother and father's movie, like couples have their song...this was their movie. Gunner Hanson, Leatherface, asked what was wrong with my parents when I asked him to make out an autograph to them and why
"Kinda hard to see out of those flaps you cut." I recently finished reading the book of Gunnar Hansen, who played Leatherface in this one. He was genuinely scared to death of missing an inch while "cutting" Kirk because of the terrible vision the mask gave him. That, and they were also high as kites on weed brownies for large parts of the night chase scenes. That's the real reason why he bolts at her scream after entering the freshly cut door.
The best take on this movie ever! Leatherface was just defending his home from these hippie intruders! Team Leatherface! F’n hilarious! See ya on the next upload!
Lol, word of god says that game was actually true. Hitchhiker was supposed to stay home and look after Leatherface and the house, but ran off to dig up bodies to take photos of, so Leatherface was alone. He panicked when people came in and killed them as intruders.
That area in Austin, is really developed now. The original road is abandoned and ends at a highway right where that last scene was filmed. The house has been moved and is, ironically, a popular restaurant in Kingsland TX called the Grand Central Cafe.
One of my favorite movie trivia is that filming the dinner scene was a genuinely hellish experience for the crew that took them ages in heat and stench, so their despair and mania in the camera is partially real. The guy who played the deranged hitch hiker family member was a Vietnam war veteran, and later on remarked that filming the dinner scene was worse than anything he ever experienced in Vietnam.
Hiya Kat ☺️ Ohh The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) from 1974. In the U.K. this film literally was shown for about a year at release until the censors banned it for 25 odd years until 1999 when it finally got its re-classification and was allowed another release. In the U.K. back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, TCM became what was widely called a “video nasty” along with other such noticeable titles as The Exorcist (which was also banned in the U.K. for many years). These films traded hands in pubs and clubs on pirated VHS tapes for many years and became almost mythical in status. So, once again a young director (Tobe Hooper) a bunch of unknown actors, everything done on the cheap, (total film cost was around $60,000), and that gorilla filming style that gives it an documentary “real” feeling. It was a tough shoot in Texas, middle of summer 115f (45c) temperatures which made it unbearable for all concerned. But this film broke new ground, it was innovative and it would be picked over, studied and its influences would shape horror films for decades to come. It’s also a movie that is constantly shifting. Audiences in the early days were shocked by the film, in later years that would change to laughter and in current times the film promotes general uneasiness and dread. Some say it’s almost like TCM has tracked the changed attitudes of people over the decades as they desensitise to the horror in our own world. Over the years TCM has been called “artless”, “crude”, “only enjoyable by those with a warped, twisted and sick minds” and some more colourful critiques that l won’t mention lol 😂 but they miss the point. It’s called all these things as everything on the screen seemed so real by way of the acting, direction and the documentary style it was shot in. That was radical and something not really seen in horror films until then. Even the distribution of the film was controversial as the company was owned by the mob out of Chicago so no one really knows the true grosses on it as the mob wouldn’t open the books to give the figures! TCM is a horror film that shifted cultural values and should have been Tobe Hoopers breakout film. In later years his other notable film would be 1982’s Poltergeist (which l am sure you will get to) but that came with a different kind of controversy. Steven Spielberg was the executive producer of the film and rumours flew around that he “ghost directed” it and Tobe was just there to help in effect. Spielberg even took out full page advertisements in Variety to try and squash the rumour but it stuck and Poltergeist does have that Spielberg gloss over it. Subsequently, Tobe never really hit the heights he should have and he took work where ever possible but never had the same gravitas as other horror directors of that period. This has been a golden reaction Kat, truly one of the best of the channel and l look forward as always to the next upload ☺️👍🏼
You are literally the only reaction channel I actually like! Like I enjoy every single video!! I remember the first time I watched this, I think I was 11 or 12 lmao! Also I don't understand how so many people walk into someone's house uninvited haha!
17:10 Funny thing is, she really wasn't faster than the killer. They had to do the scene multiple times due to Gunnar Hansen easily catching up to Marilyn Burns during the chase. They had to come up with stuff for Leatherface to do (like cutting down the little trees) to justify him not catching her.
Yeah she was super slow, in the final chase scene the hitchhiker brother ran from side to side because it was too easy to catch up to her. So doing it that way made it look like he was taunting/toying with her
Leatherface is an icon, I'm happy you gave this such a good rating. It definitely isn't an easy film for even horror fans to watch but you did good! As for future videos, since watching your Hereditary video, I'm now looking forward to a reaction to Midsommar.
Not really… not as iconic as Freddy or Jason or Michael Myers. Whenever people think of slasher horror, they think of any of those 3. Not really Leatherface
Hi Kat, I just happened to come across your channel, and you have to have to one of wildest reactions I've seen in a while. I thought you were going to have a heart attack. I used to have a friend who I used to go watch horror movies with a few years back and you remind me so much how she would act when we would go to watch these kinds of movies. You had so many parts when you were interacting with the movie that was cracking me up. Like when you had your left hand up ready to strike like the guy did with the hammer in the movie, or when you said, "Stab him in the face". lol But I was surprised that you seemed to have a little sympathy for Leatherface when his dad was beating him considering that he had killed all those people. Super Great Reaction! It was very enjoyable. And you have a beautiful smile too.
Hey Kat! Some trivia for you... Even though The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is pure fiction, it was patterned after a real life crazed serial killer named Ed Gein (nicknamed the Ghoul of Plainfield). The classic movie, Psycho, was also based on Ed Gein too. Look him up and see just how psychotic and creepy that man truly was.
If you want a “KILLER” movie based on real events in Texas, even using some of the real townsfolk who were there, watch “Bernie”, with Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey.
12:37 she's Hangry,.. hungry/angry. not a good mix! love the reaction! what you say makes total sense,.. therefore they do the exact opposite of what you yell at the screen that would make them live longer 😂
That was funny how she held up her fist like she was about to whack someone in the head or waiting for it to happen to someone in the movie haha. Great reaction! Definitely one of the best and most entertaining channels I've seen. She makes it feels like how it is when watching horror flicks with friends.
This movie gets an A+ in atmosphere. Even though very little gore or blood is actually shown, the feeling and tension the film gives leaves the viewer feeling sick, disturbed and a bit drained. If you pay close attention you can see that Leatherface changes his macabre masks. Another thing not too many fans notice is the fact that this is the only Chainsaw Massacre movie where he uses a small chainsaw. In the sequels and remakes (there are a lot of remakes to this...lol) he uses the extra long chainsaws. There are a lot of interesting behind the scenes facts. The movie was banned in a lot of places. The filming was grueling for everyone involved, and the cast and crew went through a lot; were barely paid in the end.
When I was going to high school in Austin Texas in the early 1980's the house where they filmed this movie was still standing, derelict near Round Rock, Texas. I heard that high schoolers would dare each other to go inside. The site is now the La Frontera mixed-use development. The house itself was moved to Kingsland, Texas and was used as a cafe but I understand is now in danger of being torn down like the Michael Myers house. : (
Kat: 15:00 "Very good sewer though, if you look closely the stitching was...👌" He doesn't look like he moisturizes, Kat, so he may have had a lot of practice. 🤣😂
Glad you included the "year". It's helpful in a lot of things. You are right about hitchhiking falling apart. It went from just bad hikers, to bad drivers kidnapping too. Then Halloween was damaged in the 70s and 80s (just like this, movies are replays/warnings)and probably won't be the same
Your very fun to watch movies with...funny, witty. I am noticing your reaction videos are Edited Very Well....Not sure if your doing the editing yourself? Anyhow great job...😎
@3:33 “He’ll be fine- Oh! he’s going deep” Your reactions to the intensity and suspense of this film are priceless. Edwin Neal (The Hithchiker) has stated he based his performance on his nephew who is a paranoid schizophrenic. Also Tobe Hooper (the director) stated in interviews years later that law enforcement officers in Texas thanked him for this movie as it contributed to a decline in hitchhikers being picked up. Great reactions! I grew up with this movie, so I love watching first time reactions to it. If you haven’t already, check out John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982).
After watching six of your videos, you are now the first reactor I've ever subscribed to. Honestly I don't like reaction videos. Your personality and genuine reactions sold me. Keep them coming. Also I worry about your blood pressure while watching these movies.
I saw this movie in a drive-in which was out in rural Long Island. Why my boyfriend picked that drive-in was so it would be a scary atmosphere. I was terrified & so was he. This movie still gives me tne creeps all these years later.
Excellent reaction as always. I love disturbing horror movies and I've only ever been able to sit through this one a couple of times because of how deeply disturbing it is, even by modern standards. This was released towards the end of the Vietnam war and can be seen in some ways as a metaphor for what many saw as the senselessness of that conflict. A lot of 70's horror movies had similar themes of apparently random, senseless violence, but this one took things to another level.
They do an amazing job of making everything you see feel dirty/uneasy - and a lot is left to the imagination - like we see the hook, we know where it's going, but we don't actually see it breaking the skin etc, which is something that can be overdone in later movies.
Yeah, in reality that hook would have slid up under the shoulder blade and the tip would have stuck out on the right side of her neck right through the middle of her collar bone; they couldn't show that.
I remember an interview with tobe hooper where he says its really just a vad day all around for leatherface, poor guy is just going about his day and suddenly all these people just start breaking into his home without reason lol, hes just like "what the hell is going on?!" And is all stressed out, he just kind if does what he can which is killing them...but its really all about "leatherface is just having a real bad day" lol
As low-budget and amateur as this film is, it is freaking terrifying! I can only imagine what it was like seeing it in theaters back in '74! One of the greatest horror films ever made! And no, it is not based on a true story, though this was the first horror film to use the "based on true events" gimmick.
I can vividly remember watching all of these movies growing up over the years and being scarred by them in different ways. I cant imagine watching one a week.
another fun reacton from Kat. this channel is so much fun i have actually started rewatching her reactions . i have never done this at any other reaction channel. pure class. also love the tips and advice she has for the characters , you can tell that Kat would survive any horror movie scenario. keep em coming , we!`re all thinking itl
Best part for me in this reaction: "He's gonna get slammed! Stupid man! I cannot!" Kat, you never fail to make me crack up at one or more points in your reactions!
This is literally my favourite movie. I’m only 3 seconds into your video, so I expect to edit in about half an hour. 😂 Edit: 24:00 “look what your brother did to the door!” Best line ever. Cracks me up every time
Oh the truck driver who saved Sally kept running. So he got away. The shot under Pam's butt was for 2 reasons: 1) it reduced the amount of coverage to 1 shot, and 2) the lens + low-angle allowed the house to grow and bulge as she got closer, which made the house look like it was looming over her. The cinematographer had 60 feet of track and realized that none of it would be seen, so that was less work. Yeah, she was NOT a good runner. Marilyn Burns was so slow that Gunnar Hansen caught up to her while wearing lifts in his boots. That's why there's so many cuts in the chase: they had to keep moving the camera up and re-positioning them further apart so Gunnar wouldn't "catch" her before the end point. And she actually mildly sprained her ankle on the window jump which is why she's limping in the final chase.
OMG. My older sister took me when I was about 12. We left the theatre, late at night, terrified, we ran like the wind to the car! Nightmares for weeks…
I rented this movie when I was 17, and it freaked me out for days thereafter. This movie, Psycho from 1960, and the movie Dolls from 1987 are the only three horror movies that have freaked me over the years.
I believe the house used in this movie is now in Kingsland Tx area down by lake LBJ, I have family down there and when we run down there’s billboards for the Chainsaw house which is now a restaurant, go figure, nice area though for sure, thanks again!
We failed you, Kat, we didn't adequately prepare you for this one lol. But the way you handled it is very telling, if you can have fun with this, one of the most notorious horror films ever made, you can handle pretty much anything so congrats, Kat, you've purged your hatred of horror lol. 👍👍
My dad was playing college football in 1974. At one point, he and the rest of his team were invited to a free screening of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Now, it's important to keep in mind that this was still relatively an age of innocence when it came to movies. People weren't desensitized to horror the way many of us are now. In 1974, this tough bunch of college football players were so disturbed by what they saw that they lost their game the next day. True story.
jeff, I see. it is a disturbing movie, a trend setter for horror films. bonus video. th-cam.com/video/vyAh9OENJPU/w-d-xo.html
That's when you know, It's a good horror movie.
WOW! That’s wild!
Witness movie first came out they had a much worse unedited uncut version. There was controversy in the industry to either ban the movie or make significant cuts. This is the edited version. Several critics felt the unedited version was the scariest movie of all time.
@@sdw2is is there a way to view the unedited version?
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - A story about a poor misunderstood rural family dealing with repeated home invasions.
you have a point there.
Not to forget a poor rural family of laid off slaughterhouse workers trying to make ends meet with a gas station/human barbecue outlet.
They give the term country bumpkin a new meaning.
😂😂
who are into grave robbing, collecting autos from previous victims, creating home decor with skeletal remains, slicing people with knives, wearing masks of human skin, kidnapping, murder and cannibalism. very misunderstood...
"LOOK WHAT YOUR BROTHER DID TO THE DOOR!" Still one of my all-time favorite horror movie lines/moments.
One VERY TRUE statement during dinner scene, "There are some things a man has to do, don't mean he has to like it." WORD'S TO LIVE BY.
Come on Grandpa
I know! I love that scene!!
"YOU DAMN FOOL, YOU RUINED THE DOOR!!!" 😂😂😂😂
" The cost of electricity is enough to run a man out of business " What a wise comment.
Fun fact the survivor girl in this movie was actually trying to run as fast as she could, but she's not even basically athletic. So the other actors had to slow down during the chase scenes and improvise running serpentine or stopping completely at times to let her get ahead.
Bonus fact: when they were cutting her finger to feed grandpa, they had trouble cutting through the fake skin and blood packet. They ended up using a real knife, but then accidentally cut the actress for real.
She actually hurt herself on one of the window jumps, and that's why she ran so slowly. They had someone else jump through the window, but unnecessarily had her jump off a six foot high platform.
It wasn't an accident. The actors were in hellish conditions. It was HOT, the meat around them was rotting, and they had been filming for over 24 hours straight. Gunner Hansen just said, "screw it" and actually cut her finger. According to Hansen, he was near delirious by that point. The heat and long hours is also what led to that chainsaw dance at the end.
Everyone suffered on this film.
? Is Texas to actually a movie @@davidgloier2913
"That chicken has seen too much." This is the main reason why I watch your videos. They are genuinely funny and entertaining. Can't wait for the next one.
HI 80S UNDEAD!! Aaahh thank you for saying that!!! I really really am so happy to hear that they are making you laugh. Yhat's my favourite thing ever. Thank you for watching!!Kat:D
@@KatWatchesHorror Also your comment to the human bone furniture: "That'll sell somewhere" had me dead lmao
A fun note. Among a DVD release, they talked with Edwin Neal, who played the hitchhiker. During this, he tells a story about how he would go to midnight showings and sit in the back. Then, during the movie, he’d go up behind one of the moviegoers and say “It’s a nice picture.” After they’d freak out, they’d go get the usher. When they’d come back, Neal would look at them and act like nothing was wrong. “What? I’m just sitting here trying to watch the movie. I have no idea what they’re talking about.”
I feel like out of all the actors Edwin Neal liked his role the most, especially since he came back to voice the hitchhiker in the new Texas chainsaw game
@@Sundowner13 While Leatherface is the central character for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, I think the “secondary” family member has played a role that is just as iconic. Edwin Neal as “The Hitchhiker” has such a creepy personality that is such a major part of the tone for the movie. In the second one, Bill Moseley as “Chop Top” does the same thing to add a layer of camp, which was what that movie was shooting for. In “The Next Generation”, Matthew McConaughey as Vilmer was so good.
Sounds like another myth or made up story in the Anthony Hopkins mould of approaching cinema goers.
@@normandavidtidiman9918 why can't people just enjoy shit
@@normandavidtidiman9918What you don't think this film was based on a true story?
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I love when she pleads with the characters by saying "PLEEEEASEUUHHH!!"😅
Your ability to be equal parts terrified , funny and cute at the same time is unsurpassed. Love your content. Keep the horror coming !
THANK YOU SETH!!! That means a hacking lot to me!!!! ALSO I can’t see who else responded to this comment, but if it also looks like me and told you to message them… IT’S A SCAMMER!!!
Yeah it’s a scammer…was excited for a fleeting second as it said you had a present for me… but alas… haha
I agree! This movie is so full of great surprises and scary innuendos. Brilliantly done.
Shoutout to John Larroquette for his first movie role, narrating the opening crawl. He also narrated the openings of the movies from 2003, 2006 and 2022.
His pay was a single marijuana joint.
legend has it the truck driver is still running to this day
Fun fact Sally wasnt supposed to run into that branch, but they kept it in and she started bleeding afterwards. The film production of this film has some huge horrific stories of how the made the film, like props stop working and dinner room had bad airflow so people were sweating like crazy and they filmed that scene for 26 hours.
Gunnar Hansen (Leatherface) had to keep stopping and sawing away at random branches because he kept catching up to Marilyn Burns due to the branches and briars.
Kate quote of the movie “that chicken has seen too much.” Or perhaps “it’s really hard to see out of those flaps you’ve cut.”
Leatherface is one of those unsung villains of Horror. Bogged down by less quality sequels and more popular villains like Jason and Michael. Absolutely LOVE this series and the character!
“Am I a horror coach?!” Had me howling. 😂
This film is an absolute masterpiece. What I truly love about it is how it almost feels like a documentary with the way it was shot. It's so dirty, so grimey, that it truly feels plausible that everything in it is real and can happen, even Grandpa, who's basically a supercentenarian. And the way it ends so ubruptly is perfect after all that madness. It just leaves the viewer shocked, drained, speechless, etc. The cast and crew really did suffer for their art as making it was an absolutely terrible experience for all involved due to the heat and the extremely long hours it took to shoot. Love your reaction to it. You've got a subscriber in me 👍
It's a piece of work, but if it's someone's ”masterpiece", they need to find _honest_ work.
It absolutely is a masterpiece. Maybe not in terms of plot, but the emotional effect of the film is masterful- there are few films that feel so terrifying to watch, especially considering how little gore is in it.
Fun fact, the gas station is still there and is a gift shop. They also have 4 cabins behind it you can rent and stay in . I did it last year and it was quite nice
Fun facts on this one: There was actually a video game for the Atari 2600 and yes, you played as the killer. You may have noticed Leatherface's mask changed towards the end, he was wearing Pam's face.
I love the irony of Kat hating horror movies, but has a unsettling dapper little goblin in the corner of the room😂
I was had thinking that myself lol. Looks creepy standing along in the red lit corner like that haha!
You are correct on part of it.
The Hitchhiker(real name Nubbins)was supposed to be watching the house and his brother, but ran off to take pictures of his "art"at the graveyard, digging up dead bodies.
Leatherface was alone and he freaked out at intruders, so he killed them.
All three of the Slaughter family are brothers.
RIP Marilyn Burns (Sally), one of the first 'Final Girls'.
Nobody Scream Queens like Marilyn Burns, RIP
'Cows are delightful. I eat them...but I respect them."--Kat's movie quote of the day accompanied by her usual gesticulations.
They provide us with dairy and protein.
They're good meat but some of them are genuinely cute in my opinion
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Scottish Highland cows are cute. Tasty, but adorable.
Noble take, honestly. If one doesn’t have respect for the animal they eat, they have no business eating them
29:13 A comment on another channel's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" reaction explained that the driver had shut off the engine of his truck thinking he would have to remain stopped for a good while as he gave Sally first aid, got her explanation of what was happening, waited for the cops/ambulance to arrive, or whatever and that starting up a 1970's semi truck from being fully shut off is complicated and time consuming, so rather than sitting there for an extended period trying to start his truck started with a chainsaw wielding maniac just inches away from him, he ran for his life. I'm not familiar with the operation of a semi, so I don't know it that's correct, but that's the explanation I read.
Marylyn Burns who played Sally was also one of the Manson family girls in Helter Skelter.
I gotta agree with you! The acting was great, from the lead actress to the Dad, Leatherface and the hitchhiker they did an amazing job. I know the actress playing Sally was just exhausted during filming from screaming, the heat, etc. Its gory but they really nailed the psychological aspect as well!! Excellent movie.
She has such amazing one liners. She literally cracks me up 😂
"Special shoutout to the Grandpa!" John Dugan, the actor who played Grandpa is very MUCH alive and terrific friends with two of my friends. I have yet to meet him, but they love the man.
He was like 19 years old at the time.
"That would sell somewhere."
This is top tier comedy. Wonderful as always!
That IKEA showroom feels different.
This is my All Time Favorite Horror movie, hands down, low budget but so so very well made. A true classic Your reaction was hilarious 🤣👍
25:45 - Ahhh, these are the good moments. These moments are the little kernels at the bottom of the popcorn bag that are just hard enough to bite down and get a lovely crunch out of.
you just pulled me out of a depression. I'm howling with laughter.
This video sealed the deal. You are the best reactor on youtube. You had me rolling. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was my mother and father's movie, like couples have their song...this was their movie.
Gunner Hanson, Leatherface, asked what was wrong with my parents when I asked him to make out an autograph to them and why
I just met the cast members of Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) at Monster/Con on Feb 3rd & 4th. They were GREAT, and very friendly.
Kat, this is no laughing matter. It .really.happened 😃. Best line: "where's the chainsaw guy when you need him!?"
"Kinda hard to see out of those flaps you cut."
I recently finished reading the book of Gunnar Hansen, who played Leatherface in this one. He was genuinely scared to death of missing an inch while "cutting" Kirk because of the terrible vision the mask gave him. That, and they were also high as kites on weed brownies for large parts of the night chase scenes. That's the real reason why he bolts at her scream after entering the freshly cut door.
After watching this movie Steven Spielberg was so impressed he gave the director Tobe Hooper a shot at directing Poltergeist.
Yes I agree. This film is truly terrifying. Brilliantly acted, and completely full of surprises and horror like I've never seen in a horror film.
The best take on this movie ever! Leatherface was just defending his home from these hippie intruders! Team Leatherface! F’n hilarious! See ya on the next upload!
Lol, word of god says that game was actually true. Hitchhiker was supposed to stay home and look after Leatherface and the house, but ran off to dig up bodies to take photos of, so Leatherface was alone. He panicked when people came in and killed them as intruders.
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I just randomly found you in my suggested and I already adore you. You’re fun to hang with and see your reaction to my favorite spooky movies!
24:01 look what your brother did to the door....... That line makes my laugh every time I see the film.
That area in Austin, is really developed now. The original road is abandoned and ends at a highway right where that last scene was filmed. The house has been moved and is, ironically, a popular restaurant in Kingsland TX called the Grand Central Cafe.
One of my favorite movie trivia is that filming the dinner scene was a genuinely hellish experience for the crew that took them ages in heat and stench, so their despair and mania in the camera is partially real. The guy who played the deranged hitch hiker family member was a Vietnam war veteran, and later on remarked that filming the dinner scene was worse than anything he ever experienced in Vietnam.
He must have been in the rear with the gear.
@@HappyHarryHardon My thoughts exactly
All of ONE DAY ... IS ALL IT TOOK
I can immediately tell that Kat enjoyed this
Tobe Hooper was a GENIUS
Hiya Kat ☺️ Ohh The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) from 1974. In the U.K. this film literally was shown for about a year at release until the censors banned it for 25 odd years until 1999 when it finally got its re-classification and was allowed another release. In the U.K. back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, TCM became what was widely called a “video nasty” along with other such noticeable titles as The Exorcist (which was also banned in the U.K. for many years). These films traded hands in pubs and clubs on pirated VHS tapes for many years and became almost mythical in status.
So, once again a young director (Tobe Hooper) a bunch of unknown actors, everything done on the cheap, (total film cost was around $60,000), and that gorilla filming style that gives it an documentary “real” feeling. It was a tough shoot in Texas, middle of summer 115f (45c) temperatures which made it unbearable for all concerned.
But this film broke new ground, it was innovative and it would be picked over, studied and its influences would shape horror films for decades to come. It’s also a movie that is constantly shifting.
Audiences in the early days were shocked by the film, in later years that would change to laughter and in current times the film promotes general uneasiness and dread. Some say it’s almost like TCM has tracked the changed attitudes of people over the decades as they desensitise to the horror in our own world.
Over the years TCM has been called “artless”, “crude”, “only enjoyable by those with a warped, twisted and sick minds” and some more colourful critiques that l won’t mention lol 😂 but they miss the point.
It’s called all these things as everything on the screen seemed so real by way of the acting, direction and the documentary style it was shot in. That was radical and something not really seen in horror films until then. Even the distribution of the film was controversial as the company was owned by the mob out of Chicago so no one really knows the true grosses on it as the mob wouldn’t open the books to give the figures!
TCM is a horror film that shifted cultural values and should have been Tobe Hoopers breakout film. In later years his other notable film would be 1982’s Poltergeist (which l am sure you will get to) but that came with a different kind of controversy. Steven Spielberg was the executive producer of the film and rumours flew around that he “ghost directed” it and Tobe was just there to help in effect. Spielberg even took out full page advertisements in Variety to try and squash the rumour but it stuck and Poltergeist does have that Spielberg gloss over it.
Subsequently, Tobe never really hit the heights he should have and he took work where ever possible but never had the same gravitas as other horror directors of that period.
This has been a golden reaction Kat, truly one of the best of the channel and l look forward as always to the next upload ☺️👍🏼
"Am I a horror coach?"
I love this freaking channel 🤣🤣🤣
The original house was moved from the OG location, to Kingsland, Texas. It's now a Cafe!
The actor who played the grandfather who first appeared dead was only 21 when the film was made.
I love watching people's reactions to these horror films.
I love watching people be scared of the movies that I love
You are literally the only reaction channel I actually like! Like I enjoy every single video!! I remember the first time I watched this, I think I was 11 or 12 lmao! Also I don't understand how so many people walk into someone's house uninvited haha!
I cant get enough of that Smile! 😍😍😁
Omg I’m gonna love this reaction and I love your vids 😂😂
When dude was given the 'Leather-face tickle' at 8:54, he showed off his new dance move called, "the convulsion." 😂😂😂😂😂
17:10 Funny thing is, she really wasn't faster than the killer. They had to do the scene multiple times due to Gunnar Hansen easily catching up to Marilyn Burns during the chase. They had to come up with stuff for Leatherface to do (like cutting down the little trees) to justify him not catching her.
Yeah she was super slow, in the final chase scene the hitchhiker brother ran from side to side because it was too easy to catch up to her. So doing it that way made it look like he was taunting/toying with her
and that was with him weilding a chainsaw (they used a real one) and wearing shoes with lifts to make him taller
Leatherface is an icon, I'm happy you gave this such a good rating. It definitely isn't an easy film for even horror fans to watch but you did good! As for future videos, since watching your Hereditary video, I'm now looking forward to a reaction to Midsommar.
Yes!
Not really… not as iconic as Freddy or Jason or Michael Myers. Whenever people think of slasher horror, they think of any of those 3. Not really Leatherface
Hi Kat, I just happened to come across your channel, and you have to have to one of wildest reactions I've seen in a while. I thought you were going to have a heart attack. I used to have a friend who I used to go watch horror movies with a few years back and you remind me so much how she would act when we would go to watch these kinds of movies. You had so many parts when you were interacting with the movie that was cracking me up. Like when you had your left hand up ready to strike like the guy did with the hammer in the movie, or when you said, "Stab him in the face". lol But I was surprised that you seemed to have a little sympathy for Leatherface when his dad was beating him considering that he had killed all those people. Super Great Reaction! It was very enjoyable. And you have a beautiful smile too.
First time watching your videos. A lot of sarcasm in this vid. I’m here for it 😎 new sub
Hey Kat! Some trivia for you... Even though The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is pure fiction, it was patterned after a real life crazed serial killer named Ed Gein (nicknamed the Ghoul of Plainfield). The classic movie, Psycho, was also based on Ed Gein too. Look him up and see just how psychotic and creepy that man truly was.
If you want a “KILLER” movie based on real events in Texas, even using some of the real townsfolk who were there, watch “Bernie”, with Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey.
12:37 she's Hangry,.. hungry/angry. not a good mix! love the reaction! what you say makes total sense,.. therefore they do the exact opposite of what you yell at the screen that would make them live longer 😂
That was funny how she held up her fist like she was about to whack someone in the head or waiting for it to happen to someone in the movie haha.
Great reaction! Definitely one of the best and most entertaining channels I've seen. She makes it feels like how it is when watching horror flicks with friends.
Love your facial expressions and when your hands start going. Great reaction. Thank you!
"The slurping will stay with me" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤠 Kat, your right eyebrow 👀 needs its own channel!!! 😉
This movie gets an A+ in atmosphere. Even though very little gore or blood is actually shown, the feeling and tension the film gives leaves the viewer feeling sick, disturbed and a bit drained. If you pay close attention you can see that Leatherface changes his macabre masks. Another thing not too many fans notice is the fact that this is the only Chainsaw Massacre movie where he uses a small chainsaw. In the sequels and remakes (there are a lot of remakes to this...lol) he uses the extra long chainsaws.
There are a lot of interesting behind the scenes facts. The movie was banned in a lot of places. The filming was grueling for everyone involved, and the cast and crew went through a lot; were barely paid in the end.
Documentary much worse than the movie
When I was going to high school in Austin Texas in the early 1980's the house where they filmed this movie was still standing, derelict near Round Rock, Texas. I heard that high schoolers would dare each other to go inside. The site is now the La Frontera mixed-use development. The house itself was moved to Kingsland, Texas and was used as a cafe but I understand is now in danger of being torn down like the Michael Myers house. : (
Kat: 15:00 "Very good sewer though, if you look closely the stitching was...👌"
He doesn't look like he moisturizes, Kat, so he may have had a lot of practice. 🤣😂
Glad you included the "year". It's helpful in a lot of things. You are right about hitchhiking falling apart. It went from just bad hikers, to bad drivers kidnapping too. Then Halloween was damaged in the 70s and 80s (just like this, movies are replays/warnings)and probably won't be the same
Your very fun to watch movies with...funny, witty. I am noticing your reaction videos are Edited Very Well....Not sure if your doing the editing yourself? Anyhow great job...😎
@3:33 “He’ll be fine- Oh! he’s going deep” Your reactions to the intensity and suspense of this film are priceless. Edwin Neal (The Hithchiker) has stated he based his performance on his nephew who is a paranoid schizophrenic. Also Tobe Hooper (the director) stated in interviews years later that law enforcement officers in Texas thanked him for this movie as it contributed to a decline in hitchhikers being picked up. Great reactions! I grew up with this movie, so I love watching first time reactions to it. If you haven’t already, check out John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982).
After watching six of your videos, you are now the first reactor I've ever subscribed to. Honestly I don't like reaction videos. Your personality and genuine reactions sold me. Keep them coming. Also I worry about your blood pressure while watching these movies.
I saw this movie in a drive-in which was out in rural Long Island. Why my boyfriend picked that drive-in was so it would be a scary atmosphere. I was terrified & so was he. This movie still gives me tne creeps all these years later.
Excellent reaction as always. I love disturbing horror movies and I've only ever been able to sit through this one a couple of times because of how deeply disturbing it is, even by modern standards. This was released towards the end of the Vietnam war and can be seen in some ways as a metaphor for what many saw as the senselessness of that conflict. A lot of 70's horror movies had similar themes of apparently random, senseless violence, but this one took things to another level.
Last House On The Left is a prime example
They do an amazing job of making everything you see feel dirty/uneasy - and a lot is left to the imagination - like we see the hook, we know where it's going, but we don't actually see it breaking the skin etc, which is something that can be overdone in later movies.
On the other hand,despite being very notorious at the time and banned in London by the council then,it's fairly tame stuff by todays standards.
Yeah, in reality that hook would have slid up under the shoulder blade and the tip would have stuck out on the right side of her neck right through the middle of her collar bone; they couldn't show that.
Great reaction, Kat! I was stationed in Texas when this movie came out. Didn't actually see it until I was stationed in Alaska a few months later.
I remember an interview with tobe hooper where he says its really just a vad day all around for leatherface, poor guy is just going about his day and suddenly all these people just start breaking into his home without reason lol, hes just like "what the hell is going on?!" And is all stressed out, he just kind if does what he can which is killing them...but its really all about "leatherface is just having a real bad day" lol
As low-budget and amateur as this film is, it is freaking terrifying! I can only imagine what it was like seeing it in theaters back in '74! One of the greatest horror films ever made! And no, it is not based on a true story, though this was the first horror film to use the "based on true events" gimmick.
Kat I love how you ball up your fists and get ready to punch the bad guys on screen lol!
I can vividly remember watching all of these movies growing up over the years and being scarred by them in different ways. I cant imagine watching one a week.
"Am I a horror coach?" This made me laugh so hard. You're the best
another fun reacton from Kat.
this channel is so much fun i have actually started rewatching her reactions . i have never done this at any other reaction channel.
pure class.
also love the tips and advice she has for the characters , you can tell that Kat would survive any horror movie scenario.
keep em coming ,
we!`re all thinking itl
Best part for me in this reaction: "He's gonna get slammed! Stupid man! I cannot!" Kat, you never fail to make me crack up at one or more points in your reactions!
This is literally my favourite movie. I’m only 3 seconds into your video, so I expect to edit in about half an hour. 😂
Edit: 24:00 “look what your brother did to the door!”
Best line ever. Cracks me up every time
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you totally are the best at this!!! 😂😂😂 When you look into the camera with the sarcastic smile 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh the truck driver who saved Sally kept running. So he got away.
The shot under Pam's butt was for 2 reasons: 1) it reduced the amount of coverage to 1 shot, and 2) the lens + low-angle allowed the house to grow and bulge as she got closer, which made the house look like it was looming over her. The cinematographer had 60 feet of track and realized that none of it would be seen, so that was less work.
Yeah, she was NOT a good runner. Marilyn Burns was so slow that Gunnar Hansen caught up to her while wearing lifts in his boots. That's why there's so many cuts in the chase: they had to keep moving the camera up and re-positioning them further apart so Gunnar wouldn't "catch" her before the end point. And she actually mildly sprained her ankle on the window jump which is why she's limping in the final chase.
OMG. My older sister took me when I was about 12. We left the theatre, late at night, terrified, we ran like the wind to the car! Nightmares for weeks…
Kat gonna end up killing me from laughin so hard at her reactions.
Haha Keep it up.
25:40 Comedy Gold
"I'd way rather be too cold than too hot"...we are kindred spirits! The heat SUCKS!!!
Kat, you are too cute! Your reactions are priceless!! It's so cool that you appreciate these awesome and creative horror movies!!
I rented this movie when I was 17, and it freaked me out for days thereafter. This movie, Psycho from 1960, and the movie Dolls from 1987 are the only three horror movies that have freaked me over the years.
I believe the house used in this movie is now in Kingsland Tx area down by lake LBJ, I have family down there and when we run down there’s billboards for the Chainsaw house which is now a restaurant, go figure, nice area though for sure, thanks again!
Hilarious! love your work Kat!
Awesome Kat. Love your channel
We failed you, Kat, we didn't adequately prepare you for this one lol.
But the way you handled it is very telling, if you can have fun with this, one of the most notorious horror films ever made, you can handle pretty much anything so congrats, Kat, you've purged your hatred of horror lol. 👍👍
Kat, you’re always making me laugh with your commentary
This is on my list of Ten Best Horror Movies. Excellent film. Gritty and horrifying. Love your reaction.
at 14:22 they actually didnt show that guy what leatherface looked like, so that scream was real
This channel is so good! Thanks!
Just found the channel. Fantastic reaction.