October is definitely my favorite month of the year. The summer heat in Arizona begins to dissipate. The year is winding down. And it's Halloween time! That's right, it's the time of year when I can watch horror movies all month and not be considered weird. It's not that horror is my favorite genre, but as a guilty pleasure, it can't be beat! I've become so desensitized, that I watch horror movies now to appreciate it as an art form, rather than as an attempt to get grossed out.
James Rolfe, AKA the Angry Video Game Nerd, is also a horror movie buff and it shows... from his side projects with Cinemassacre.com to his reviews of two horror related games last year at this time: Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street for the NES. They were great game reviews that displayed James' talent as a filmmaker. They even included Freddy and Jason!
Well, this October, James is back with two more horror games: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween for the Atari 2600. Even the trailer for his TCM review is great (this is the Angry Video Game Nerd, so be warned for some harsh language):
The opening narration is a parody of the narration from the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre movie... an unforgettable beginning to a great horror movie. The game review even includes a parody of the Chop Top character from Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2! Boy, I can't wait to see his review of Halloween. I hope he has an authentic Michael Myers mask.
Horror movies; video games based on horror movies; reviews of video games based on horror movies; reviews of video games based on horror movies by a nerd; reviews of video games based on horror movies by a nerd who is also a fan of the genre... it doesn't get much better than this.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
10/17/2007 - TRAILER - "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" - Angry Video Game Nerd
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
6/6/2007 - Bad Parents Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The scariest movie for me is still the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Despite the gore and torture fests that make up most horror movies today, there is no comparison to TCM. There is something that is so visceral about it. The documentary-style manner in which it was shot made it seem so real. From the opening shot of a decomposing corpse to the last shot of a blood-soaked Sally running from Leatherface, the horror never lets up through the whole movie. Even the beginning narration by John Laroquette sends chills down my spine.
Leatherface is quite different from the other boogeymen like Michael Myers or Jason Vorhees. All Michael and Jason do is just stalk after their victims and are practically invincible. While this may be scary in the confines of a house or small building, if the setting was a large field or an open area, you could just run away from them. Not so for Leatherface. He actually runs after his victims... with a frickin' chainsaw! And you don't just worry about Leatherface, you have his entire family too! There's the insane Hitchiker brother, who cuts himself for fun. His other brother seems like the sane one...at first! And then there's Grandpa... I went insane myself when it turned out he was actually alive!
After the first time I watched the Texas Chain Saw Massacre, I had trouble sleeping. The kids in this video looked like they had no problem sleeping after watching the movie. The brave fools... they may have been able to handle the movie, but can they handle their father? I have to say that this is the coolest punishment I've ever seen:
