![]() To that end, Second Sight’s new transfer is damned impressive and when you thought it couldn’t get any better, they give you a new presentation to paw over. ![]() That’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and it shouldn’t look any different. The film was shot by a bunch of amateurs and it has a distinctly gritty and rugged look with heavy grain, some soft focus shots, and some scenes that were either over-exposed or under-exposed. This isn’t going to compare to your 35mm or modern digital transfers and nor should it. Now to set expectations a bit, the film was shot on 16mm - and I’ve heard it was shot on either reversal or negative stock - but either way it’s a visually limited format. Just when you thought you were done buying The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on disc, Second Sight enters the arena with their own new restoration transfer and HDR grading. All of the goodies are held in a hard stock cardboard slipcase. The set includes six art cards as well as a 190-page hardcover book featuring several fascinating essays and original artwork. The discs are held in a three-disc gatefold digipak. The 4K version is pressed on a BD-100 disc with a Region B-locked BD-50 disc for the 1080p version and bonus features, and another Region B-locked BD-25 disc for additional bonus features. ![]() Second Sight sharpens their release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with an impressive three-disc limited edition boxset release. Vital Disc Stats: The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Read our past reviews of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre:Ģ008 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Blu-ray ReviewĢ016 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review Ģ022 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review Ģ023 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review And I say that with a lot of love for Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and even some heart for the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacreand 2006’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Numerous remakes, sequels, ripoffs, and silly Netflix legacy requels can’t surpass or even come close to matching what Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel cooked up for this gnarly gritty feature. Conveniently enough the same long week off work I’d watch this film, I’d also take a crack at The Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave. Hell, ashamed to admit it but my first introduction to Leatherface was Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation! I hadn’t seen a horror movie with some guts to it. Up to that point, I’d just seen simple run-of-the-mill slasher sequels. This was one of the first of very few horror films that actually deeply disturbed me when I saw it. Enois Duarte’s reviews stand for this film.īut for a quick two cents of my own, I dearly love this movie. As we’ve covered The Texas Chain Saw Massacre a few different times now, I’ll let my colleague M.
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