omg pretty SCARY!
some funny bits haha
pretty disturbing, i havnt seen the original..
i thought really good acting from biel etc

and anyone know how true the story its based on is?

iirc its 100% legit

nah its not very true at all :S

the realy guy did collect bones/skin but mostly from grave digging and he kiled 2 ppl but not with a chainsaw

Taken from Snopes.com

Certainly there was no real family of cannibalistic chainsaw murderers slaughtering people in Texas, nor any actual series of chainsaw-related killings. Writer/director Tobe Hooper said the inspiration for the film came from his spotting a display of chainsaws while standing in the hardware section of a crowded store:

Hooper has also said that he based the character of Leatherface on Ed Gein, a Wisconsin farmer who robbed graves (his own mother's supposedly among them), allegedly engaged in necrophilia and cannibalism, and murdered at least two women in the 1950s (one of whose corpses was found hanging naked — decapitated and disembowelled — in Gein's residence). As Gunnar Hansen, the actor who portrayed Leatherface, notes in his Texas Chainsaw Massacre FAQ:

"Here's what Tobe (director) and Kim (writer) told me themselves one night during the filming. They had heard of Ed Gein, the man in Plainfield, Wisconsin, who was arrested in the late 1950s for killing his neighbor and on whom the movie Psycho was based. So when they set out to write this movie, they decided to have a family of killers who had some of the characteristics of Gein: the skin masks, the furniture made from bones, the possibility of cannibalism. But that's all. The story itself is entirely made up. So, sorry folks. There never was a massacre in Texas on which this was based. No chainsaw either. And, in spite of those of you who have told me you remember when it happened, it really didn't happen. Really. Believe me. This is an interesting phenomenon. I've also had people tell me that they knew the original Leatherface, that they had been guards at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas, where he was a prisoner. Maybe they knew somebody who dreamed of being Leatherface. It is, I suppose, something to aspire to."

Police eventually discovered the remains of 15 different mutilated female bodies in Gein's filthy farmhouse, parts of which (mostly skin and bones) had been fashioned into a variety of bizarre objects (including drums, bowls, masks, bracelets, purses, knife sheaths, leggings, chairs, lampshades, and shirts), as well as a refrigerator full of human organs.

Gein later admitted to killing two women, one in 1954 and one in 1957. He was suspected of involvement in the disappearance of four other people in central Wisconsin (two men and two young girls) between 1947 and 1952, but the remains found in his farmhouse all came from adult females, and none of them matched up with any of the four missing persons. (Gein maintained that with the exception of the two women he had admitted killing, all of the body parts in his farmhouse had been taken from corpses he dug up in the local cemetery.)

Gein's story inspired (at least in part) the Norman Bates character — a young man who murders women out of a twisted sense of loyalty to his dead mother — in the classic thriller Psycho, and the Buffalo Bill character — a transvestite serial killer who murders women to make use of their skin — in the horror novel Silence of the Lambs. Although the the Leatherface character and the events depicted in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre differ in many substantial ways from what is known about the life and activities of Ed Gein (most notably in that Gein was apparently far more a grave robber than a murderer, and he didn't go around slicing up live victims with a chainsaw), there are definite similarities between the film and the Ed Gein story as well (e.g., hanging a murder victim's corpse in the house, making functional use of the skin from dead bodies, elements of cannibalism). Whether these similiarities are sufficiently close to justify the statement that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was "based on a true story" is up to filmgoers to decide for themselves.

oh god..... i didnt need to read that lot while eating breakfast.....

He he he – Sorry, but don’t open and read a thread called the Texas Chainsaw Massacre during breakfast dude!!

Also check out http://www.texaschainsawmovie.com/
WARNING – Not for the light hearted! It’s the official site for the new movie – the trailer is excellent, but I should imagine that it takes a while to load if you’re on dial up!

Sweeeeet thanx heaps for that...pretty intresting

My best friend saw it and said it was pretty amusing...

Why can't they make "scary" horror movies anymore?

The 80's was where horror was at!

I remember watching Hellraiser for the first time and crapting myself....THAT was a scary movie...although if you can get 28days later...thats pretty damn scary too...

Just quickly...is that "real" footage they show at the beginning and end actually real?

I remember watching TCM - The next generation, a little while back, that movie was a steaming pile...
I've never actually seen it, but the reason the first TCM was so popular was due to the acting, and how scared people looked... this was due to a blair witch style filming situation. The actors were out in a forest being chased by a guy with a real chainsaw, they were tired, wet, and actually scared.
Dont know where i heard that, but i did

Horror movies these days suck

I just got back from seeing the new release TCM at the movies and I am pretty impressed. Definetly a few jump out of your chair startling moments and also many cringe, grit your teeth and hope for the best moments too!

The leatherface guy wasn't that scary, i was more disturbed by the houses, the "town" and the family and their daily activities.

I NEED an explanation for whom the hitchiker in the beginning was, and what she was doing. I also need to know what her family was doing in the town and what is the deal with the photos?

Did the redneck family steal the baby off this hitchhikers family or what? How did Jessica Biel know the baby was stolen? Why would the rednecks keep a photo of the hitchiker in their trailer?

Somebody help!

hmm i got scared watching the Ring at the cinemas(sp?) but when i saw it at home it wasn't scary..

Lol – I watched the Ring at home, was not too bothered by it, until the end scene – my house phone rang and scare the crap out of me – I answered it and there was no one there . . . . . not funny!!