TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2 REVIEWED
“Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2” is part of the perfect horror duology. It’s a shame that they had to keep making more movies. Tobe Hooper got that he was never going to top his original, but he needed to flip the perspective on what made Part 1 work. Taking an easy payday from his pals at Cannon, Hooper created the kinda film that should’ve worked for Dante with “Gremlins 2”. A creator laughing at the absurdity of his initial creation.
Somewhere between Dennis Hopper working as the ultimate Texas Ranger and Bill Moseley trying to go for the geek Oscar, the film finds its voice. A never-ending Texas joyride to a cannibalistic apocalypse soaked in mesquite sauce with a side of peppercorns. While the film runs short, there’s a wealth of bonus scenes and featurettes to keep you going through repeat viewings. Finally seeing the cleaned up Joe Bob Briggs scene is worth the price of admission. For some reason, I thought the old MGM DVD made most of the cut scenes look like they were driven through dirt.
Scream Factory did this release right and I hope that MGM, FOX and Universal keep opening the backlog to them. Classic horror deserves a proper release and Scream gets how to do it.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- NEW 2016 2K HD Scan From The Interpositive Film Element
- NEW Audio Commentary With Director Of Photography Richard Kooris, Production Designer Cary White, Script Supervisor Laura Kooris And Property Master Michael Sullivan
- Audio Commentary With Director Tobe Hooper
- Audio Commentary With Actors Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams And Special Effects Makeup Creator Tom Savini
- NEW Extended Outtakes From It Runs In The Family Featuring L.M. Kit Carson And Lou Perryman
- NEW Behind-The-Scenes Footage Compilation From Tom Savini’s Archives
- Alternate Opening Credit Sequence
- Deleted Scenes
- Still Galleries – Posters And Lobby Cards, Behind-The-Scenes Photos, Stills And Collector’s Gallery
- Theatrical Trailers
- TV Spots
- MGM’s Original HD Master With Color Correction Supervision By Director Of Photography Richard Kooris
- NEW House Of Pain – An Interview With Makeup Effects Artists Bart Mixon, Gabe Bartalos, Gino Crognale And John Vulich
- NEW Yuppie Meat – An Interview With Actors Chris Douridas And Barry Kinyon
- NEW Cutting Moments – An Interview With Editor Alain Jakubowicz
- NEW Behind The Mask – An Interview With Stunt Man And Leatherface Performer Bob Elmore
- NEW Horror’s Hallowed Grounds – Revisiting The Locations Of The Film – Hosted By Sean Clark Plus A Special Guest
- It Runs In The Family – A Six-Part Feature-Length Documentary Featuring Interviews With Screenwriter L.M. Kit Carson, Actors Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Lou Perryman, Special Makeup Effects Artist Tom Savini
A/V QUALITY STATS
- 1.85:1 1080p transfer
- DTS-HD 5.1 and 2.0 master audio
