I remember seeing the trailer for this film when I was a wee lad of 12 or 13 back in 1986. All I remember was a shot of Leatherface on the television running toward the screen, and the announcer saying "No one under seventeed will be admitted to this film". Well, thank God my pubes and facial hair started growing in during my early teens, because I dragged my old man to a theater on Long Beach Island to see this cinematic masterpiece, which at the time marked the beginning of the return of Mr. Dennis Hopper to mainstream films.
The second installment of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre finds our prune-faced villan facing the ultimate dilemma: Do I fall in love with the beautiful female DJ (played by Caroline Williams), or do I saw her in half with a five foot-long chainsaw? (and don't we all face that problem on a daily basis?)... Also, we are introduced to a scene that would rest in the hearts of introverted teens for years to come, and that is the scene where a poor radio engineer is beaten to death with a hammer, while his attacker screams "Time For Incoming Mail!!!"... Shakespearean, I tell you.
Turn off the lights, pop this one in your DVD player, and shit your pants.
