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(Redirected from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2)
'''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2''' (also known as '''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2''' & '''TCM 2''') is a 1986 big-budget horror sequel to the 1974 horror hit The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It’s the only sequel to show plot-continuity. The film stars Dennis Hopper as “Leftyâ€, Bill Johnson as “Leatherface†and Jim Siedow who once again picks up the role “The Cookâ€. It was written by L.M. Kit Carson, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who also directed and co-wrote the original. The film is highly criticized by some, for its stylistic departure from the first film which used minimal gore and a low-budget documentary feel to scare its audience; skilfully building up dramatic tension. Unlike its predecessor, TCM2 delivers over the top gore, and effects from make-up maestro Tom Savini. The emphasis is on black comedy, with Director Tobe Hooper believing the humor wasn’t appreciated in the first film. Successful in its release, the film failed to make a substantial profit.
The story opens as two rowdy high school seniors race out of control along an abandoned stretch of Texas highway in route to a weekend of fun in Dallas. Heavily intoxicated and in the mood for some fun, these two hellions use their car phone to call in and harass on-air DJ, Vanita "Stretch" Brock (Caroline Williams). Unable to convince the boys to hang up, Stretch is forced to keep the line open and later with what began as a simple game of chicken quickly turns into a nightmare. The two teen boys encounter a large pickup truck which chases parrallel to them on a remote bridge as Leatherface emerges from the back of the truck weilding a huge chainsaw with a six-foot blade, and attacks the boys from the moving pickup truck. Stretch records the boys gruesome deaths on tape at the radio station. After a fourteen year absence, a legend has now emerged from the shadows.
The following morning, at the scene of the crime, in steps Lieutenant "Lefty" Enright (Dennis Hopper), former Texas Ranger and uncle of Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother Franklin. It seems Lefty has spent the last fourteen years chasing their ghosts while investigating reports of mysterious chainsaw killings across Texas. Branded a kook by his peers, he is able to get the local paper to carry a tiny article about his quest and this sparks the interest of Stretch who brings him a copy of the tape. At first mortified, Lefty asks Stretch to play the tape on her nightly show. She does so as a special request from Lefty and terror comes a calling.
As the sounds of this horrible incident echoes across the airwaves of Texas, a few of Stretch's fans decide to drop by for an unexpected visit. While preparing to leave for the night, she finds Chop Top (Bill Moseley), twin to the "Hitchhiker" (who was stationed in Vietnam during the first film) waiting out in the lobby. When she tries to get rid of him, out of the darkness comes Leatherface ready to rip her in two. But it seems the "saw" has taken a shining to Stretch and lets her live.
Leatherface joins Chop-Top as they haul Stretch's near-dead co-worker off to their home. She follows them, and winds up trapped inside the Sawyer home (which is, in fact, an abandoned carnival ground, decorated with human bones, multi-colored lights and carnival remnants.) Lefty turns up, with a chainsaw of his own, and begins to carve up the home in a rage, shortly before he finds the remains of his nephew, Franklin.
After the Dwayton Sawyer, the Cook (Jim Siedow) finds Stretch roaming the grounds, they take her captive. Lefty eventually finds her being tortured at the dinner table and saves her. A battle between Lefty and the Sawyer family ensues, peaking with a chainsaw duel between Leatherface and Lefty. In the end, Lefty and most of the Sawyer family (Leatherface, Grandpa and the Cook) are apparently killed (offscreen) when one of the Cook's grenades goes off prematurely. Only Chop-Top and Stretch escape, where they do final battle in a carved out rock tower that overlooks the property. Despite being slashed several times with a straight razor, Stretch grabs a chainsaw held by the mumufied remains of the family's grandmother in a ritual shrine atop the rock tower. Stretch then turns the tables on Chop-Top as she carves up with the chainsaw, where he falls off the tower to a presumed death. The final shot has Stretch, standing on top of the tower now insane herself, emulating Leatherface's famous chainsaw dance from the ending of the first film.
★ This film is banned in Sweden, Germany, Norway and Singapore.
★ When the BBFC notified Cannon (the distributor) that at least 20 minutes, and possibly 25, would have to be trimmed, Cannon aborted its plans for a planned UK release in 1990. Despite this, it is now rated 18.
★ When originally submitted to the MPAA, it received an "X" certificate, prompting the filmmakers to release it as "unrated". However, TV previews, theatrical trailers, and even the movie posters had the written statement "Due To The Nature Of This Film, No One Under 17 Will Be Admitted." When released on home video, laser disc and DVD, it was given the "R" rating by the MPAA.
★ The film was banned in Australia for 20 years. The original uncut version issued on video to retailers throughout Australia was done so illegally by a duplicating house, and without the knowledge of the OFLC. When word leaked amidst the video industry a number of retailers nationwide were raided for possessing infringing copies, the duplicating house was similarly raided by Federal Customs. The film was finally passed for official release in Australia on November 30, 2006. [1] The Uncut "Gruesome Edition" DVD was released on January 24, 2007. [2]
# "Good to Be Bad" (Lords of the New Church) - 1:00
# "Goo Goo Muck" (The Cramps) - 4:46
# "Haunted Head" (Concrete Blonde) - 2:48
# "Life Is Hard" (Timbuk 3) - 4:11
# "White Night" (Torch Song) - 3:51
# "Strange Things Happen" (Stewart Copeland) - 3:03
# "Over Your Shoulder" (Concrete Blonde) - 3:24
# "Shame on You" (Timbuk 3) - 5:05
# "Mind Warp" (Lords of the New Church) - 3:46
# "No One Lives Forever" (Oingo Boingo) - 1:23
In 2000, the film was released in a bare bones Region 1 DVD edition, by MGM. In mid 2006, the film received a second DVD treatment from MGM, entitled 'The Gruesome Edition', featuring:
★ Feature audio commentary by director Tobe Hooper with David Gregory, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
★ Feature audio commentary by actors Bill Moseley and Caroline Williams with special effects makeup creator Tom Savini
★ The cutting room floor: Deleted scenes
★ It Runs In The Family featurette
★ 6 still galleries
★ Trailer
★ After this, the original, sequel, each of the later sequels act on their own continuation to the first movie by ignoring the continuity of the previous sequel and featuring Leatherface with a different family.
★ The poster for the film parodied that of ''The Breakfast Club'', in which the five characters are all sitting around each other.
★ Joe Bob Briggs had a part as a movie critic which was later cut from the film, but due to a mix up in post production his name is still listed in the end credits. The scene is included as an extra in the Director's Cut release.
★ A poster can be seen on the wall in the radio station for the band Fine Young Cannibals.
★ Director Tobe Hooper and writer Kim Henkel originally had an idea for a sequel that would feature an entire town of cannibals. The title of that sequel was to be ''Beyond The Valley Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', but it never came to fruition.
★ The controversial "butcher cover" of The Beatles album ''Yesterday and Today'' can be seen hanging in the radio station.
★ Director Tobe Hooper makes a cameo appearance, frolicking during a party scene.
★ Jim Siedow is the only actor in this movie that was in the original.
★ The song "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" on Primus' 1991 album ''Sailing the Seas of Cheese'' samples the Chop Top (Bill Moseley) line "Dog will hunt!"
★ Due to conflict with the second unit director, large portions of the film had to be cut in order to maintain a sense of continuity; stories from on-set which began circulating the internet in the early 2000s tell of a second unit director who had his own "vision" for the movie and intentionally shot scenes which conflicted with Hooper's script and direction. For example:
★
★ A scene in the shooting script had an entire football team being ambushed by Leatherface in a lonely parking garage. The scene in the script simply called for Leatherface to dive out of the back of a van and slaughter the team. The second unit director shot the scene with large floodlights in the back of the van, so that when Leatherface stepped out he appeared ethereal; the football team freezes in place as if hypnotized, and more or less allow themselves to be killed by Leatherface. At the climax of the scene, a hand is chainsawed off by Leatherface; the hand then "comes to life" and gives Leatherface the finger.
★
★ Notably cut from the film, due to pressure from Cannon Films, were a series of scenes revealing that Stretch's mother had dated Lefty, and that Stretch was Lefty's illegitimate daughter.
★ Industrial rock band Skinny Puppy samples lines from the movie on the song "Shadow Cast" from their 1987 album ''Cleanse Fold and Manipulate''. The song begins with Vantia "Stretch" Block (Caroline Williams) repeating, "They live on fear!" and includes quotes from Dennis Hopper ('You got that last slaughter on tape, you play it on the radio!') and Jim Siedow "The Cook" ('It's a dog-eat-dog world and the way I see it there just ain't enough dogs to go around.').
★ Leatherface and Grandpa die in this installment, but reappear in the next one.
★ Burkburnett is a real town in Northern Texas, though the film was not shot anywhere near it.
★ Gore grind/sludge band Bile's first release, called "The Shed" was themed around (in tribute to) the TCM series. The band use samples from the movies at the start of there songs. A similar concept was used for there second release, entitled "Camp Blood", which was themed around the Friday The 13th series
★
★ Interviews With Cast Members & Resources
'''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2''' (also known as '''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2''' & '''TCM 2''') is a 1986 big-budget horror sequel to the 1974 horror hit The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It’s the only sequel to show plot-continuity. The film stars Dennis Hopper as “Leftyâ€, Bill Johnson as “Leatherface†and Jim Siedow who once again picks up the role “The Cookâ€. It was written by L.M. Kit Carson, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who also directed and co-wrote the original. The film is highly criticized by some, for its stylistic departure from the first film which used minimal gore and a low-budget documentary feel to scare its audience; skilfully building up dramatic tension. Unlike its predecessor, TCM2 delivers over the top gore, and effects from make-up maestro Tom Savini. The emphasis is on black comedy, with Director Tobe Hooper believing the humor wasn’t appreciated in the first film. Successful in its release, the film failed to make a substantial profit.
| Contents |
| Plot |
| Cast |
| Controversy |
| Soundtrack |
| DVD Release |
| Trivia |
| External links |
Plot
The story opens as two rowdy high school seniors race out of control along an abandoned stretch of Texas highway in route to a weekend of fun in Dallas. Heavily intoxicated and in the mood for some fun, these two hellions use their car phone to call in and harass on-air DJ, Vanita "Stretch" Brock (Caroline Williams). Unable to convince the boys to hang up, Stretch is forced to keep the line open and later with what began as a simple game of chicken quickly turns into a nightmare. The two teen boys encounter a large pickup truck which chases parrallel to them on a remote bridge as Leatherface emerges from the back of the truck weilding a huge chainsaw with a six-foot blade, and attacks the boys from the moving pickup truck. Stretch records the boys gruesome deaths on tape at the radio station. After a fourteen year absence, a legend has now emerged from the shadows.
The following morning, at the scene of the crime, in steps Lieutenant "Lefty" Enright (Dennis Hopper), former Texas Ranger and uncle of Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother Franklin. It seems Lefty has spent the last fourteen years chasing their ghosts while investigating reports of mysterious chainsaw killings across Texas. Branded a kook by his peers, he is able to get the local paper to carry a tiny article about his quest and this sparks the interest of Stretch who brings him a copy of the tape. At first mortified, Lefty asks Stretch to play the tape on her nightly show. She does so as a special request from Lefty and terror comes a calling.
As the sounds of this horrible incident echoes across the airwaves of Texas, a few of Stretch's fans decide to drop by for an unexpected visit. While preparing to leave for the night, she finds Chop Top (Bill Moseley), twin to the "Hitchhiker" (who was stationed in Vietnam during the first film) waiting out in the lobby. When she tries to get rid of him, out of the darkness comes Leatherface ready to rip her in two. But it seems the "saw" has taken a shining to Stretch and lets her live.
Leatherface joins Chop-Top as they haul Stretch's near-dead co-worker off to their home. She follows them, and winds up trapped inside the Sawyer home (which is, in fact, an abandoned carnival ground, decorated with human bones, multi-colored lights and carnival remnants.) Lefty turns up, with a chainsaw of his own, and begins to carve up the home in a rage, shortly before he finds the remains of his nephew, Franklin.
After the Dwayton Sawyer, the Cook (Jim Siedow) finds Stretch roaming the grounds, they take her captive. Lefty eventually finds her being tortured at the dinner table and saves her. A battle between Lefty and the Sawyer family ensues, peaking with a chainsaw duel between Leatherface and Lefty. In the end, Lefty and most of the Sawyer family (Leatherface, Grandpa and the Cook) are apparently killed (offscreen) when one of the Cook's grenades goes off prematurely. Only Chop-Top and Stretch escape, where they do final battle in a carved out rock tower that overlooks the property. Despite being slashed several times with a straight razor, Stretch grabs a chainsaw held by the mumufied remains of the family's grandmother in a ritual shrine atop the rock tower. Stretch then turns the tables on Chop-Top as she carves up with the chainsaw, where he falls off the tower to a presumed death. The final shot has Stretch, standing on top of the tower now insane herself, emulating Leatherface's famous chainsaw dance from the ending of the first film.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Dennis Hopper | Texas Ranger "Lefty" Enright |
| Caroline Williams | Vanita "Stretch" Brock |
| Jim Siedow | Cook (Drayton Sawyer) |
| Bill Moseley | Chop Top / Robert Sawyer |
| Lou Perry | L.G. McPeters |
| Bill Johnson | Leatherface |
| Barry Kinyon | Buzz (Mercedes driver) |
| Chris Douridas | Rick "The Prick" (Gunner) |
| Kinky Friedman | the Sports Anchor |
| Joe Bob Briggs | Gonzo Moviegoer |
Controversy
★ This film is banned in Sweden, Germany, Norway and Singapore.
★ When the BBFC notified Cannon (the distributor) that at least 20 minutes, and possibly 25, would have to be trimmed, Cannon aborted its plans for a planned UK release in 1990. Despite this, it is now rated 18.
★ When originally submitted to the MPAA, it received an "X" certificate, prompting the filmmakers to release it as "unrated". However, TV previews, theatrical trailers, and even the movie posters had the written statement "Due To The Nature Of This Film, No One Under 17 Will Be Admitted." When released on home video, laser disc and DVD, it was given the "R" rating by the MPAA.
★ The film was banned in Australia for 20 years. The original uncut version issued on video to retailers throughout Australia was done so illegally by a duplicating house, and without the knowledge of the OFLC. When word leaked amidst the video industry a number of retailers nationwide were raided for possessing infringing copies, the duplicating house was similarly raided by Federal Customs. The film was finally passed for official release in Australia on November 30, 2006. [1] The Uncut "Gruesome Edition" DVD was released on January 24, 2007. [2]
Soundtrack
# "Good to Be Bad" (Lords of the New Church) - 1:00
# "Goo Goo Muck" (The Cramps) - 4:46
# "Haunted Head" (Concrete Blonde) - 2:48
# "Life Is Hard" (Timbuk 3) - 4:11
# "White Night" (Torch Song) - 3:51
# "Strange Things Happen" (Stewart Copeland) - 3:03
# "Over Your Shoulder" (Concrete Blonde) - 3:24
# "Shame on You" (Timbuk 3) - 5:05
# "Mind Warp" (Lords of the New Church) - 3:46
# "No One Lives Forever" (Oingo Boingo) - 1:23
DVD Release
The cover for the 2006 DVD release
In 2000, the film was released in a bare bones Region 1 DVD edition, by MGM. In mid 2006, the film received a second DVD treatment from MGM, entitled 'The Gruesome Edition', featuring:
★ Feature audio commentary by director Tobe Hooper with David Gregory, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
★ Feature audio commentary by actors Bill Moseley and Caroline Williams with special effects makeup creator Tom Savini
★ The cutting room floor: Deleted scenes
★ It Runs In The Family featurette
★ 6 still galleries
★ Trailer
Trivia
★ After this, the original, sequel, each of the later sequels act on their own continuation to the first movie by ignoring the continuity of the previous sequel and featuring Leatherface with a different family.
★ The poster for the film parodied that of ''The Breakfast Club'', in which the five characters are all sitting around each other.
★ Joe Bob Briggs had a part as a movie critic which was later cut from the film, but due to a mix up in post production his name is still listed in the end credits. The scene is included as an extra in the Director's Cut release.
★ A poster can be seen on the wall in the radio station for the band Fine Young Cannibals.
★ Director Tobe Hooper and writer Kim Henkel originally had an idea for a sequel that would feature an entire town of cannibals. The title of that sequel was to be ''Beyond The Valley Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', but it never came to fruition.
★ The controversial "butcher cover" of The Beatles album ''Yesterday and Today'' can be seen hanging in the radio station.
★ Director Tobe Hooper makes a cameo appearance, frolicking during a party scene.
★ Jim Siedow is the only actor in this movie that was in the original.
★ The song "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" on Primus' 1991 album ''Sailing the Seas of Cheese'' samples the Chop Top (Bill Moseley) line "Dog will hunt!"
★ Due to conflict with the second unit director, large portions of the film had to be cut in order to maintain a sense of continuity; stories from on-set which began circulating the internet in the early 2000s tell of a second unit director who had his own "vision" for the movie and intentionally shot scenes which conflicted with Hooper's script and direction. For example:
★
★ A scene in the shooting script had an entire football team being ambushed by Leatherface in a lonely parking garage. The scene in the script simply called for Leatherface to dive out of the back of a van and slaughter the team. The second unit director shot the scene with large floodlights in the back of the van, so that when Leatherface stepped out he appeared ethereal; the football team freezes in place as if hypnotized, and more or less allow themselves to be killed by Leatherface. At the climax of the scene, a hand is chainsawed off by Leatherface; the hand then "comes to life" and gives Leatherface the finger.
★
★ Notably cut from the film, due to pressure from Cannon Films, were a series of scenes revealing that Stretch's mother had dated Lefty, and that Stretch was Lefty's illegitimate daughter.
★ Industrial rock band Skinny Puppy samples lines from the movie on the song "Shadow Cast" from their 1987 album ''Cleanse Fold and Manipulate''. The song begins with Vantia "Stretch" Block (Caroline Williams) repeating, "They live on fear!" and includes quotes from Dennis Hopper ('You got that last slaughter on tape, you play it on the radio!') and Jim Siedow "The Cook" ('It's a dog-eat-dog world and the way I see it there just ain't enough dogs to go around.').
★ Leatherface and Grandpa die in this installment, but reappear in the next one.
★ Burkburnett is a real town in Northern Texas, though the film was not shot anywhere near it.
★ Gore grind/sludge band Bile's first release, called "The Shed" was themed around (in tribute to) the TCM series. The band use samples from the movies at the start of there songs. A similar concept was used for there second release, entitled "Camp Blood", which was themed around the Friday The 13th series
External links
★
★ Interviews With Cast Members & Resources
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