The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [Blu-ray]

I love TX Chainsaw Massacre III don't understand why some horror fans hate it and don't even try to understand itYou can't have the original without this film i understand it's a dark comedy with over the top goreBut, that's where all it's charm is it's not trying to mimic the previous film it stands on it's own trying to be a completely different animalBut, the debate over this film being under-rated or loathed is for another timeThe breakdownMGM Blu Ray version (Released Sep 11, 2012)Rated X VersionResolution: 1080pOriginal aspect ratio: 1.85:1Audio DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 , French:Dolby Digital MonoExtras:Audio Commentary One with director Tobe Hooper and documentary filmmaker David GregoryAudio Commentary Two: with actors Bill Moseley and Caroline Williams, special effects creator Tom Savini, and DVD producer Michael Felsher,The Cutting Room Floor (cut scenes/workprint footage all in SD , It Runs in the Family:feature-length making-of retrospective also in SD& Original Theatrical Trailer (1080p)This blu ray is awesome for all the extras ported over from the Gruesome Edition dvdthe film itself isn't that strong in terms of pure 1080p HD it does though run cirles around the dvd so that should account for somethingit's also not at horrid as the first print BR of the Original Robocop MGM put out during the HD Format war!you get a lot of stuff on a single disc that's for sureBesides the upcoming Scream Factory Collector's edition there is another route to goArrow's BR version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II The Buzz is Back Limited Edition of 10000 (Released Nov 11, 2013)50GB Blu-ray Disc Three-disc set (2 BDs, 1 DVD) DVD copy Region (B)Resolution: 1080pAudio: English: LPCM 2.0also presented uncut aka Rated Xextras are 1/2 ports from the MGM Blu Ray and the other 1/2 are Arrow exclusives(You get all the extras from the Gruesome Edition) plus the following*****Trailer - original Cannon trailer for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2*****Image Gallery - a collection of production stills,*****.Still Feelin' The Buzz - in this video interview, horror expert Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA and Beyond Terror, discusses some of the challenges director Tobe Hooper faced when he decided to shoot a sequel to his legendary 1974 film,****Cutting Moments with Bob Elmore - in this video interview, stunt performer Bob Elmore (Leatherface) recalls his contribution to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,****Alternate Opening Sequence - the original opening credits for the film played over an eerie nighttime landscape, highlighted by shots of the moon shrouded in clouds. Additionally, this unused introduction for the film features a completely different opening theme. Some portions of this theme can be heard in the background of other scenes in the final theatrical version of the film!,Blu-ray 2****The Heisters (1965) - this early short film directed by Tobe Hooper has been restored in HD. Music only. (11 min, 1080p). Region-Free. ,*****Eggshells (1969-1971) - this early film directed by Tobe Hooper has been restored in HD. In English (LPCM 1.0), with optional English SDH subtitles. Region-Free. (90 min, 1080p).*****Audio Commentary - this audio commentary features director Toby Hooper and Louis Black, one of the people who helped find and restore Eggshells,*****Interview - in this new video interview, director Toby Hooper discusses his body of work. The interview was produced by High Rise Productions*****Trailer Reel - a gallery of trailers for Tobe Hooper's best films,*****Book - 100-page Limited Edition exclusive perfect bound book featuring new writing on the film by John Kenneth Muir, an overview of the Chainsaw franchise by Joel Harley and an investigation of Tobe Hooper's three-picture Cannon deal by Calum Waddell, illustrated with archive stills and posters.The Arrow Home video BR Limited Box set is a massive love letter to Toby Hooperyou also gets a Proper remastering of TX Chainsaw II that MGM was too cheap to doIf you have a region free player this is a true must have it's hard to top this versionI don't work for arrow video I'm a massive fan and supporter of Both Arrow and Scream Factory all horror collector's should beScream Factor's Newly released Collector's EditionFirst off beautiful cover art (Scream Factory always knocks it out of the park when it comes to newly commissioned art workawesome slip case plus you get the reversible sleeve with the original "Breakfast Club Poster Art" so cool2 Disc Set it's also the Rated X versionSpecial Features:Disc One: HD WidescreenAudio DTS-HD Master 5.1 & Original Stereo audio track New 2k HD Scan from the interpositive film element(Put it in watched 25 min. of it It looks incredible not sure if this is the same print as the Arrow video version? (This scan sold me on the upcoming Return of the Living Dead Collector's Edition even more)**Exclusive Scream Factory 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 (Ported over from the MGM Gruesome edition dvd) awesome commentary!***Audio Commentary with Actors and Special F/X Makeup creator Tom Savini (also ported over from the Gruesome edition dvd) another very fun and enjoyable commentary track!Disc Two:Original HD Master supervised by Director of Photography Richard Kooris****New House of Pain an Interview with make-up F/X Artist,***New Yuppie Meat: A interview with the two actors who were butchered at the start of the film (very interesting)***New Cutting Moments: Interview with Editor Alain Jakubowicz***New Behind the Mask Interview with Stuntman/Leatherface performer Bob Elmore (very cool) ,***New Horror's Hallowed Grounds -Revisiting the locations of the film (Interesting but, a little sad)It Runs in the Family -85 minute Documentary*** Alternate Opening Credit Sequence,Deleted scenes and much more...............If you are a massive Chainsaw II fan i highly recommend owning both the Arrow Home Video and Scream Factory's blu ray editionBoth distribution companies put out ultra high quality blu-ray's that actually care about horror fans and try to do the best they can for the fans/consumersOverall no matter which way you go Chainsaw II is a must have on the HD format 9.5/10

I was going to buy this on ebay before vingear syndrome did this release. different from the 1st movie but still fun in it's own way.

TCM2 has been maligned for years by some, largely because it does some drastically different things than what was done in the Tobe Hooper original, although TCM2 is also directed by Tobe Hooper. In my opinion, TCM2, while not as good as the original, is still a damn good film and a sequel that has definite ties to the original story arc but does its own thing and treads its own path in a very good and memorable way. I give high marks for the film itself, but also for this Vinegar Syndrome 4K edition, which I watched for the first time after receiving it. The picture quality is pretty damn good for a film that was not high budgeted and the sound quality was very nice as well. I highly recommend this version of TCM2 across the board.

Typically, a sequel tries (to no avail) to outdo its predecessor, with limited success. But sometimes a different take is tried, as is the case here. But the film makers of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" were given a problem from the beginning. More on this later.First of all, the original film, way back in 1974, was a masterpiece of its kind, unlikely to be outdone, as the list of sequels and remakes make obvious, despite the good job done in the Marcus Nispel versions of these films. These are very well-made, but that first one still holds that distinction.For a long time I owned this film (Texas Chainsaw 2) on VHS, and where I didn't think it was very good, I could tell, even on analog tape, that there was something to the visuals I was missing, as a so-so print takes a lot away from it. After some movie talk with fellow movie fans I took the plunge and bought this film on disc (haven't bought or rented very many movies lately; in ages, actually). The extras in the VHS tape were abominable, a waste of tape, really, so I was hoping the disc had something new to offer. It did. I don't need to go on about the story of the film's production, as it is in the extras for you to see, but worth noting in this review, is the final release of this movie is NOT what the writer and director wanted. The production company imposed a quick shooting schedule and yanked $1,000,000 out of the budget, as well as making demands on the writer to change almost everything about what was obviously a very good script. So, the film was being rewritten as it was being filmed, the writer being notified while working on it, that shooting was completed. And where I originally just thought it was a hatchet-job to cash in on the original's success, I was wrong; it was a work of brilliance, coming up with a watchable film after the rug had been pulled out from under them.The story takes place in the northern part of Texas, near the Oklahoma border, far removed from the events of the first film, which was closer to Mexico, as the family moved, possibly to avoid being caught after surviving victim Sally Hardesty's escape, now living a fairly luxurious lifestyle, given where they are living.With one exception, the entire family is portrayed by new actors, but the old dynamic is still there. (spoiler?) The Edwin Neal character, who was killed off at the end of the first film (run over by a cattle truck) is now a puppet and ventriloquist dummy, for lack of a better word, carried around by his possible twin brother (played with wicked abandon by horror film icon Bill Mosely), who was serving in "Nam" at the time; probably drafted, and wounded in combat, hence his severe head injury. Ken Everett is now the grandfather, replacing John Dugan, and he is simply disgusting; the closeup shot of him makes me cringe when I watch, and the family's youngest, Leatherface, is now portrayed by Bill Johnson, as original portrayer Gunnar Hansen passed on the role; the terms of the contract didn't satisfy him, so they got someone else. Johnson's portrayal, at first frenetic and animal-like (think of an angry gorilla), soon tones down, as he develops a crush on the film's heroine, Vanetta "Stretch" Brock, and this is a reversal of his role in the old film; once a genuinely terrifying killing machine, he is now a love-sick, doe-eyed boy who is conflicted. An interesting change of gears, but hard to process.And Jim Siedow is back as Drayton Sawyer, "The Cook," if you will. After all those years of keeping the others in line, he is now very grouchy and extremely short-tempered; remember his usual calm demeanor in the first? Only when things got too crazy did he join in, now he's just as loopy as the rest. And in his own way, he's extremely funny, in high gear throughout. And everybody in the cast and crew simply adored him. Obviously, Jim Siedow was a great guy.Dennis Hopper is over the top as retired law enforcement officer Lefty Enright, a man on a quest, not just to stop an evil rampant in his neck of the woods, but over a personal grudge. The Whiny, wheelchair-bound Franklin from the first installment and his very hot (!) sister Sally were his relatives; he is their uncle, and now he has a score to settle. His final showdown with the Sawyer family is one of the stranger things you'll see, a swordfight with running chainsaws is unique to this film. I don't remember seeing it anywhere else, so that's probably the most original thing in this movie.The set design, true to form is worth seeing, just like in the original film. Where the first was in a farm house, done up to the extreme, the new setting, in their new home, is possibly without peer. Texas Battle Land is a labrynth of mythic proportions.Bottom line, this is a much better film than I remember. I originally thought it was a dud, but, I now humbly say, I was wrong.

It arrived quick and carefully packaged. My only complaint is I missed out on the sweet slipcover. But, in the seller’s defense, it arrived as advertised.

This is very wierd film when compared to the original,but still enjoyable if in a in ott slapstick way,and theres much more constant screaming,basically a radio station gets invaded by leatherface and family,bill mosely with a metal plate on his head,dennis hopper as a revengeful sheriff etc.Good extras,comes with a book and a nice collectors edition numbered card.

Arrived promptly 👍, Blu-ray (1080p) from digital Transfer,2.0 PCM uncompressed Original Stereo, load's of Extra's as you get with ARROW VIDEO 😁👍

The item came really fast, in perfect condition.Everything is as described. The story is great - real classic exploitation from 80's,picture quality is perfect.100 % entertainment.The price is cheap, but that's hard-to-find title so, don't hesitate - BUY IT NOW!

I found the sequel better than the not-so-violent original - its was mostly atmospheric after all.But the sequel I enjoyed for its over violence and at times I have to say its a comedy horror.Excellent

Great edition.Amazing movieMust get