Psycho II - Norman Bates remains my fav

Can you believe I've gone this long in my life without watching the Psycho sequels?! But no longer because today I watched the second one. And it was amazing.

Okay, it wasn't AMAZING, but I had a lot of fun watching it and I'm a huge Psycho fan so I wasn't overly critical while watching this, also I had a lot of cold medicine in my system soooooo....

Let's jump right in!

PSYCHO II (1983)

Oh Norman, you're mad, don't you know that? You're mad as a hatter.

We open upon flashbacks to the original watching Marion in the shower and Norman watching. And cut to 22 long years later, Norman is being released from the mental institution after being deemed "restored to sanity". Lila Loomis, the sister of Marion Crane, is there to protest stating that Norman should stay behind bars. But Norman is released and is returned to his motel and his house, being monitored by Dr. Bill Raymond.

While Norman was gone, the state took care of his motel and put Warren Toomey in charge - a druggie, slimey manager who's letting the motel run into disrepair. Norman is given a job as a dishwasher at a nearby diner run by an older woman named Emma Spool and meets a waitress named Mary. The two hit it off and after Mary runs into some trouble, Norman invites her to stay at his house.

While Norman seems to be doing well, things start happening and Mother starts leaving notes and calling the house. When people around Norman start turning up dead, he fears that's going insane again.

Overall:

This a fun sequel. It is really nothing like the original but it's still fun to revisit old characters and old sets and watch all the different characters connect. There's lots of little twists and turns and reveals that I certainly didn't see coming. Anthony Perkins slips back into Bates like a comfortable old suit and that helps a lot with this film. He remains charming and handsome and you still root for him even though you know about his past. His slow break back into insanity is fascinating to watch and he pulls it off perfectly.

Mary's character is really interesting - watching her go from trying to take down Norman to trying to help him as she realizes how awful her actions are. Their relationship is so sweet and tender but also so unnerving at first because you have no idea what Norman is capable of. There's also a really great scene when Mary first arrives at the motel and Norman goes to grab the room #1 key but forces himself to take another room so as not to allow any temptation. It's so subtle but powerful.

Lila and Mary's relationship is slightly confusing once the reveal happens because in reality what child would really go along with this nutso scheme? And it does get a little murky keeping track of who's murdering who and why. Which helps with the storyline but perhaps could be slightly clearer. 

The back and forth from Norman about his real mother is slightly confusing as well, and even with the final reveal, while satisfying, you still feel a little lost.

Universal decided to make this sequel due to Robert Bloch releasing his own sequel, Psycho 2. They chose director Richard Franklin who was a student of Hitchcock's and Tom Holland wrote the screenplay. The assistant director of the original Psycho, Hilton A. Green, was also contacted but he was nervous. It wasn't until he spoke to Patricia Hitchcock, the daughter of the famed director, who gave her blessing after reading the script, that Green signed on. Anthony Perkins was of course contacted but was hesitant at first so they had Christopher Walken as a backup. But after Perkins read the script he signed on because he felt like it was really Norman's story.

Psycho II is like a love letter to the first film and I am here for it!

Highlights

• The murders in this film were quite brutal and run that thin line between comical and shocking;
• Norman Bates always and forever;
• Mary's character was a fun journey to watch;
• Revisiting the motel, the swamp, the house, the basement etc;
• The twist ending.

I'm going to give Psycho II a solid 8/10...maybe even a 9/10???.....

8.5/10

Stay spooky!

For a more detailed look at Psycho II, check out my article over at Addicted to Horror Movies

Wicked Wednesday - Horror Movies from 1989

WELCOME....to the first wicked Wednesday.....*insert spooky ghost noise here*....
What do future Wednesdays entail I hear no one asking? Well...honestly...I've got no solid plans. This is just a freebie day. I can throw in a review, I can talk about my feelings, I could just post photos of my dogs....WHO CARES! 

Side note - I was just looking for a movie to throw on while I write this and my Netflix to-watch list is getting out of control when it comes to horror movies. I complain that Canadian Netflix has a terrible horror section but looking through my list there's A LOT on there that I haven't seen. So I think this weekend I'm going to do nothing but watch horror movies...it's supposed to snow anyway so what else am I doing? I also kind of want to go see A Cure for Wellness. At first I had no interest but I talked myself into it today while having a very one-sided conversation with my friend. I basically just started out saying I didn't want to see that artsy, way too long piece of garbage, and then we watched the trailer and I was like dannnnnngggg and then I started reading reviews and convinced myself to go. SO. We'll see what happens.

By the way I went with Jurassic Park 2 to watch while writing this...

OKAY...so what we're really doing here today is that I saw a fun thing on Dreadit about looking at the horror movies that came out during the year of your birth. So we're gonna do that here!

I was born in 1989, the year the internet started to become a real thing, George W. Bush became president, Ted Bundy was executed, Daniel Radcliffe was born, the first cell phone ad appeared on TV, and the Berlin Wall was destroyed. And according to the horror movies released it was the year of never-ending sequels.

Here's my top horror movies released the year I was born:

Pet Sematary

Now this is a good one! One of the few great King adaptations and directed by a woman! Mary Lambert. It was adapted by Stephen King and based on the book released in 1983. It stars Dale Midkiff as Louis, Denise Crosby as Rachel, Fred Gwynne as Jud and Miko Hughes as Gage. Stephen King also pops up himself playing a Minister.


It tells the story of a young family that moves to a new home next to a dangerous highway. After their cat is killed, Louis is informed of a Pet Cemetery that is hidden behind their home and it's believed that whatever is buried there returns. But they don't come back the same. So Louis buries his cat and low and behold the cat comes back, but now it's evil. When their young son Gage dies tragically Louis battles with the temptation to bury his own son in that magical cemetery and risk what comes back.

It also includes the fucking terrifying scenes of Zelda, Rachel's sister. Seriously. Fucking terrifying. Fuck Zelda.

The 'Burbs

Although The 'Burbs never marketed themselves as a horror comedy, we horror fans know it for exactly that. It's hilarious, it's pretty spooky, and it stars my favorite actor of all time - Tom Hanks, in the lead role as Ray. Carrie Fisher plays his wife Carol, Corey Feldman plays a neighborhood kid and Rick Ducommun plays Ray's goofy best friend. Directed by Joe Dante, it was written by Dana Olsen.

It follows Ray as he takes a much needed vacation but when new neighbors move in the whole street is obsessed with the creepy new residents. Are they satanists? Are they ghosts? And why does no one ever see them outside?!

It's a great little horror comedy, with an amazing cast and a cult classic.

Jason Takes Manhattan

Ah yes, that time Jason took a trip to NYC and murdered a bunch of people. People used to HATE this movie, but it seems like lately we're all coming around to it. Written and directed by Rob Hedden it stars Jensen Daggett and Kane Hodder who plays Jason.

This is the eighth film in the franchise and Jason stalks a bunch of high school kids on a ship that takes them to NYC. There is some great kills and some great one-liners. It's worth a re-visit.

Other honorable mentions for that year were Pumpkinhead, Puppet Master, and Leviathan. 

But let's look at the ALL the sequels that came out that year:

• The Fly 2
• Halloween 5
• Jason Takes Manhattan
• Nightmare on Elm St 5
• Howling 5
• Amityville 4
• Sleepaway Camp 3
• Silent Night Deadly Night 2
• Beyond the Door 3
• Stepfather 2

I mean...HOT DAMN. I didn't even know there was 4 Amityvilles or 3 Sleepaway Camps. I've got some watching to do!

As in any year of horror, there also seemed to be a lot of hot garbage. And based on no research whatsoever just titles and posters....I really want to watch these ridiculous movies:

• Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator
• Flesh Eating Mothers
• Killer Crocodile
• I, Madman
• Parents

Well anyway, I've got EVEN MORE to add to my list now. It's really getting out of control. Maybe I should book a vacation and just sit at home and watch horror movies all day? I have enough days...hmmmm....I might look into that tomorrow.

Let me know what awesome movies came out the year you were born!

Stay Spooky!

Day 30 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch - October Horror Movie Challenge

HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982)

 Halloween... the festival of Samhain! The last great one took place three thousand years ago, when the hills ran red... with the blood of animals and children. 

It's October 23rd and a man is taken into emergency, Dr. Dan Challis looks over him but that night a mysterious man appears and kills the sick man. When the doctor runs outside to try and catch him, the madman sets himself on fire.

On October 24th, the dead guys' daughter Ellie arrives and speaks to Dan. The two of them agree something isn't right about the way her father died and set out to investigate. They track back the last few days of her father's life which leads them to a small town called Santa Mira. The company Silver Shamrock Novelties has a factory there where they create awesome Halloween masks that all the kids are buying up this year.

A woman staying in the room next to them is suspicious of the masks and finds a microchip in the one she's studying. It kills her and while Dan and Ellie are trying to help, they're pushed away by a strange group of men dressed in lab coats.

The two realize that the Silver Shamrock has something to do with all this and go on a tour of the factory. But what they find in the factory is shocking and may destroy the entire world on Halloween night.

Alright...what did I love about this movie?

• The awesome music by John Carpenter that plays throughout the whole movie.
• Halloween plays twice on the TV in this film...SO META...
• The annoying Silver Shamrock tune is amazing and constantly stuck in my head. Remind me to play that over and over during the last week of Halloween next year.
• There's a fight scene and the fake punch noises are so bad that they are amazing.

What didn't I love?

• Mostly just the logic of this movie....
• How did the car explode? Homeboy lit himself on fire and then the car exploded. I mean...what kind of dramatic nonsense?
• Ellie and Dan start hooking up immediately? Like okay, let's track down your dead dads last days...so romantic?
• When Dan first sees what happens to the kids wearing the masks....how do the giant snakes happen? Like how does a mask create giant snakes?
• SO MANY QUESTIONS

 Overall?

Obviously this film is famous purely for not having Michael Myers in it at all but still being a part of the Halloween franchise. It's easier just to watch this one as a random Halloween plot to kill everyone movie and forget you're watching the third installment of a slasher franchise. In fact it takes another six years for Michael to even return, in the fourth movie - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.

It's not even really horror - it's more of a sci-fi, folk lore type tale what with all the lasers and robots. It does have a decent amount of gore though. Particularly the scene at the beginning where the Shamrock robot dude thing just shoves his fingers through Ellie's Dad's eyes. Also...you know...violence against children which, if you read this blog, you know I'm always a big supporter of in horror movies.

When it was first released critics and fans alike hated this flick, but overtime we've all learned to appreciate it for what it is. Just your basic 80's horror/sci-fi movie trying to take a stand on large corporations and the mass consumerism of America.

This little nugget was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and was his first film, previously he had worked on the Halloween series but as a production designer and art director. He then went on to direct the amazing miniseries It, released in 1990.

Really it's just a great little Halloween flick that does what it set out to do and is a fun watch.

7/10

Still at it over here in Kauai! I have one more review to post and then the October horror movie challenge is done and OVER WITH. I have a giant list of blog posts I need to write after that but I'll save those for when I get home. SO MANY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT YA'LL!

Yesterday I got to explore a creepy ass cave that reminded me of The Descent so much I freaked myself out.

Stay Spooky!

Day 29 - An American Werewolf in London - October Horror Movie Challenge

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)

The undead surround me. Have you ever talked to a corpse? It's boring! I'm lonely! Kill yourself, David, before you kill others.

David and Jack are two college kids from America who have decided to backpack across the moors. They find a pub called The Slaughtered Lamb filled with unfriendly locals and a pentagram on the wall. Jack decides to ask them about the pentagram but it instantly turns the locals even more hostile and the boys leave after being warned to stay off the moors and beware the moon. Out on the moors (because these are two american students who don't listen) they are quickly attacked by a large wolf-like animal and Jack is killed.

David wakes up in a London hospital three weeks later not remembering what happened and a police inspector tells him he was attacked by an escape lunatic who was then shot by the locals. But David is sure he was attacked by a wolf and the scratches on his body make sense with this memory. Then suddenly Jack appears to David as a corpse and tells him that David is about to turn into a werewolf and to just kill himself before the full moon.

As the full moon quickly approaches, is London in danger? Is David really going to turn into a werewolf or is he losing his mind? And what are the locals hiding?

Alright...what did I love about this movie?

• The scene where the boys enter the pub for the first time and everyone turns and stares at them. I have totally experienced this in small pubs in England. It's intense.  
• The transformation of course is ground breaking and still stunning when watched this day.
• I loved Nurse Alex, played by Jenny Agutter.
• Really great soundtrack!

What didn't I love?

• This is advertised as a horror comedy, but I totally missed the comedy element. Sure there were some great British dry moments but other than that I kept forgetting it was supposed to be a comedy. 
• I liked Jack way more than David and was bummed when Jack died so quickly.
  

Overall?

First time watching this movie and I kind of wish I'd watched it earlier when I was younger. I didn't fall in love with it like I'd hoped. I get why this is a classic and I mean, that transformation scene....goddamn. In fact the makeup in this film won the first ever Oscar for Best Makeup.

It's a great little flick and mad props to John Landis for writing and directing it and even bigger props to the special effects done by Rick Baker.

I'm thinking the more I watch this film the more it will grow on me. It probably didn't help I watched this for the first time on a plane which isn't reallllly the best place to watch horror movies which I keep learning.

I will re-watch for sure.

7/10

I'm here in Kauai! I've had an amazing time so far so apologies for the delay of the last three movie reviews but they are coming, I promise. I also watched Stitches yesterday when I had some down time and I want to talk about that one!

So far here I've been stung by a jelly fish, found a creepy house and secret river, saw dolphins out in the wild and seen a lot of gorgeous land. Also today I visited a crumbled temple where locals back in the day used to speak to the Gods.

Stay spooky!

Day 28 - Christine - October Horror Movie Challenge

CHRISTINE (1983)

Let me tell you a little something about love, Dennis. It has a voracious appetite. It eats everything. Friendship. Family. It kills me how much it eats. But I'll tell you something else. You feed it right, and it can be a beautiful thing, and that's what we have. 

Arnie is a loser in high school with his one long time friend Dennis who's on the football team and has a girlfriend. But Arnie's pretty content, he's more focused on buying a car. One catches his eye, a 1958 Plymouth Fury nicknamed Christine. It's pretty banged up but Arnie buys it, despite Dennis telling him not to, and his parents refusing to let him park it in their driveway. He ends up renting a space where he can work on Christine and rebuilds her to her former glory.

But the more time Arnie spends with Christine, the more he changes. He gets rid of his dorky glasses, he dresses better, becomes more confident which turns into arrogance. Dennis does a little research and discovers that the previous owner of Christine became obsessed with her as well and eventually died in her.

A group of bullies at Arnie's high school, who look to be middle aged men but sure we'll say they're in high school, decide to vandalize Christine. Arnie is of course completely devastated by this but watches in awe as Christine magically begins to mend herself.

But now enemies of Arnie are mysteriously being killed and people are saying they're seeing Christine out and about, with no one driving. Dennis is becoming very worried about his friend and how much he's changed. Will Christine claim another owner?

Alright...what did I love about this movie?

• I mean....it's a Stephen King adaptation...that's actually good.
• Artie when he's in his nerd form is so cute. And his transformation throughout the film is genius. A beautiful display of acting. In the scene where he picks up Dennis near the end and they go for that terrifying drive on the highway, the look in his eyes is completely mental.
• That epic scene where Christine is on fire and chasing after that 40 year old John Travolta lookalike....beauty of a scene.
• All of the acting in this movie is great really.

What didn't I love?

• Honestly, nothing. It's a pretty damn great film.

Overall?

Christine, directed by the ever amazing John Carpenter, is of course based on the novel by Stephen King. In fact during this time Stephen King was so popular that the film went into production before the book had even been released.

Unfortunately the reception at the time of this film was dismal. Stephen King fans weren't happy (but when are they?) and neither were John Carpenter fans. But I think this movie holds up over time and I really enjoyed it. I remember reading the novel when I was about 15 but actually watched the movie a few years before when I was 12. It's fun to re-visit and I'll have to re-read the book later this year as Christine is one of the only Stephen King books I've only read once.

Also...the actor who played Arnie, Keith Gordon, also acted in Jaws 2! Double booking this week!

Christine is a fun return to the 80's and I recommend people taking a re-watch because it's really become a classic I think.

8/10

Alright, I'm off to the airport! See you fools tomorrow when I'll be reporting from a beach. Except reality will be from my hotel room because I actually don't love beaches. I'm just there for the dolphins and the Jurassic Park island, and the haunted abandoned temple.

Stay spooky!

Day 27 - Jaws The Revenge - October Horror Movie Challenge

JAWS THE REVENGE (1987)

When there is no factor motivating an event, no case of cause creating effect, what triggered the action: fate or circumstance? What you are about to see concerns such an event. Maybe you can determine whether we are dealing here, with circumstances, or fate.

SURPRISE...we're back at Amity. Brody has died of a heart attack leaving his wife Ellen and his two sons Sean and Mike behind. Mike is married with a young daughter and Sean is engaged. Sean is following in his Dad's footsteps and is a police deputy but one night when he's clearing a log from a buoy a great white shark attacks and kills him.

Ellen has a complete breakdown, and rightfully so, believing that this shark intentionally targeted Sean because clearly this family has killed more sharks than any other family on this planet. After the funeral, Mike takes Ellen back to the Bahamas with his family. Which doesn't really make much sense as Ellen is now convinced they're being stalked by a shark. BUT OKAY. Maybe try something inland next time?

At the island Ellen falls in love with a dashing, carefree airplane pilot while Mike gets back to work as a marine biologist. But as life begins to settle Mike encounters the same shark that attacked and killed Sean.

How is this possible? And is this shark really out to get the whole Brody family? And is Ellen mentally connected to the shark? WHAT AM I EVEN WATCHING...

Alright...what did I love about this movie?

• Michael Caine playing Hoagie?! WTF?! What a happy surprise. He honestly made this movie for me.
• Lorraine Gary is back as Ellen Brody and absolutely nuts but kicking ass!
• The flashbacks were sweet and emotional.

What didn't I love?

• Wtf was going on with that psychic connection? And are you telling me this shark swam all the way from Amity to the Bahamas to kill the Brody family? Who the fuck is this shark?
• There was not enough shark attacks in this movie. So much dialogue, so much character development, KILL SOMEONE ALREADY.
• This movie basically pretends Jaws 3D never happened. Which is fair.

Overall?

Basically this movie is usually what happens when you're four films deep into a franchise. You try and flip the story on its head and the creature becomes more and more powerful. We see it with Freddy, we see it with Michael Myers, after a certain amount of movies they basically become god like. This is what happens here. You're given a shark that is apparently so powerful it's become sort of psychic and all being.

The story was fun at first but then got boring and then got fun and then the shark exploded.

Weirdly enough...out of all the Jaws sequels I think Jaws 3-D was my favorite? Then Jaws 2 and then this one.

5/10

Tomorrow I fly to Kauai and try to become a shark whisperer! And today was my Halloween extravaganzaaaaaaa. I will keep blogging for the rest of this challenge. I'll just be doing it from another country.

Here's some photos from today:

My coworkers' husband made me my own banner because I am the Halloween QUEEN.

At one point I removed my Negan costume, put on a cape, then wore a spider like a backpack and then stole a skull staff....why? because I'm the Queen of Halloween...

Also our office neighbors pranked us after we pranked them but they did it better. This is one part of it and I love him. We are putting him at my desk while I'm gone. Won't be much difference. I LOVE YOU TALENTCORPSE!!!!!!!!

Stay Spooky!

Day 26 - Jaws 3 - October Horror Movie Challenge

JAWS 3-D (1983)

"It was a shark. It was a shark with a bite radius about a yard across." "Don't be silly. That would indicate a shark of some 35 feet in length..."

Mike Brody is all grown up now and working at SeaWorld, he helps build the parks and his girlfriend, Kay, is the senior marine biologist. One day while preparing for a celebration, a group of water skiers accidentally let in a baby great white shark without realizing into the sea world lagoon from the ocean. The dolphins are terrified but no one knows why so one of the assistants dives into the water to fix the gates, thinking that might be the problem. While he's down there he's killed by the baby shark.

The next day the park finds out about the assistant's disappearance and so they take the SeaWorld submarine (cause that's a thing right?) down under the lagoon to look for him. During the search they find the baby shark and get excited. They want to capture it and have it in the park to be the first sea park ever to house a great white. The shark is eventually captured by Kay and a weird British hunter who I still don't really understand why he's there and Kay and her staff nurse it back to health. But unfortunately the lil' baby dies.

When they finally find the assistant's corpse they see bite marks on him and Kay realizes that the baby shark was too small to do this much damage which means the mother shark must be in the park somewhere......

Alright...what did I love about this movie?

• BABY DENNIS QUAID!!!!!
• I like that this story focuses on the brothers as adults and although I don't really understand what Sean does except wear cowboy boots, it was nice to see him.
• Those 3-D effects were so awful and dated but it made the movie EVEN BETTER.
• The dolphins rescuing them from the baby shark were super cute.
• The slow motion glass shattering at the end for ultimate 3-D effect had me cackling and the final shark explosion was bad ass. How many sharks are they gonna explode though? These are close to becoming endangered animals you bastards!
• Not gonna lie....I cried a bit at the end when the sun was setting and everyone was safe and the dolphins were jumping around. Pretty emotional. I'm also in the midst of a total stress breakdown so that might be to blame.

What didn't I love?

• You're telling me that this man, Mike Brody, who has now been apart of TWO SHARK EPISODES including one where he almost died, sees a shark under water and his response is to yell "WHAT WAS THAT, WHAT WAS THAT???" Wtf do you think it was Mike? You work in goddamn SeaWorld, I'd hope you'd know what a shark was.
• Also after watching Blackfish I was much more scared by Kay playing with the Killer Whale in the water than the shark. HE'S GONNA BITE YOUR ARM OFF KAY...

Overall?

You know what...as nuts as this one was, I actually had a tone of fun watching it. Like...it's so over the top and makes no logistical sense and literally jumps the shark but I'm on board?

I mean what can I really say? There's nothing here to digest or talk about it really. It's another Jaws sequel, this time it's in 3D and this time there's two sharks. I wish so badly I could see this in theaters in 3D to really experience the glory of this very typical 80's movie.

I loved it, in a cheesey this is a good way to pass the time on a rainy day kind of way. Also I'm a sucker for Denis Quaid. Also did Deep Blue Sea steal a lot of scenes from this movie? You know it.

7/10

In personal news...tomorrow is my Halloween party costume contest jeopardy pizza candy extravaganza at work and I've finally put together my Negan costume...

Pissing our pants yet? Boy, do I have a feeling we're getting close. It's gonna be pee-pee pants city here real soon. 

Also I tried to find my fake axe in my trunk of fake weapons and IT'S MISSING!! Because did anyone else notice by the time Negan was dragging Rick into the RV, Negan had shoved a gun and an axe in his pants...like...chill bud? Anyways, I shoved a fake knife in my pants instead cause I'm sure Negan had one of those in there anyway. 

Stay Spooky!

THE BUZZ IS BACK.....I can't with this movie but I love it with all my heart

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986)

No secret, it's the meat. Don't skimp on the meat. I've got a real good eye for prime meat. Runs in the family.

Good lord. I have never seen this one before and what a hot mess it is. In a good way. But damn it's all over the place haha.

First of all - the secondary title to this film is Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The Buzz is Back which....wow...I mean...can I get that inscribed on my gravestone? Released in 1986, it's obviously the sequel to the successful 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It stars Dennis Hopper (who considers this the worst film he's ever been in) as Lefty the cop investigating the sudden surge in chainsaw murders and my new favorite girl Stretch, the radio DJ, played by Caroline Williams. Bill Johnson plays Leatherface in this one and Jim Siedow who reprises his role as The Cook.

 This sequel is like the exact opposite of the first film - it's super gory, bigger budget, and less subtle. From the get go there's chainsaws flying everywhere and blood spurting. Which, don't get me wrong, I loved. This film also has a tone of dark humor and cheesy moments which were a lot of fun. When it was released originally it bombed, grossing only $8 million in the US but over the years it's become a cult fan favorite.

The premise of this film is that it's set 13 years after the original events and two bro douchebags are calling into a radio station run by Stretch. They're driving down the highway and being assholes which is being sent out live over the radio. During the phone call the two bros are attacked by a pickup truck with Leatherface in the back wielding his trusty chainsaw.

Lefty aka Lieutenant Boude Enright is the uncle of Sally and Franklin from the original film and  has spent the past 13 years investigating their disappearances. He's also keeping an eye on the mysterious chainsaw killings that keep cropping up over Texas. Stretch brings her phone call evidence to Lefty to provide him with some proof because all the other cops are convinced he's nuts. Lefty asks Stretch to replay the violent phone call every hour on the radio, which she does. But unfortunately that attracts Leatherface and Chop Top who show up to the radio station to try and shutdown the evidence of their killings.

This movie is NUTS.

Let me just explain some of the scenes to you:

• Lefty showing up to the Sawyer home wielding three chainsaws.
• Leatherface has a crush on Stretch and so goes easy on her.
• A chainsaw duel between Leatherface and Lefty.....A CHAINSAW DUEL.
• A grenade blowing up for seemingly no reason.
• A shrine to the grandmother where her dead body holds a chainsaw. (ideas for my funeral though)
• "Listen. It's not going to work out. I'm trying to be open with you." Stretch says that to Leatherface at one point as if they were seated in a therapy session and not in an underground carnival graveyard?!

Although I do love the final shot of the film which is of course an homage to the original, only this time it's Stretch who has lost her mind and is swinging the chainsaw around.

"Hi, I love you, here's your friends face as a token of my love..."

Regardless of its flaws I loved this movie a lot. Leatherface is such a hot mess and he has a special place in my heart. Honestly, when I saw Texas Chainsaw (too cool for massacre) I thought it was just a piece of fan fiction I wrote about me and Leatherface being bros.

Watch it, love it for its flaws, and look at that goddamn poster!!!!!!!!! It's a play on the Breakfast Club and why don't I have this hanging on my wall yet?!

Stay Spooky!