Saturday 28 March 2009

Similarities and differences Between TCM movies

Similarities of Old and New version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre

* Both have group of teenage Friends

* Leather face is the killer and part of a family of cannibals

* The majority of murders happen in the house where other murder victims are stored

*Plot twists such as the sheriff (new version) and the shop owner( old version) being revealed as part of the family

* Both times they pick up a hitch hiker who isn't in a normal state of mind

* Both take place in the countryside of Texas far away from civilization

* Respective Girl and Boy from each film who are promiscuous at the beginning die

* Group members murdered in the same way i.e being dropped on the big hook



Differences of Old and New version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre

* Final girl gets revenge one of the family members

* Grandad doesn't need victims blood to survive

* Family have stolen a baby that final girl saves at the end

* Group of friends are warned at the start that they face danger, hitchhiker in old harms himself but doesn't die whereas the girl picked up in the second shoots herself dead in the head

* Characters don't die instantly like they do in the first one instead they try to put up a fight

* New family members such as the little boy who tries to save teenagers from their expected fate

*Teenagers driving to different destinations( old they go to grave yard, new to a concert)

* Leather face gets arm chopped off

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