Julie K
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A total bummer in my book. Though both movies are basically the same, I prefer the original DVD as long as I look at it not being a true story.
It was not intended to be a historical documentary. The real inspiration for TCM was a chainsaw display in a crowded store. From Tobe Hooper:
" I was in the Montgomery Ward's out in Capital Plaza. I had been working on this other story for some months — about isolation, the woods, the darkness, and the unknown. It was around holiday season, and I found myself in the Ward's hardware department, and I was still kind of percolating on this idea of isolation and such. And those big crowds have always gotten to me. There were just so many people to go through. And I was just standing there in front of an upright display of chainsaws. And the focus just racked from my eyeball to the people to the saws — and the idea popped. I said, "Ooh, I know how I could get out of this place fast — if I just start one of these things up and make that sound." Of course I didn't. That was just a fantasy."