Why I Actually Didn't Like Chainsaw (1974)

[Chakor Channing]

I'm curious Chakor, how old are you and are you an American (born here)? If not, this might be part of why this movie didn't "ring" with you. It's hard to explain, but this is classic "Americana" horror at it's best. People from other cultures and countries might not "get it", and that's not a slag at all, that's just my personal opinion. I've watched Japanese horror, and personally, I think it sucks. It's dark, dreary, quiet, depressing, dismal, boring, and NOT scary at all. I just don't "get it". Their idea of horror is very different from American horror. To each his own, I guess.

Holy molly!  I forgot to respond to this question from Rockshasa back in August.  I was born in the United States and have lived here all of my life...  But, I was born in New England and have lived in New England ever since.  The scenery and atmosphere of New England is all too different from Texas.  I completely agree that Japanese horror is dull.  Films and concepts like The Grudge bore me to tears.

[Anton Phibes]

Holy molly!  I forgot to respond .... I was born in New England and have lived in New England ever since. 

Lucky you. I, on the other hand, was born on the freeway....that's where most accidents happen. Ba-dum-dum creeesh!

[the_horror_man]

Holy molly!  I forgot to respond to this question from Rockshasa back in August.  I was born in the United States and have lived here all of my life...  But, I was born in New England and have lived in New England ever since.  The scenery and atmosphere of New England is all too different from Texas.  I completely agree that Japanese horror is dull.  Films and concepts like The Grudge bore me to tears.

What? Japanese/Asian Horror can be awesome. The originals and the American remakes of The Grudge and The Ring were great, imo. It was a new way of doing horror. Unfortunately, with the success of these films, came repetition. Like 75% of the Asian Horror films after that, seemed to have a long dark haired ghost girl.

Here is an amusing story. At one point, I was watching a good amount of Asian Horror and enjoyed it. Then I began to see the commonality of a long haired ghost girl in the films. One day, I came across a film called The Wig. I thought, is this a movie about a wig? Have they actually left out the Ghost girl and are now just using the long black wig. Well, yes, sort of. Funny thing is, the movie turned out to be better than one would think. There was a young woman, who I believe had cancer. She started wearing a wig. The wig came from some evil woman and it began to take over and possess the sickly woman.

If you want to see a really great violent Asian film that does not adhere to the typical Asian violent/horror theme. Watch I saw the Devil. It is crazy.

thm

[Anton Phibes]

What? Japanese/Asian Horror can be awesome. The originals and the American remakes of The Grudge and The Ring were great, imo. It was a new way of doing horror. Unfortunately, with the success of these films, came repetition. Like 75% of the Asian Horror films after that, seemed to have a long dark haired ghost girl.

Here is an amusing story. At one point, I was watching a good amount of Asian Horror and enjoyed it. Then I began to see the commonality of a long haired ghost girl in the films. One day, I came across a film called The Wig. I thought, is this a movie about a wig? Have they actually left out the Ghost girl and are now just using the long black wig. Well, yes, sort of. Funny thing is, the movie turned out to be better than one would think. There was a young woman, who I believe had cancer. She started wearing a wig. The wig came from some evil woman and it began to take over and possess the sickly woman.

If you want to see a really great violent Asian film that does not adhere to the typical Asian violent/horror theme. Watch I saw the Devil. It is crazy.

thm

I liked One Missed Call, and it falls into the imitation category. I still liked it tho.

[the_horror_man]

I liked One Missed Call, and it falls into the imitation category. I still liked it tho.

I liked it too. I think I saw the original version. I might have seen both, but I don't remember.

thm