After sitting dormant for 12 years, a sequel to the dominant horror movie was finally made. It eschewed expectation and divided audiences. Now, my turn.
TCM is one of my favorite horror movies. Seriously, go rewatch it or watch it for the first time. The editing, the allusion to violence rather than the vision of violence, it is masterful in more ways than you remember. The soundtrack, I mean everything is just expertly done.
The sequel was long anticipated and in the meantime I think director Tobe Hooper began to subtly hate the creation he'd made. Just like George Lucas, I believe these creatives set out with the Intention of subverting the expectation, and honestly...of fucking with their fans. Tobe Hooper left the horror genre in the dust and decided to lean into a comedic and over the top aesthetic for the sequel, and basically lampoon his own creation while still making the first of many official sequels.
TCM II introduces us to Dennis Hopper, a cop who is scarred from the downfall of the first movie and is planning revenge. This sequel also introduced us to more of Leatherface's family including Viggo Mortensen, Stretch, The Cook, and of course... the legendary and incredibly divisive Chop Top. Chop Top exemplifies the film itself in many ways and the difference from the original, and is a lot like the sequel: overbearing, overdone, exaggerated, and annoying. Some like him, most hate him.
TCM II isn't all bad... but it is close to all bad. There is a long sequence in a radio station that is so annoying and stupid you'll wonder why you're watching the thing. There is also an abundance of scenes like that one, where the killers are just out, in the daylight, and no one apparently notices them or cares. Its a really, really stupid movie.
I'm busy, I'm moving, life is crazy as usual. Blog entries will decrease again. But, I might watch all 15 Puppetmaster movies....so there is that.
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