Leatherface

The motive for male aggressors in horror movies revolves around psychosexual tendencies. Going back to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, we see the main killer, Leatherface, deal with abuse from his family. He has a skin condition that causes facial deformity and tumors to grow. Leatherface’s family abused him physically and mentally growing up, shaping him into their own personal servant to do their cannibalistic

Horror movies are based on humanity’s disturbing, inner thoughts that are kept hidden by sophisticated and civilized facades. The fact that people pay money to go watch their own race be slaughtered shows that civilization has two sides. There are many theories as to why humans act the way they do, such as Steven King’s “beast within” and “potential lyncher” theories and Stanley Solomon’s “exploration” and “romantic isolationism” theories. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 does a fantastic job

signifies that we have not moved beyond our animal nature. Thus, cannibalism threatens the idea that we have evolved beyond this primitive behavior that separates us from wild animals. It violates the border between civilized and savage. When we see Leatherface and his family engage in cannibalism, we are repulsed that they could violate this taboo that is central to maintaining a civilized society. Additionally, cannibalism is taboo because it is like eating oneself. Kristeva (1982) writes, “Fear of the

The horror genre is synonymous with images of terror, violence and human carnage; the mere mention of horror movies evokes physical and psychological torture. As remarked by noted author Stephen King “the mythic horror movie…has a dirty job to do. It deliberately appeals to all that is worst in us. It is morbidity unchained, our most base instincts let free, our nastiest fantasies realized.” (King, 786). At manageable intervals, we choose to live these horrific events vicariously through the

Beginning with this, a new form of communication could bring to us a new fear, the fear of the non present. In my opinion, non present characters, such as the Babadook from the movie Babadook, bring aggrandized fear than present characters such as Leatherface considering the fact that the character doesn’t know when they are there or not. Having to worry about a creature twenty-four seven would eventually catch up with a stable mind and ruin their life. Although, this movie doesn’t portray a policeman

hiker (Edwin Neal) who attacks Franklin and marks the car with blood after they kick him out. The young teenagers then decide to explore their grandfather’s old home. They are murdered one by one as they get to close or enter the nearby home of Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen). Sally is captured and she realizes that leather face has a brother, the hitchhiker from earlier, a blood sucking grandfather (John Dugan), and father (Drayton Sawyer) who is also the owner of the gas station and barbeque shop. Sally

Day in and day out we find ourselves looking down at our phone to reply to a text or check out a new instagram picture that someone posted. Phones and the internet play a huge roll in our society today as how we communicate relies solely on these devices. Just like our phones, our society craves horror such as in horror films and books. One specific horror film that is famous to the U.S. is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, involving five kids that stumble upon an eery home. How would this movie change

During one summer night in the 1970’s, a group of teenagers planned to go out on a road trip down from Massachusetts to Florida, not knowing of the disturbing future ahead of them. The group of teenagers was comprised of both boys and girls, an even number, three of each gender. The four just finished their sophomore year in college and were planning a full vacation of adventure, drinking and nothing but fun. Riding down through several states along the way, they stopped occasionally to get supplies

Modern horror films are analogous to male-filled teenage parties otherwise known as “sausage fests.” In more analytical terms, the modern horror film overflows with symbols that represent the human male penis. While a penis may seem like a scatological device to include in films, the phallus actually reveals key traits about the characters. Specifically, in Halloween, American Horror Story, Psycho, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, phallic-shaped weapons help identify the females’ transition to a

Gender Depiction in Horror Films There has been a large variety of horror films produced throughout the last fifty years. People are always going to be frightened and scared by different types of horror films. But, what type of horror film scares more people, and were men or women more frightened by these horror films? Each one of the horror films had its own agenda to frighten its audience using several different methods of horror. Some of these methods were more so directed at the female