Texas Chainsaw Massacre..Essay

The original movIe which was released in 1974 was written and directed by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel. The original movie is recognised as a spin off from Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho. The movie cntinues to follow the generic codes and conventions of many different slasher genre texts from the past, using elements of these within this actual text.
The new version of the original was released in 2003 as a re-make. The re-make derives off the original follwoing similar conventions. The psychopathic killer is still letherface, and the remaining surviving character remains to be a final girl.

The movie uses elements of the zeitgeist as it has an impact on the way both of the plots differ from each other. The original movie reflects up on the zeitgeist the way that the characters go to the gas station and the gas station owner says how the gas is coming. This is reflected on the times actual economic environement, also at that time the characters are going to see their grandads grave? but the new movie targets the youngsters through showing how the characters are going to a music concert.

The remake depicts the characters picking up a female hitch hiker who shoots her self in the van. This differs from the original on how previously it was a male and leatherfaces actual brother but this time the character as represwented as a traumatised victim most definately of leatherface. The reason why the girl is represented as a vicitim of leather face is because of thefact that as she acts traumatised and very worried in the beginbning, is exactly the same way the final girl acts at th end of the movie.