‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ released
After being banned for more than seven years, one of the most controversial films of the last decade is to be released in New Zealand. When “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was released in the United States nine years ago, it sent waves of shock across the nation. It fast became a legend as well as a cult film that was not to be missed. It is not a film of the supernatural, nor has it been made just for scares and screams. It is a true story of an incredible and gruesome experience that befell five young adults during the summer of 1973 in Texas — an idyllic summer
afternoon drive that was to become an absolute nightmare. The events of that day were to lead to the discovery of one of the most bizzare crimes in the annals of American history. The film has been extremely well produced and directed and tends to make the audience live out the experience which possibly makes it all too real to handle. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was finally passed uncut by the New Zealand Censor’s Office on July 30 with an RlB certificate and a simple warning, “Contains violence.”
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