The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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Texas Chainsaw massacre was very interesting; I have not watched the original movie until now. When watching the movie, it made me realize that in almost every horror movie, there is always a dumb girl, a sexually aroused girl and a serious girl. In older movies the women are normally the last ones to get killed. In newer movies, there is always one or two guys that survive. As far as the women, normally the serious girl survives and the rest dies. While watching I noticed that there was a handicap guy, it seems like he was the jokester of the bunch. I took it more as the handicap was being made front of because, during that time those who were different (mentally ill, deformity, or handicap) were not really talked about. They did not know

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