Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Michael_Elliott Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait (1988) *** 1/2 (out of 4)John Dugan (Grandpa), Jim Siedow (The Cook), Edwin Neal (The Hitchhiker) and Gunner Hansen (Leatherface) are interviewed for this rather interesting documentary that takes a look at the making of THE Texas CHAIN SAW MASSACRE and gives us the stories from the actual cannibal family seen in the movie.This documentary was quite popular when it was first released and it's even better today since two of the members have sadly passed away. Getting to hear these stories is certainly something special and I especially like the fact that all of the attention is given to the family. Each man talks about how they ended up getting their roles and then we get into the production of the film. A lot of discussion goes towards how brutal the shooting was and this includes the horrid smells during the dinner scene as well as the abuse that they had to put on the actress.At just a hour there are plenty of great stories told here so fans of the film will certainly enjoy this.

Scarecrow-88 I consider myself very fortunate to see this in the way of you tube clips(what a valuable tool that can provide horror buffs much in the way of hard-to-find treasures), "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait" is a desired documentary many TCM fans had been wanting to check out. Edwin Neal provides an anecdote which shows the temperament many of the cast had working for Tobe Hooper during the making of the film. He produced a truth about being clunked over and over again across the head by Jim Siedow's Cook with real hard wood(it's that great scene in front of the truck head lights as dirt scattered about them)and in this we can sense it wasn't a fond experience. Of course, the (in)famous dinner scene is explained to us by Neal in detail, the dead animals and the sickening smell. We hear from Siedow, foretelling his notorious scene bashing poor Marilyn Burns over the noggin with a club in the barbecue shack..he mentions how he was very hesitant at first, only to get into the act as his character tormented Burns. Gunnar Hansen talks about visiting a home for retarded persons in preparation for his role, and the reason he got the part in the first place(talk about being in the right place at the right time!). John Dugan tells us of a Russian producer of a children's show he was quitting in order to take the role of the blood sucking Grandpa(the one who the family tries to get to bludgeon Burns across the head with a hammer)and how she claimed to have been responsible for Roddy McDowell's success. Lots of little tidbits for TCM fans which should be of interest to all who are fascinated with the back story before the big documentary shot for the DARK SKY DVD release.

BitterMan23 The things the actors say are interesting, too bad Shellady didnt film them in any sort of interesting way. talking head, talking head, talking head... Ed Neal's shot is blurry, Seidow comes off like hes in a nursing home, and Dugans cat steals his scenes from him. Would have been nice to get comments from Henkel or someone else behind the scenes. a lot of stuff got repeated (OK! IT WAS HOT WHEN YOU FILMED THE DINNER SCENE!!!) but otherwise it was interesting. See if someone transcripted it, it'll beat watching it.

megansman This is sort of a hard one to find now but well worth the trouble. Here are interviews with the actors that portrayed the maniacal family in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I was amazed at how the disturbing character of the hitchiker is now a comedian! He's actually quite funny as he goes into detail about the rigors of filming. Gunnar also recounts scenes such as the dinner scene and how horrible it was to shoot. See it.