‘I thought it was stupid’: Tarantino was very disappointed with the sequel to one of the best horror films of all time

We know that Quentin Tarantino is an informed film buff and encyclopedia of the 7th art, just like Martin Scorsese. So when the director of Pulp Fiction talks about movies he loves or hates, audiences listen religiously.

For example, during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, he declared his love for Tobe Hooper’s horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. “There aren’t many perfect movies, and that just goes to show that the art form of cinema is complicated.”noted the Knoxville native.

“A great film somehow transcends all aesthetics: it may not be your cup of tea, but there’s nothing you can say to knock it down.”He explained, referring to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, perpetrated by the ultimate boogeyman, Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen).

If Tarantino is excited about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, he certainly doesn’t say the same about the sequel, which was made back in 1986 by director Tobe Hooper. The filmmaker is extremely disappointed with this second episode, which he does not consider relevant at all. the height of the first

“I really wanted to like him. I really wanted to see Tobe Hooper do something good. I went to the cinema twice to see what was wrong.”he emphasized in the podcast The Horror Story of Eli Roth. “But I think the movie is stupid”he said, still admitting that he only liked the one scene where Chop Top talks to Stretch while he’s burning his scalp.

Recall that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre takes us deep into Texas, where residents make a macabre discovery: their cemetery has just been desecrated and the corpses are displayed with trophies. Meanwhile, five friends cross the region in a minibus. On the way, they meet a hitchhiker and decide to take him on board.

But when young people realize that the individual is becoming disturbing and threatening, they will eventually get rid of him. Soon to run out of gas, the group decides to visit an old abandoned house that belongs to the grandparents of the two of them. Each in turn, five friends are drawn to the neighboring house. Meeting its strange inhabitants will be fatal for them…