"...shhhh be quiet I am being quiet stop breathing on me!...head for the cemetery!"
I was one of the blessed who got to see the very first, one and original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre when it first hit theaters. I was a high school senior. For weeks, with the ads on television and elsewhere, there was all this speculation and anticipation leading up to us sitting together in that darkened theater. We got our money's worth (movie ticket cost one buck). We were scared, stressed, thrilled, grossed-out and highly entertained and afterwards it was the talk of the school. Sophomores and half of the juniors were begrudged as they were under 17 and couldn't see it. And, of course, we thought it was all true because it said, in the opening credits, "based upon a true story." Well, sorta - ironically it was about our favorite Wisconsin historical native, Ed Gein. Remember when your folks told you to behave when you were a kid or else such-and-such would get you? Ours used Mr. Gein.
Gerard
