Izindaba zoqobo seziphenduke umkhuba odumile emhlabeni wesabekayo. Njengoba kunama-villains amaningi angakhohlakali kanye nama-psychopaths, akumangazi ukuthi kungani abalandeli bekhathazekile ngokuthola ukuthi imuphi umcimbi ophequlule inkinobho yangaphakathi yalowo mlingiswa, ukuze abe yisilo esibi nesibi kangako. ILeatherface ayikhethi lesi sifiso, futhi kwenziwe imizamo engaphezu kweyodwa yokubonisa indlela akhuliswe ngayo kabi.

Lapho kuqala ukwethulwa ngobuciko bukaTobe Hooper ngonyaka ka-1974, iTexas Chainsaw Massacre, ababukeli bathatheka yizenzo zomndeni wakwaSawyer, kanti i-franchise iveze ama-sequels amathathu, ama-remake amabili, nezindaba ezimbili zemvelaphi. I-Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Ukuqala, eyakhishwa ngo-2006, futhi Isikhumba, ekhishwe ngo-2017, ikhombisa izindaba nezitayela ezimbili ezihluke ngokuphelele zokwethulwa kwethu endodeni ehlanyayo yokubulala nomndeni wayo odidekile.

Okuhloswe njenge-prequel embuyisweni ka-2003 ohamba phambili noJessica Biel noR. Lee Ermey, I-Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Ukuqala kuvulwa ngesisebenzi sokubulala esibelethisa usana olushintshiwe, ngaphambi kokushona endaweni yokusebenza ngenxa yezinkinga zabasebenzi. Ingane bese ilahlwa eceleni njengocezu lukadoti, ngokoqobo, ngaphambi kokuba yamukelwe ngumkhwabanisi efuna ukudla.

Ngemuva kokuthola isifo sesikhumba esingaziwa, uThomas ukhuliswa ngumndeni wakwaHewitt ukuthi asebenze endaweni yokupakisha inyama. Lapho lesi sitshalo sesilahliwe futhi siyaliwe ukuthi sivalwe, akaqondi ukuthi kufanele ayeke ukusebenza. Omunye wabeluleke kabi wahlambalaza abaningi kakhulu enduneni eyinhloko, kanti uThomas uthukuthela kakhulu, ebopha le ndoda ngokufa ngesigaxa esithambile, futhi ibanga isisulu sayo sokuqala ngesibhicongo eside sokubulawa kwabantu.

Into esebenza kahle kule ndaba yemvelaphi, ngaphandle kokusebenza kukaR. Lee Ermey njengoSheriff Hoyt ohluphayo, kulula kwayo. Isimungulu esikhubazekile, esinomndeni odla abanye abantu, owazi kuphela ukuhlaba nokupaka izilwane, uthola i-chainsaw futhi ahlukumeze noma ngubani umndeni wakhe omtshela ukuthi… akubonakali kuyindida kangako. Ababhali baphinde bahloniphe okwangempela ngokugcizelela umndeni, hhayi iLeatherface kuphela.

Abathandi bokubuyiswa kabusha kuka-2003 bayayithokozela imininingwane yonke; njengokukhombisa ukuthi uMonty ulahlekelwa kanjani yimilenze futhi aphelele esihlalweni sabakhubazekile, imaski yokuqala kaThomas yayigqokwa ukumboza ukubukeka kwakhe ebusweni, noma ukuthi uMalume uCharlie waba kanjani ngumthetho ozimele wendawo.

Ngokubanzi, I-Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Ukuqala iletha umbono oyingqayizivele kulokho okwenze uThomas Hewitt waba umbulali we-chainsaw, ngenkathi enikeza abalandeli ithuba lokuzijabulisa nalokho abakulindele ku-franchise. Kungashiwo okufanayo ngendaba yesibili, futhi yakamuva kakhulu, yomsuka, Isikhumba.

Iqondiswe yi-duo yaseFrance u-Alexandre Bustillo noJulien Maury, laba bobabili bathathe isinqumo sokuthatha enye indlela, bakhombisa uLeatherface njengomfana omncane nomqondo osemusha
isiguli. Ngaphandle kwezigcawu ezimbalwa ezenziwe kahle ezivela kuLili Taylor njengoVerna, umama kuya kungekudala ukuba nguLeatherface, isimo esesabekayo somndeni asikho kuyo yonke ifilimu. Ngemuva kokuphunyuka ngesikhathi sesiyaluyalu esesibhedlela sabagula ngengqondo sendawo, iziguli ezine nomhlengikazi babalekela iphoyisa eliphindisayo uHal, elidlalwa nguStephen Dorff.

Ngenkathi umbono wokuthi uLeatherface ukuba yisiguli esingumqondo ophunyukile ungazwakala umuhle ephepheni, umphumela wokugcina awunalo ubucayi obuthile nobumuncu bokuthi isisebenzi sasesilaheni sigcwalisa kakhulu. Kuyo yonke ingxenye enkulu yefilimu, umbukeli usala eqagela ukuthi yimuphi umlingisi ogcina engumbulali obulalayo. Kungaphakathi kwezigcawu ezimbalwa zokugcina lapho sithola ukuthi ngubani okhethwe ukuba yi-monster, nokuthi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi ahlobise imaski yesithonjana (eyayicindezelwa kakhulu futhi ifana nokuthile kwesigqoko sesikhumba).

Inkinga enkulu abalandeli abaningi ababenayo, ngaphandle kokunikela kakhulu, ngoshintsho olukhulu umlingisi adlula kulo ngesikhathi esifushane kangaka-ekubeni ngumuntu okhuluma kakhulu futhi obonakala enozwela futhi ehlakaniphile, ngokuzumayo abe yisimungulu futhi alahlekelwe umuzwa wonembeza ngemizuzu embalwa. Faka lokho kwizigcawu ezimbalwa ezingezona ezingokoqobo ezibonakala zingasetshenziswanga ngaphandle kokuletha inani elincane le-gore kanye ne-shock (njengabantu abadala abathathu abasebasha bonke abafaka ngaphakathi kwesidumbu esifile ukufihla emaphoyiseni; noma isenzo esingahleliwe se-necrophilia ngesikhathi indawo yezocansi engadingekile), futhi unokwakheka kwendaba yemvelaphi engaphumeleli emzameni wayo wokuvelela wokukhombisa isithonjana esishaqisayo ngokukhanya okusha nokwamanje.

Noma ngabe uyawafuna noma cha, ama-prequels kanye nama-sequels azoqhubeka nokucabanga kabusha, avuselele kabusha, futhi kaningi abangele amahloni abanye bababulali bethu abathandekayo, ama-psychos, nama-miscreants. I-Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Ukuqala futhi Isikhumba yizibonelo ezimbili zalokho okungahamba kahle, futhi hhayi kahle ngaphakathi kwendaba yemvelaphi. Ekupheleni kosuku, uma ngabe ayikho kulezi zinto eziza kuqala ezikusebenzelayo, bukela okwangempela kukaTobe Hooper bese ubona ukuthi luhlobo luni lwemvelaphi ingqondo yakho eyakhela i-chainsaw esebenzisa i-maniac.