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Sunday, March 28, 2010

My Favorite Dennis Hopper Flick- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II

At the age of 75 and near death from cancer, Dennis Hopper was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...long overdue if you ask me...but then again Hopper has always been a rebel, a man who goes against the grain. Well what am i babbling about? Well what is Old Man Robb's favorite Dennis Hopper flick? Well i might hear it over this one, but like i care...

My favorite Dennis Hopper flick is...

Drumroll...or should i say...start your Chainsaw's...

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II...



Yes back in 1987 i rented this awesome sequel to Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" from the Dairy Bar next to Lloyd's in the Passage...rented it along with a re-rent of the original "My Bloody Valentine" another of Old Man Robb's favs... anywho...it was Texas Chainsaw time as i got to see the return of Leatherface!!!! A real disappointment is that the VHS was the heavily censored Media edition of the movie...the original Canadian release of TCM II was missing omg like some 9 minutes of the movie i swear.. but anyways what was on the screen was pretty damn cool.

I remember liking Dennis Hopper's character "Lefty" a Texas ranger..yes like Walker..but dressed like JR Ewing and being calm and collected...until reminded of what Leatherface's clan did to his brother's kids back in 74...Hopper's character goes to a chainsaw store, buys some saws and then find's Leatherface's kickin hangout...from there on in we are witness to Hopper screaming like a madman "Its the Devil's playground" "Bring it all down!..Bury the devil!" as he saws Leatherface's pad apart and then confronts the clan and has a pretty badass chainsaw duel with Leatherface...just see it to believe it folks...

I've heard Hopper hated the flick...understandable as many people who were in horror flicks usually disown those roles later on in their careers...for many people the defining Hopper role was Easy Rider or perhaps Apocolypse Now...for Old Man Robb in the teen years..it was Hopper's portrayal as Lieutenant Lefty Enright that my favorite role of this great actor...also liked him alot in Hoosers with Gene Hackman which is another 80s gem i must uncover and watch someday...

PS- Always loved the original movie poster for this flick...its a parody of the Breakfest Club..something i never caught onto till years later...silly Old Man Robb...

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Anonymous said...

My fav TCM flick is TCM II...RIP Dennis Hopper..

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