DVD Double Feature
Watch these films together! "Deliverance" (1972) and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" (2006)
If you ever needed a warning against vacations in the rural South, this week’s movies will scare you straight back into the loving bosom of your harsh, urban metropolis. While adventures through the backwoods might seem like a good way to get closer to your friends, it seems that weapon-wielding, inbred maniacs will usually appear to ruin your fun. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning tells the ambitious story of the rise of Leatherface before he even had the mask of human skin that gave him his proper name. Four teens make the mistake of taking a road trip to commemorate the two boys’ impending departure to fight in Vietnam, but encounter the chainsaw-crazy family instead. Though quite a bit more eloquent in its presentation, Deliverance follows four young men canoeing down an Appalachian river who famously run into trouble upon meeting the locals. Even if you escape, you’ll be left scarred and sore enough to never leave Manhattan again.