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    Emperor of the North 1973.

    Depression era Lee Marvin as hobo number one vs sadistic railroad bull Ernest Borgnine.

    Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SBVpNAwmoY
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    Hard Times, Bronson as "Chaney" a Gritty hard scrabble fighter from the depression era.
    Mr Majestyk Bronson as "Vince".
    Chato's Land Bronson as "Pardon Chato".
    Breakheart Pass Bronson as "Deakin".
    Seeing a pattern here?

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    Death Hunt.

    It came out in 1981, but has always been one of my favorite Charles Bronson movies.


    Edited to add:
    Loosely based on a true story. The real event was the RCMP's first use of aircraft in a manhunt.
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    Rocky.
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    The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). I saw it 6 times when it was released, each time with different friends. It was R rated and I wasn't old enough to see it by myself, so I had older friends get me in. Back in those days you got two films for a Saturday Matinee, and the cost was $1.75. It was shot on a low budget on 16 mm film, in the countryside near Austin, Texas. All location shooting - no studio shots.

    None of the sequels were worth a damn, but the original did have grit. What it didn't have was gratuitous blood - instead suspense with camera angles and darkness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OH58D View Post
    The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). I saw it 6 times when it was released, each time with different friends. It was R rated and I wasn't old enough to see it by myself, so I had older friends get me in. Back in those days you got two films for a Saturday Matinee, and the cost was $1.75. It was shot on a low budget on 16 mm film, in the countryside near Austin, Texas. All location shooting - no studio shots.

    None of the sequels were worth a damn, but the original did have grit. What it didn't have was gratuitous blood - instead suspense with camera angles and darkness.

    That was one of two movies that really messed me up as a kid.

    Saw it during the early days of cable TV around 1981. What got me is that while I knew there were bad people in the world, I didn't know there were effing deranged people in the world. While everyone else was horrified by things like leatherface putting the girl on the meat hook, what got me was the dinner table scene where the family was mocking the girl and there were actually human arms repurposed as chair arms. The depiction of her captivity at the hands of the family made me reconsider what I accept as a "human." This also eventually led to my realization that there are certain "things" I could kill with zero remorse or consideration.
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    The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a classic, it truly stands among the genre. It is so much better than the typical slasher flicks, a good representation of the depravity out there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by titsonritz View Post
    The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a classic, it truly stands among the genre. It is so much better than the typical slasher flicks, a good representation of the depravity out there.
    For me, it was a totally different film than the standard horror film. I've been to the old Gulf Station that was used in the filming, owned by the eldest brother, Drayton Sawyer. When I saw it last it was closed, but I heard it's a Texas BBQ joint. Another trivia piece is when the film opens, you hear a narrator describing the events. That voice was none other than actor John Larroquette, friend of director Tobe Hooper from the University of Texas. In fact a lot of the crew were film students from the U of Texas.

    One other piece of trivia is the song playing on the radio when they picked up the hitchhiker with the wine stain birthmark and Polaroid camera. It plays in the background during that entire van sequence. The song was Fool for a Blonde by Roger Bartlett, who is a Texas Swing musician and songwriter:

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