The first one was absolutely rediculous. One of the DUMBEST flicks I have ever seen in my life, and I am an AVID horror-flick buff!
And for those of you too dumb to know, it is BASED on a true story. "BASED" has a VERY broad meaning when attached to a Holywood Movie. The only thing remotely "true" about the story is the part about the guy wearing peoples skin. NO TEXAS Chainsaw family people! THEY NEVER EXISTED!!! In fact the chainsaw is just Hollywood fodder. The true part of the skin-wearing comes from the case of the Plainfield, Wisconsin Serial Killer named Edward Gein. He shot & killed like 5 or 6 people, and made masks of their skin, lamps, and stews as well. All that after hanging and dressing them like freshly-killed Deer.
Portions of his crimes were also used as inspiration for the movie "PSYCHO". That's right, the original Psycho by Hitchcock. Gein used to talk in his mothers voice while wearing peoples skin as masks and howling at the moon. So basicly, they COULD have made the same "based on a true story" boast for that movie as well.
The Buffalo Bill charachter in Silence of the Lambs is also based on Gein and his crimes. Dont believe me? Think the Texas Chainsaw thing is true(I know some of you do, cause I've seen the shit posted here before)...Do a yahoo search on ED GEIN, and see who knows their serial killer/horror-flick shit! Peace.