The two big hits “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Chungking Express” are completely different, but they both have something in common. They both gave their audiences something new to experience. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, directed by Tobe Hooper and released in 1974, was said to be one the films that changed how audiences viewed horror and how horror movies should be made and produced. The film is about a group of friends who are terrorized by a family of cannibals after they choose to stay in an old abandoned house because their car runs out of gas. The group is made up of five friends and they are killed on by one leaving only one of them to survive. The killer is Leatherface, who commits all of his killing through gruesome scenes with hooks and a chainsaw. On the other hand, Chungking Express, is completely different. The film directed by Wong Kar-wai  was released in 1994.  The  film caught its audiences’ attention because of how time and speed are used in the film to give an special effect to some scenes in order to portray slow motion.   The film is about two stories told in a sequence, one about a policeman dealing with his breakup and a girl named May and the other one about a police officer dealing with his breakup and a flight attendant.  These two films are quite the opposite,  but I think they both were successful because oh how they both showed something new to their respective audiences.

Although both films are different from each other, they became popular because of how they changed audiences views on both of their different types of genres.  According to critics Texas Chainsaw  Massacre terrified its audiences because it actually showed graphic, gruesome scenes other horror films wouldn’t show in that era.  One critic says “As soon as advertisements for “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” — an unlikely masterpiece about a family of cannibals directed by a pacifist and distributed by the company  behind “Deep Throat” — started appearing across the country in 1974, the lexicon of fear forever changed .”  This author claims that once the movie started being advertised the way audiences viewed horror forever changed. He then goes on and explains that this movie was different than other horror movies because it actually contained scenes that showed the gruesome ways people were dying, which was something audiences weren’t used to seeing in other horror movies.  Another author says “If you’ve never had the stomach to watch it, you really should. You owe it to yourself to see what the best of the genre looks like. ”  This author points out that the movie is graphic, but that it is worth watching because the movie itself is the best in its genre.  He also explains that although the movie might have been too graphic for some viewers, most people who saw it loved it because it wasn’t the typical horror movie. His oddity stood out because of how gruesome it was. Chungking Express wasn’t made up of stars and it didn’t have a great plot, but its special effect made with time and speed is what made it stand out from the others in its genre. The film wasn’t very liked by many critics because they point out that many scenes in the film don’t seem to have any cohesion. One critic says “And, of course, many critics complain that his films have no plot whatsoever, just aimless mood-pieces that have been strung together without any plan. ”  This author argues that the filmmakers films usually seem to not have a plot. Later on in the same article he argues that although this film’s plot  is confusing, what stands out in the film is the way the filmmaker creates an slow motion effect with a low budget. He explains that the the film wasn’t great, but it stood out because of this special effect. Another critic says “This is the kind of movie you’ll relate to if you love film itself, rather than its surface aspects such as story and stars. ” This author says that the film’s plot line and actors weren’t what made the film great. He argues that what made the film great was how the film was filmed, but he also says that only people who love film can appreciate that.  Although both of these films have negative and positive reviews, they both stand out in it genres because of their originality and how they present their ideas.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Chungking are both different genres and they both different audiences, but they both relate to each other because of the way they both stood out in their genres. They both provided their audiences with new experiences by portraying different feelings that their audiences hadn’t seem before. Texas Chainsaw Massacre contributed to the art of horror by providing a new way of terrifying people. Chunking express contributed to the art of slow motion by developing a technique with speed time for filmmakers with a low budget. This two contributions are two different things, but two different ideas never seen before, which made both films successful.