Texas Chainsaw Masacre

In The Texas Chainsaw Masacre I thought the father played the most important role in the crimes the family committed. From the moment we were introduced to the hitch hiking son, I felt that there was something mentally wrong with him due to family issues, even though we did not find out until much later that the crimes were committed by a family. We were able to see that the father is clearly in charge when he tries to force the grandfather to kill the innocent girl with a hammer, when he scolds the son for being gone for too long, and when he scolds the other son for losing the girl. We can also see that the father has control issues when the girl comes running to help and he acts innocent and acts like he is going to help her. I think that he responded in that way because he wanted to be in complete control of the situation without her acting spontaneously trying to escape. By her feeling finally safe and calm he would very easily be able to lure her back to the house. Finally, I noticed that the the two sons and the grandfather live to simple please the father and kill. His two sons act much more scared of him than any normal child would act. The are afraid to displease him and go along with his slayings to keep peace in the house. Although this was a disturbing movie knowing it was a true story, I found the plot to be full of underlying issues between the members of the crime family.