Can a chainsaw really cut through the metal of an automobile?

In the 2004 remake "Texas Chainsawe Massacre", Leatherface cuts through the roof of that big van that all those kids drove in town with. After seeing that, I eventually bought a 3-hp electric chainsaw and I tried that same thing on the metal body of an appliance and it did no such thing. It in no way even came close to even penetrating the metal.

So, in the movie, was the body of the van where the chainsww cut through made of old rusty-looking plastic or stryofoam to make it look real for the movie, or was the chainsaw an ultra high horsepower chainsaw with a razor sharp chain?
BTW, now that we're on the subject of this movie, how did they make it look real when it looked like that poor kid's lower leg got cut off by the chainsaw? It looked awfully real to me.

Comments

4 Responses to “Can a chainsaw really cut through the metal of an automobile?”
  1. Noah V says:
    March 31, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    1 you used a wimpy little electric chain saw… you want to do that you need a high quality gas power saw

    2 yes… i know this because i put my chain saw throw my truck doer on when i was being stupid!

  2. Donald S says:
    March 31, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    NO.

  3. jacksabroad says:
    March 31, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    Yes a chainsaw can cut through thin metal. In real life not for long though. For the movie it was exaggerated a bit

  4. microscopic_dust says:
    March 31, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    haha! that’s a very scary and awesome movie!
    i think they exaggerated the part where the van got cut through…
    i felt bad for the one that got cut in the legs!
    cant forget how his nails got removed on the walls as he tried to escape! ouch!


 
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