Now we have another sequel to the first film only that uses the original survivor final girl Sally to face off with Leatherface finally. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise has been an absolute mess for over a decade & to be honest the only good films in the whole franchise is the original 70's Classic & the excellent Early 2000's remake, all other films have been terrible. ![]() To me, the movie does what it's intended to do.Reviewed by lukem-52760 1 / 10 Another Crap Film In The Most Troubled Franchise Ever!!! I don't mind people hating it on principles. The young people get killed in grotesque fashion. She just has to have that hot beautiful body. Jessica Biel is not usually a good actress. There's no doubt that this is a good slick production. Is it too much blood? For some, there can never be enough. The critical panning that it took was justified for people who never liked the nihilism of this horror sub-genre anyways. This is a flashy gory remake of the 1974 horror classic. Instead, they find strange inbred locals, duplicitous Sheriff Hoyt (R. ![]() The group goes looking for help from the sheriff. They pick up a distress girl (Lauren German) walking on the side of the road. ![]() Erin (Jessica Biel), her boyfriend Kemper (Eric Balfour), friends Morgan (Jonathan Tucker) and Andy (Mike Vogel) are returning from Mexico along with Pepper (Erica Leerhsen) on their way to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10 slick gory remake Best bit? Watch out for the shocking bottle-to-the-face smashing. To put it simply, the good points outweigh the bad in this effective shocker, making it a horror flick to be reckoned with which succeeds in re-establishing the grim atmosphere of low budget '70s shockers. A great and chilling performance from this actor in the twilight of his career. Lee Ermey as the totally ruthless, corrupt and depraved sheriff. Andrew Bryniarski makes for a huge, hulking and frightening killer, but the best performance comes from an aged R. The teenage cast aim for the realistic approach and succeed, whilst Jessica Biel acquits herself well as the sexy damsel in distress. The end of the film is one long chase between Leatherface and his final victim, but with a lightning pace and plenty of action it never outstays its welcome and manages to rise above the mire of boringly predictable slasher fare. Leatherface is a deformed murderer this time around, but the sights within his lair will have any genre fan shivering with delight â this is a film where the gore (and there is extreme violence throughout) feels feels dirty and dank, a bit like HELLRAISER. The plot has been changed enough from the original to seem fresh and invigorating, and begins in a splendidly horrible fashion with an in-your-face (and mouth) suicide and lots of grisly, effective shocks. The best thing about the film is how it conjures up the feeling that, out in the sticks, life is cheap - and tourists or trespassers have no hope whatsoever of coming out the other side. In fact it's pretty darned good in places, concentrating on stark, graphic in-your-face horror throughout and building up a huge atmosphere full of disgust, loathing, and imminent death. Yet, perhaps surprisingly, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the better remakes out there. ![]() The cards were stacked against it from the start â remaking an acknowledged classic of the horror genre is definitely not a good idea, and what with this and DAWN OF THE DEAD remake, horror fans were heard to sigh and shake their heads around the globe. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 7 / 10 Grim and grimy remake ticks all the right boxes They decide to look for a telephone to call the Sheriff, and they end in the house of Thomas Hewitt, where their lives are threatened by the sick Leatherface and his deranged family. They decide to help her, and the woman commits suicide inside the vehicle. Kemper is driving when a disturbed young woman dangerously wanders onto the road. On August 18th, 1973, in Texas, Erin, her boy-friend Kemper, their friends Andy and Morgan and the hitchhiker Pepper are returning from a vacation in Mexico having been to a Lynnard Skynnard concert.
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