The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

R

Released Oct 17, 2003

1h 35m

Horror

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In this remake of the horror classic, a group of young travelers, including Erin, Andy and Morgan, comes across an isolated rural home while driving through Texas. Unfortunately for them, the decrepit house is the residence of a family of deranged backwoods killers, most notably a hulking masked brute known as Leatherface, who begins to hunt the stranded youths down. Will any of the friends survive the nightmarish ordeal?

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Critics Consensus

An unnecessary remake that's more gory and less scary than the original.

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Scott Foundas

Variety

An initially promising, but quickly disappointing retread of Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel's hugely influential horror classic.

Apr 16, 2008

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

'Inspired by a true story' presumably adds to the sordid thrills; maybe we should look forward to entertainments about Nazis torturing children.

Apr 16, 2008

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Empire Magazine

You'll have to overcome resentment towards this unnecessary remake before you can be properly terrorised but, on its own terms, it plays well.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

A handful of inspired moments aside, it lacks everything that made the original so horrifying.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 22, 2023

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Matthew Rozsa

matthewrozsa.com

It feels like a fable.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 22, 2022

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

This stylish remake is as unfairly maligned as the original, especially when it comes to complaints of gore and torture. This take on Leatherface is filled with dread and several sequences are horrific, particularly Vogel's updated meat hook scene

Apr 3, 2021

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Riley V

Way better than the OG

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/08/25

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, as cenas de terror são bacaninhas, a história é mais ou menos, o elenco é bacaninha, mas ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são mais ou menos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, esse filme é um remake do filme de 1974, que mudou algumas coisas do primeiro filme, que ficaram ruins.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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Stephen C

Failure in 1 hour and 35 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Julian S

One of the stronger takes—not Hopper, but the fresh angle holds up. It’s gnarly where it counts. Dropping the fake ’70s setting would give it more room to breathe, but as a remake of a classic, it still lands pretty well.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/05/25

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Marsh X

This movie is definitely better than the third installment but probably about on the same level as the 2022 version or slightly better, again it seems like they've really took a serious direction on this series after the 2nd one, pretty much no funny moments and just a mediocre at best slasher film. The ending was also pretty abrupt, can't recommend this one unfortunately. 6/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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Jonathan O

This remake is fine but the picture looks bad especially shooting in night scenes which is hard to see what's happening and leatherface doesn't look scary, but R. Lee Ermey (RIP) performance is really terrified as Sheriff Hoyt.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Marcus Nispel

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Jessica Biel

Erin

Jonathan Tucker

Morgan

Erica Leerhsen

Pepper

Mike Vogel

Andy

Eric Balfour

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Synopsis

In this remake of the horror classic, a group of young travelers, including Erin, Andy and Morgan, comes across an isolated rural home while driving through Texas. Unfortunately for them, the decrepit house is the residence of a family of deranged backwoods killers, most notably a hulking masked brute known as Leatherface, who begins to hunt the stranded youths down. Will any of the friends survive the nightmarish ordeal?

Director: Marcus Nispel
Producer: Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss
Screenwriter: Scott Kosar
Distributor: Focus Features, New Line Cinema
Production Co: Radar Pictures, New Line Cinema, Platinum Dunes, Focus Features, Next Entertainment Inc.
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Strong Horror Gore|Strong Horror Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $80.1M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

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