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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Play trailer Poster for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre R Released Oct 17, 2003 1h 35m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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In this remake of the horror classic, a group of young travelers -- including Erin (Jessica Biel), Andy (Mike Vogel) and Morgan (Jonathan Tucker) -- 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 (Andrew Bryniarski), who begins to hunt the stranded youths down. Will any of the friends survive the nightmarish ordeal?
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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Matthew Rozsa matthewrozsa.com It feels like a fable. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 22, 2022 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jvhuu M This remake for the classic Texas Chain-Saw Massacre fails to live up to the legacy of its 1974 predecessor, offering a slick, soulless remake that relies heavily on gore and shock value rather than the eerie suspense and atmosphere that made the original a classic. Instead of being truly unsettling and realistic, it often feels like a relentless barrage of grotesque imagery. While there are moments of tension, they are too few and far between to make the film memorable. This version of ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ doesn't capture the raw, realistic and haunting terror of the original, and instead feels like a standard, uninspired slasher flick. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Sifddine M It's a perfect horror movie and it's the best version for me. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/30/24 Full Review Audience Member O Massacre da Serra Elétrica: O Início se mostra um filme mediano com cenas preenchidas de sangue e violência com algumas atuações convincentes, mesmo que seja vazio em terror e em história o filme ainda consegue te divertir durante 1h30m. A falta de cenas com sustos e momentos assustadores me incomodaram muito nesse filme, o diretor parece não se esforçar para criar um suspense nas suas cenas e isso deixa o enredo do filme sem sentido. No fim, foi uma experiência um pouco decepcionante. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/06/24 Full Review Stanny R Perhaps the best film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise although its predecessors didn’t set a high bar. Cool characters and effects and I applaud the filmmakers for making Leatherface scary once again! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/24 Full Review Dylan H It's just a bad copy cat of the original, with some original ideas to distinguish it but not enough to validate why it needed to be rebooted in the first place. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/09/24 Full Review Salvador Z This was surprisingly good. There were a few times I was caught off guard by the differences from the original, but at the same time it’s a remake and I appreciate how they changed things around. The atmosphere and set design was cool looking as well. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/25/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this remake of the horror classic, a group of young travelers -- including Erin (Jessica Biel), Andy (Mike Vogel) and Morgan (Jonathan Tucker) -- 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 (Andrew Bryniarski), 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
Next Entertainment Inc., New Line Cinema, Platinum Dunes, Radar Pictures, Focus Features
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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