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1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. 1974 1h 23m R. 7.4 (186K) Rate. 91 Metascore. Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
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Originally released as The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre in '95, this unambitious follow-up is the third direct sequel. Written and directed by Kim Henkel, the co-writer of the original, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation works essentially as a loose remake of the '74 film. It follows two teenage couples who wander into Leatherfac...
Similar to the Blumhouse Halloween 2018 sequel, this film acts as direct follow-up to the original, ignoring all of the previous entries. It begins promisingly, with an impressive flashback to the original farmhouse – and the events that followed after final girl Sally Hardesty(Marilyn Burns) fled the Sawyer home. When the film jumps ahead to the p...
Platinum Dunes' follow-up to their successful 2003 reboot works as a direct prequel/origin story for the Hewitt clan. The first few minutes are spent explaining how Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski), named Thomas in this iteration, came to be. However, the film isn’t interested in telling his story – it merely wants to tie up a few story threads befo...
Visionary French directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, who made a memorable debut with the brutal Inside (À l'intérieur) were hired to create yet another Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel. This time it’s a a direct prequel to the Hooper film - and once again attempts to shed light on how the deranged family was formed. Unlike The Beginning, ...
After the darkly humorous second film, TCM III takes a more serious approach to the subject matter. Abandoning any continuity from Hooper’s sequel, the David Schow script attempts to recreate the original through the lens of an 80s slasher movie. Director Jeff Burr manages to put together some arresting set pieces – even with severe cuts made to th...
After several years of silence, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes made some buzz when it bought the franchise and decided to reboot the original film. While following the template of the '74 classic, Scott Kosar’s script adds enough twists to keep the narrative tense and engaging. Once again the focus is on five young adults traveling through Texas, thi...
Tobe Hooper’sbelated sequel, produced by Cannon Films, emphasizes the black humor of the original – while also pushing the envelope on the onscreen violence. 11 years after the events involving Sally Hardesty and her friends, former Texas Ranger Lefty Enright (Dennis Hopper) teams with intrepid radio DJ Stretch (Caroline Williams) to hunt down the ...
Of course the original Texas Chain Saw Massacreis number one on the list. Brutal without much onscreen gore – and relentless in its pacing, Hooper’s low budget marvel still has the power to disturb. Daniel Pearl’s cinematography effortlessly captures the mayhem with clever framing and attention to small details. The cast of virtual unknowns offer g...
- “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974) Arguably the greatest horror film of the 1970s, which is saying a lot considering how much psychic trauma was being worked out on the big screen via grindhouse entertainment, “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” is a straight-up masterpiece.
- “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2” (1986) Talk about a left turn. More than a decade after the original, filmmaker Tobe Hooper was given a considerably bigger budget and free creative rein.
- “Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III” (1990) After striking gold with the “Nightmare on Elm Street” horror franchise, New Line Cinema started gobbling up other horror properties.
- “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation” (1995) Original co-writer Kim Henkel returned to the franchise to write and direct what was originally known as “The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
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- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) I adore the large majority of the slasher classics, but after countless viewings, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of few that can still put me on edge every single time I watch it.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) I’m likely in the minority on this one, but I think Bay and the guys at Platinum Dunes come far closer to capturing the spirit and brutality of the 1974 film with Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Part of the appeal of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre is how gritty and brutal it is. The glossy, commercial vibe of director Marcus Nispel and producer Michael Bay’s 2003 remake does detract from the savagery of Leatherface, but they do manage to fill that hole well enough by upping the violence and gore.
- Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) Leatherface is an improvement, but not by much. I appreciate the simplicity of the narrative, especially compared to the nonsensical mayhem in The Next Generation, but there is absolutely no reason for this movie to be titled Leatherface at all.
Feb 21, 2022 · To celebrate the release of the newest sequel-to-the-original, “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” Variety is ranking the films in this rambunctious and wildly uneven franchise.
Feb 21, 2022 · Which Texas Chainsaw Massacre films are worth watching? MUST WATCH: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is both a classic and an eternally refreshing piece of cinema, and every horror and...
Mar 1, 2022 · Published Mar 1, 2022. Picture this: an idyllic Texas countryside, beautiful blue skies, and carefree teenagers cruising along dirt roads. Nothing could be better. Until a bulky,...
