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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. 1974 1h 23m R. 7.4 (189K) 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.
Feb 21, 2022 · by Daniel Dockery. Feb 21, 2022, 12:53 PM PST. Image: Netflix. Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror movie The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is beautiful in its singularity. While it’s often lumped among its...
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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...
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- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Out investigating the possible robbery of their grandfather's grave, Sally Hardesty (Burns) and her brother Franklin (Paul A. Partain), along with a group of their friends, stumble upon a family of slaughterhouse workers who, after years of killing and eating animals, have turned their attention to humans.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986) Popular Texas DJ Vanita "Stretch" Brock (Caroline Williams) is kidnapped by Leatherface (Bill Johnson) and his disturbed war-veteran brother Chop Top (genre stalwart Bill Moseley) and taken to their new hideout — an abandoned theme park out in the middle of the desert.
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995) After speeding out of their prom, Jenny (Renée Zellweger) and her friends endure a whopping two separate car accidents that leave them stranded in the middle of the woods.
- Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) Young road-tripping couple Ryan (William Butler) and Michelle (Kate Hodge) fall victim to both car trouble and Leatherface (R.A.
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- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) The one that started it all and one of the most important horror films ever made. As far as horror audiences and renowned critics are concerned, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre can never fully be replicated.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) Obviously, originals are difficult to ever replicate. However, Tobe Hooper's enticing sequel gives it an impressive effort.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) As far as horror movie remakes go, it's hard to deny the cultural impact the 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake made and kickstarted a new era of horror remakes for franchises like Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
- Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) Under new direction from New Line Cinema, the third installment set out to recreate the franchise's vision with a fresh spin.
Feb 18, 2022 · From the Tobe Hooper's 1974 original classic to the new Netflix "requel," we've ranked every single 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' movie featuring horror's iconic Leatherface.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) R | 83 min | Horror. 7.4. Rate. 89 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.
