Recently revived with a remake and several sequels Tobe Hooper's shock classic "The Texas ... more
Chainsaw Massacre" remains a high point of horror cinema. Now Leatherface and his terrifying cannibal family come to comics...and they're hungry for action! When an FBI team heads to rural Texas to investigate a series of disappearances they discover a horrifying town full of monstrous locals. But when they discover Leatherface's farmhouse the slaughter begins - and only a vengeful sheriff may be able to stop a banquet of human flesh! Fan-favourite writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (X-Men) and artist Wes Craig (Nightwing) invite you for a meal you'll never forget! Warning: Adults Only!
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Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, PEARL HARBOR), this remake begins in the same place as the original. Five friends are driving through Texas on their way to a concert in Dallas. But when they stop to pick up a hitchhiker, their trip takes a turn for the worse. The friends--Erin (Jessica Biel), Kemper (Eric Balfour), Morgan (Jonathan Tucker), Pepper (Erica Leerhsen), and Andy (Mike Vogel)--have no idea what they're in for when they ask the local sheriff (R. Lee Ermey) for help. It isn't long before the blood begins to pour and the notorious chainsaw of the maniacal, murderous Leatherface starts to roar.Although considered relatively low budget (9.5 million) by 2003 moviemaking standards, Nispel's remake is worlds away from the no-budget feel of Hooper's original. Where that film left much of the actual gore off camera, Nispel and Bay up the ante by showing every death in all its gruesome detail building to a final act that is relentless and terrifying. Tobe Hooper's enduring original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE appeared like a nightmare in 1974, establishing a whole new genre of horror film and thirty years later it's back.
Advantages: Ed Gein Documentary DVD extra Disadvantages: Only moderately scarry
So Hallowe'en night, the obligatory somewhat pathetic partying has ended it's about 1o'clock in the morning so decide to put this on and live the Hallowe'en atmosphere.
THE STORY
It's 1973 and the film starts with a filmed walk through of the crime scene of the ChainsawMassacre and before it can really get started we are thrown towards the past and 5 young people coming back from partying in Mexico to go see a Lynrd Skynrd concert somewhere in Texas, when suddenly they meet a young female hitch hiker who keeps crying and is more than abit erratic. They pick her up and start driving in the direction she came from which made little sense to me but hey. She starts screaming your going the wrong way (why did they pick her up if they weren't going to go her way? Why?). She then gets over excited pulls a gun from the heer groin ...
Advantages: the guy playing the sheriff Disadvantages: too many plot holes
! the fact that leatherface doesn't kill the final girl right away is also a give away that she's going to live.
the 2nd boy on the meat-hook could have put his feet on top of the piano and pushed himself off the hook. we weren't shown the piano earlier, mistake/goof? You can't tell if Jedadiah is trying to help her and Morgan or suckering them into another trap (which it seems like to me). Them running into an abandoned house like place where he carves an X in the door (a reference to Freddy or Jason?) and she hides him in a closet and hides in a crawl space herself.
Oh, and how can a chainsaw keep running when it's dropped (I'd have assume the engine would stop right away). leatherface kills the boy after hanging him from a chandelier (again, you see nothing you just think you do) and of course it's the final chase of the last living girl ...
Advantages: Visually impressive. Disadvantages: Not scary, gory for the sake of it, dull characters.
Tim Burton has a lot to answer for. Even since his poor, but finanically successful "re-imagining" of Planet Of The Apes, it seems Hollywood is falling over itself to produce as many "new" films using the names of classic ones, but little else. Few of these films have much in common with the original films, aside from an ability to trade off of an already established name. Unfortunately, The TexasChainsawMassacre is little different.
I suppose I should point out that I'm not particularly a fan of the original film, so this is a hardly going to be a "they changed all these things and ruined it" type rant. The overwhealming feeling I felt through the film was one of sheer boredom. There was absolutely nothing within the film that I hadn't seen elsewhere. The film plays as some mutated hybrid of the original Massacre film ...
A group of teenagers drive into a nightmare on what appears to be an idyllic summer's day. The events of the film are based on a true story.
Remake Of
Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( 2003 United States of America ), Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( 2003 United States of America ), Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( 2003 United States of America )
Release details
DVD Region
Blu-ray
Studio(s)
SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD.; METRODOME DISTRIBUTION; SONY DADC
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Commentary by drirector Tobe Hooper, cinematographer Daniel Pearl and actor Gunar Hansen, Commentary by actors Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger and art director Robert A. Burns, THE SHOCKING TRUTH documentary, FLESH WOUNDS documentary, Interview with Tobe Hooper and writer Kim Henkel, OFF THE HOOK with actor Teri McMinn, THE BUSINESS OF CHAIN SAW with production manager Ron Bozman, Deleted scenes, Outtakes
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
Professional reviews
Review
The most purely horrifying horror movie ever made (Empire, 19/10/2009)
DVD Description
A quiet summer drive through rural Texas ends in violent tragedy when several youths encounter a chainsaw-wielding psychopathic killer and his demented family. Tobe Hooper's gruesome tale of terror is loosely based on the Ed Gein killings, which actually occurred in Plainsfield, Wisconsin. Shot in a neo-documentary style, this incredibly influential horror film spawned numerous sequels and imitations.
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