I’m a huge fan of the original texas chainsaw massacre. I
remember buying a copy from a shop in Virginia galleries back when it was
banned. You’d walk into the shop and a guy would hand you a list. Then he’d
make a call and someone would turn up with a pirated VHS copy of the film,
copied from the old beta max or laserdisc. It was like some weird drug deal but
you were fixing for a horror film. But that was back when it was the only way
to get a hold of this kind of film. It’s crazy to think that now you can find
it on DVD in a supermarket. When it was finally rereleased in the cinema I ran
to see it at a midnight showing and it blew me away. Words cannot describe how
intense the original film is on the big screen.
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So now they’ve decided to make a new sequel… And well. This
film is like someone digging up a dead loved one and smashing them to pieces
with a hammer whilst shouting “LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO” repeatedly. It has no
redeemable qualities and does a paranormal activity. By that I mean it completely
rewrites what happened at the end of the last film. I mean it shows you what
happens at the end of the original film, then completely disregards it and
suddenly has a big group of people in the rednecks house to get shot up. Oh
yeah and a baby.
The film follows the baby, now grown up. She has been left a
house by a dead relative she never knew she had. She goes with a group of her
friends to the house, Leatherface is there. People die in really uninteresting
ways. Unlike the original it does nothing for the horror genre. It just
meanders along and is a huge disappointment. Especially considering they
already have good sequels made of the original AND they’ve already remade this
and made a prequel to the remake. It makes no sense that this film should happen.
It boggles the mind. It’s a big pair of pants. Stay well clear.
