The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Name: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: October 17, 2003
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Andrew Bryniarski, Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker

2003

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: October 17, 2003 | R

Starring: Andrew Bryniarski, Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker

Summary: This thriller recounts the true story of five teenage travelers stranded in a rural Texas town, fighting for their lives against a chainsaw wielding madman and his bizarre extended family. (New Line Productions)

Director: Marcus Nispel

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 min

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Stephen Hunter

What a superb job director Marcus Nispel has done re-creating, yet also revising, 1974's grisly, gristly, protein-centric masterpiece. Read full review

Premiere Addison MacDonald

Manages to pull off an adequate amount of scares, when compared to most horror flicks in theaters this Halloween season. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Seems to understand its source material, but has no idea how to improve on it. Read full review

David Sterritt

A lot more violent and a tad less creepy than the 1974 original, the much-changed remake delivers enough gory, belligerent mayhem to keep horror fans screaming. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

Simply go out and rent the original. In the thin ranks of killer-power-tool flicks, it's still the standard to beat. Read full review

Scott Foundas

Initially promising, but quickly disappointing. Read full review

Roger Ebert

A contemptible film: Vile, ugly and brutal. There is not a shred of a reason to see it. Read full review

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Antoniopresley

May 10, 2020

The original is about artistic insanity.
The remake is about traumatic horror.

And I love both of them.

5 of 5 users found this helpful50

antwianf

Mar 10, 2009

Superbly gruesome and shockingly suspenseful with a touch of humor.

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perfectMETROID1

Mar 20, 2012

This movie gets alot of hell for being to far from the original. I personally think its better than the original. Its a extremely well made horror film. Instead of making an exact replica of the 1974 cult film, they take the basic idea and run with it, adding a great likable cast, grittyThis movie gets alot of hell for being to far from the original. I personally think its better than the original. Its a extremely well made horror film. Instead of making an exact replica of the 1974 cult film, they take the basic idea and run with it, adding a great likable cast, gritty camera work, and a top notch musical score. While this is the remake that started the trend, its also one of the best horror films of the 20th century. 9/10.… Expand

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

TheRussianator

Apr 11, 2018

Definitely better than most of the classic horror movie remakes out there, but it also suffers from disposable characters and continuity errors.

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ydnar4

Nov 21, 2014

This movie was just average, as I expected. I wasn't expecting the remake to match the original but it certainly wasn't the worst horror movie remake I've seen. Continuing the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies only seems to generate more and more money for the franchise, considering the budgetThis movie was just average, as I expected. I wasn't expecting the remake to match the original but it certainly wasn't the worst horror movie remake I've seen. Continuing the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies only seems to generate more and more money for the franchise, considering the budget for the movies is so small to begin with. I didn't have many scares in the film, not nearly as scary as the original. However I enjoyed Jessica Biel and R Lee Ermy. I thought they played their roles fairly well. With Michael Bay being involved in this film I'm not shocked that it got mixed reviews as he never seems to be able to get any sort of critical acclaim. He's bringing in the money though.… Expand

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[Anonymous]

Dec 10, 2005

Disturbing and oogy.

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TheGilbertMulroneycakesLaserExperience

Oct 25, 2003

If you were scared byenjoyed this, firstly: may God have mercy on your soul, and secondly: watch the original. That was a masterpeice, taking terror into new, occasionally surreal, dimensions, pulling you protesting along with it. This is a pointless, mean-spirited, lazy-ass bloodbath If you were scared byenjoyed this, firstly: may God have mercy on your soul, and secondly: watch the original. That was a masterpeice, taking terror into new, occasionally surreal, dimensions, pulling you protesting along with it. This is a pointless, mean-spirited, lazy-ass bloodbath that's even worse than the pointless, lazy-ass bloodbath that was Tobe Hooper's own TCM 2 from the burning radioactive wilderness of the 1980s. That Hooper's name is attached to this car-boot-sale remake is a very human tragedy. And they show Leatherface's face, which is like putting a voiceover at the end of 2001 explaining where the monoliths came from. Get out.… Expand

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