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Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
4362 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.47/4 |
# of Ratings: |
134 |
Genres: |
Horror, Crime |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 10/17/2003 |
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Director: |
Marcus Nispel |
Actors: |
Jessica Biel
Jonathan Tucker
Erica Leerhsen
Mike Vogel
R. Lee Ermey
Eric Balfour |
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Plot Outline:
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A group of college students traveling the back roads to Texas en route to Dallas pick up a strange female hitchhiker. What follows is a gruesome series of event involving a small community and a demented madman.
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Jenna 08/11/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
Nowhere near as scary or as gory as the original, but probably more overall entertaining. The cast was great, and the story line stayed in bounds of realism and the original film it was reflecting. I could (and have!) watch this movie a thousand times, it really never gets old. I wasn't aware Jessica Biel was this good of an actress. This film was entertaining and thrilling throughout and definitely set a standard on how modern horror films should be made. I was also pleased to recognize Erica Leerhsen from the Blair Witch sequel. A great film, one of the best horror flicks of the decade. |
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mitchellyoung 07/08/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
1/4 |
A darker, more gory, and wholly unpleasant version of the horror classic. The original film achieved an insane scariness with little gore and by suggesting more than it showed. This one has no restraint and the film is that more soulless because of it. |
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08/30/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Stepping stone of a new era |
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I hate people who watch the genre they don't like to start off with and then rate them. They really shouldn't watch what they don't like, as that being said. The original obviously has it's place and sets the stepping stone to this wonderful remake. Jessica Biel is a beautiful woman and a great actress so even if this movie sucked that would be enough. It starts off like the first however they pick up a female instead of a male. She obviously is traumatized by something. She gets in and freaks out blowing her skull and brains all over the rear windshield, this starts the groups journey into a sadistic cannibalistic family. Leatherface is huge in this movie and makes him scarier than the original, as well as he doesn't look like a giant woman in mans clothes as the first did. Horror fans t... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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04/05/2012 (0 of 1 found this helpful) |
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"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" by Yojimbo |
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Shockingly, I actually haven't seen the original, so I can be unbiased. Apart from the fact I don't like horror films much, for the following reason:
A group of absurdly attractive teens find themselves in a secluded spot. There are a few pre-scares, involving one of them shouting "Boo!"/the lights going out/pigeons/a cat. Some slasher/monster appears, starts picking them off, and they run around screaming until one is left. There's some lame back story about child abuse or something to give a pop psychology excuse for the carnage. She (usually) fights back and dispatches the baddie. He comes back to life, and she kills him again. For good. Or is it...?
This is the plot to 99% of all horror films, and 99% of them are pure shite. But this one actually works, because it does not for the m... |
Rating of
3/4 |
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03/31/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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The Saw Is The Law! |
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The remaking of classic horror movies is an issue that has been raging on ever since the early part of the decade. Some may argue that movies have always been remade and stories retold, and that quite often the re-telling of a good story can, sometimes, be better than it's original source, for example David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of 'The Fly' or John Carpenter's 1982 version of 'The Thing'. But then again, some may argue that true classics shouldn't need to be remade, with a director's original vision being tarnished by changing movie trends or unecessary special effects.
Arguably the movie responsible for the current trend of remakes was director Marcus Nispel's version of Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. As with it's source material, the movie not only k... |
Rating of
4/4 |
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