Mike LeMar Besides the ever-typical stupid decisions, and especially because it's like the innocent characters keep trying to work their way into trouble, what really gets me about this one is Jessica Biel's character contradicting herself by initially telling Kemper that she just wants to get out of there after the incident with the girl hitchhiker, and then makes a big deal that they shouldn't just leave without taking care of her body properly first by at least finding her family and informing them. Knowing she's the GIRLfriend, she even backs herself up with, "Well it matters to ME...If that means anything." At the end, it's just plainly unrealistic: no one could survive in the hallway of a slaughterhouse after getting an arm cut off to then follow someone out to the road to startle her as she speeds off. It's not like he quickly wrapped himself up; he rested back against the lockers and fell to the floor in pain.

austinkunkle When I was a kid,the 2003 was the one I saw first and I was just amazed by how Leather face looked in this one. I saw the 1974 one and saw he looked pretty classic,but I saw this one and I was like terrified,amazed,and thrilled out of my mind. With this movie being a Micheal Bay film,I was actually impressed. There was only little bit of sexual content,no robot creation,and no fired up explosions. I can understand this is a remake,but he didn't rip it off on the 1974 version 60% of the time. He had his own ideas and horror scares. Not that it was ever scary to me. I don't really get scared with these types of movies anyway; I just get really entertained by their performances,murders and all that. So obviously I'm going to do my greatest to least performance,because I just really enjoy listing them on how much a Texas chainsaw massacre movie impresses me. So 2003,1974,2013,2006,1986,and the last two originals were just horrible,corny,cheesy,and just horrible;not even stupid funny. They were just horrible,and no close to impressed that I'm surprised I even mentioned them. So I'm just pretending they were never made. But what I am excited about is Leather face the movie which I hope comes out pretty soon so I can see how it looks.

Leofwine_draca The cards were stacked against it from the start – remaking an acknowledged classic of the horror genre is definitely not a good idea, and what with this and DAWN OF THE DEAD remake, horror fans were heard to sigh and shake their heads around the globe. Yet, perhaps surprisingly, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the better remakes out there. In fact it's pretty darned good in places, concentrating on stark, graphic in-your-face horror throughout and building up a huge atmosphere full of disgust, loathing, and imminent death. The best thing about the film is how it conjures up the feeling that, out in the sticks, life is cheap - and tourists or trespassers have no hope whatsoever of coming out the other side. The plot has been changed enough from the original to seem fresh and invigorating, and begins in a splendidly horrible fashion with an in-your-face (and mouth) suicide and lots of grisly, effective shocks.Leatherface is a deformed murderer this time around, but the sights within his lair will have any genre fan shivering with delight – this is a film where the gore (and there is extreme violence throughout) feels feels dirty and dank, a bit like HELLRAISER. The end of the film is one long chase between Leatherface and his final victim, but with a lightning pace and plenty of action it never outstays its welcome and manages to rise above the mire of boringly predictable slasher fare.The teenage cast aim for the realistic approach and succeed, whilst Jessica Biel acquits herself well as the sexy damsel in distress. Andrew Bryniarski makes for a huge, hulking and frightening killer, but the best performance comes from an aged R. Lee Ermey as the totally ruthless, corrupt and depraved sheriff. A great and chilling performance from this actor in the twilight of his career. To put it simply, the good points outweigh the bad in this effective shocker, making it a horror flick to be reckoned with which succeeds in re-establishing the grim atmosphere of low budget '70s shockers. Best bit? Watch out for the shocking bottle-to-the-face smashing.

bowmanblue Yes, the original 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' was a classic – or rather a classic if you enjoyed seeing innocent teens getting dismembered or eaten alive by sadistic inbred mutants. But then, based on the success of the nineteen seventies slasher, a lot of people did enjoy watching that sort of thing. So here comes the obligatory up-to-date Hollywood big budget remake. And, believe it or not, it's actually quite good.No, seriously – don't let Michael 'Transformers' Bay's name on the publicity put you off. He obviously didn't have that much to do with it and was too busy destroying much loved eighties toy franchises to meddle in the Texas Chainsaw's remake. There's none of his slow motion camera-work or explosions with those weirdly-pretty fireworks in it.Instead, what you have is a reasonable version of the original source material. You have the teens. Yes, they're hardly the most varied bunch in terms of likable characters, but they're our heroes and they're just about watchable enough for you to not really want them to be severed in two alive. But no one really cares about them. It's the villains who steal the show. Of course you have the hulking chainsaw-wielding psycho known only as 'Leatherface' who you certainly wouldn't want to bump into in a dark alley (or small, out-of-the-way backwater American town), but it's R. Lee Ermey who steals the show as the truly psychotic one (and he never even picks up a chainsaw!).Yes, it's not as 'raw' as the original. It does a good job of capturing the general seventies vibe, but comes across as a much slicker production all together. And that's no bad thing. It's literally a retelling, taking most of the original's bits and repackaging them in a slightly different way. There's more to the story as it's more complex (but not really that much more complex – it's still a guy in a skin-mask chasing kids around a field with a chainsaw).If you like your slasher films and aren't totally put off yet another Hollywood remake of a classic horror gem then give this one a go. It's a rare example of a remake that's actually pretty good. This and the 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead.