It’s not that Texas Chainsaw Massacre doesn’t work as a legitimate continuation of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - it feels like it takes place in an entirely different universe. But the entire film feels ill-conceived - the implication that Leatherface left his, well, Leatherfacing behind him in the wake of the original’s deranged final reel is laughable, and a rematch between him and 1974 survivor Sally Hardesty (now played by Olwen Fouéré) stretches credulity beyond breaking point. A legitimate Texas chainsaw massacre on a crowded bus delivers bravura gore and the kind of carnage that simply wouldn’t have been possible in the ’70s, while the clunky script is riddled with terrible dialogue that offers moments of so-dumb-it’s-fun entertainment. Here, the physical violence is majorly ramped up (heads crunch, saws rev, innards spill), but the psychological violence is non-existent - which might be less of an issue if Texas Chainsaw Massacre didn’t directly invoke its predecessor.ĭespite positioning itself as a definitive sequel to an outright classic, this Texas Chainsaw (not to be confused with 2013’s Texas Chainsaw, itself intended as a direct sequel to Hooper’s film) is ultimately just a dumb, schlocky slasher - and on that front, it boasts fun sequences.
There, the chainsaw violence was far less graphic, but the atmosphere was suffocating - a sense of depravity, decomposition and discordancy that felt impossible to scrub off. Tonally, though, David Blue Garcia’s film (he took over as director from Ryan and Andy Tohill one week into production) couldn’t be further from Hooper’s still-terrifying classic. The 82-minute runtime (an ultra-lean 74 minutes minus credits) offers little chance to get to know any of the new blood particularly well - but it’s welcome to see Happy Death Day 2U’s Sarah Yarkin and a post- Eighth Grade Elsie Fisher in major roles as central sisters Mel, the new owner of small-town Harlow, and Lila, who survived a school shooting, respectively.
There’s a kernel of a solid idea to Texas Chainsaw Massacre (taking a cue from The Social Network’s Sean Parker, they’ve dropped the “The”), with its updating of the original’s culture-clash dynamic. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The 124-year-old Grandpa appears, initially thought to be already dead he is first seen briefly during Leatherfaces chase scene, Sally approaches him seeking help but assumes he is dead when she sees how old he is.
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