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Description
On August 20th 1973, police were dispatched to the remote farmhouse of Thomas Hewitt, a former head-skinner at a local slaughterhouse in Travis County, Texas. What they found within the confines of his cryptic residence was the butchered remains of 33 victims, a chilling discovery that shocked and horrified a nation in what many still call the most gruesome mass murder case of all time. Brandishing a chainsaw and wearing the grotesque flesh masks of his victims, the killer became forever known as "Leatherface" when sensational headlines were splashed across newspapers throughout the state of Texas: "House of Horrors Stuns Nation - Massacre in Texas." Police and FBI eventually gunned down a man wearing a leathery mask and declared they had their killer and abruptly closed the case. However, in the years that followed, many close to the grisly murder case would come forward to level accusations that police had botched the investigation and knowingly killed the wrong man. Now, for the first time, the only known survivor of the killing spree has broken the silence and come forward to tell the real story of what happened on that deserted rural Texas highway when a group of five young kids inadvertently found themselves besieged by a chainsaw wielding madman who would leave a trail of blood and terror that would forever be known as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Review
If you needed any more evidence that the ironic horror days of the "Scream" movies are long gone, this should just about do it. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" takes as its model the classic 1974 horror pic of the same name, provides a new batch of nubile young victims to fall at the chainsaw of horror legend Leatherface and adds gore in the bucketloads. Simply put, it's the tale of a camper van full of pot-smoking kids whose trip back from Mexico turns nasty when they pick up a hitcher on a remote Texan highway. Cue creepy-looking houses, a super-scary sheriff and the entrance of one very big chainsaw indeed.
And while, by its very conception, it displays levels of unoriginality that's even hard to believe in Hollywood, this remake actually turns out to be a surprisingly scare-filled fright fest. It certainly starts strongly. The makers throw in a nicely unexpected departure from the original movie with the gruesome early demise of the hitcher before launching off into the more familiar territory of Leatherface and his clan. "Rules of Attraction" actress Jessica Biel is also effective as the ballsy, pretty one earmarked for survival while the shouting sergeant from "Full Metal Jacket," R. Lee Ermey, pops up as the scarily sinister Sheriff. It may not pack even half the punch as the surprisingly bloodless and chilling original, but as a Halloween horror pic, it hits all the right buttons.
Special Features
- Audio commentaries featuring director Marcus Nispel, producer Michael Bay and others
- Deleted scenes
- Alternative opening and closing sequences
- 'Chainsaw Redux': an in-depth documentary
- 'Gein: The Ghoul Of Planifield' documentary
- Original screentests from members of the cast
- Music video
- Art gallery
- TV spots
- Trailers
- Interactive menu
- Scene access
Technical Details
Region 2
Running Time: 98 minutes
Production Year: 2003
Main Language: English
Genre: Horror
Certificate: 18 Suitable for 18 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 18, by placing an order for this product you are declaring that you are 18 years or over.
Directed by: Marcus Nispel
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