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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

R

Released Oct 17, 2003

1h 35m

Horror

List

37%

Tomatometer

159 Reviews

58%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

In this remake of the horror classic, a group of young travelers -- including Erin (Jessica Biel), Andy (Mike Vogel) and Morgan (Jonathan Tucker) -- comes across an isolated rural home while driving through Texas. Unfortunately for them, the decrepit house is the residence of a family of deranged backwoods killers, most notably a hulking masked brute known as Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski), who begins to hunt the stranded youths down. Will any of the friends survive the nightmarish ordeal?

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Critics Consensus

An unnecessary remake that's more gory and less scary than the original.

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Scott Foundas

Variety

An initially promising, but quickly disappointing retread of Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel's hugely influential horror classic.

Apr 16, 2008

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

'Inspired by a true story' presumably adds to the sordid thrills; maybe we should look forward to entertainments about Nazis torturing children.

Apr 16, 2008

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Empire Magazine

You'll have to overcome resentment towards this unnecessary remake before you can be properly terrorised but, on its own terms, it plays well.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

A handful of inspired moments aside, it lacks everything that made the original so horrifying.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 22, 2023

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Matthew Rozsa

matthewrozsa.com

It feels like a fable.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 22, 2022

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

This stylish remake is as unfairly maligned as the original, especially when it comes to complaints of gore and torture. This take on Leatherface is filled with dread and several sequences are horrific, particularly Vogel's updated meat hook scene

Apr 3, 2021

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Arturo P

This is hands down the best texas chainsaw movie and it's wild how negatively reviewed it is.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/11/24

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Calvin T

This is the best remake 💯

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/03/24

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Arabi R

Direction was good, the movie's writing and tone and atmosphere and performance was good is one of the best horror remake movie

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/24

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Peter G

Truly a horror masterpiece that stands on it's own with the original film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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onio w

did we really need this?

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/24

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Howard H

An enjoyable enough entry into the series. Dark lighting, nostalgia and well casted charaters makes this watch able to revisit similar storyline from the original.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/24

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Marcus Nispel

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Jessica Biel

Erin

Jonathan Tucker

Morgan

Erica Leerhsen

Pepper

Mike Vogel

Andy

Eric Balfour

Kemper

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Synopsis

In this remake of the horror classic, a group of young travelers -- including Erin (Jessica Biel), Andy (Mike Vogel) and Morgan (Jonathan Tucker) -- comes across an isolated rural home while driving through Texas. Unfortunately for them, the decrepit house is the residence of a family of deranged backwoods killers, most notably a hulking masked brute known as Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski), who begins to hunt the stranded youths down. Will any of the friends survive the nightmarish ordeal?

Director: Marcus Nispel
Producer: Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss
Screenwriter: Scott Kosar
Distributor: Focus Features, New Line Cinema
Production Co: Next Entertainment Inc., New Line Cinema, Platinum Dunes, Radar Pictures, Focus Features
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Strong Horror Gore|Strong Horror Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $80.1M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

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