Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Plot : After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town. (IMDB) Review : The Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is iconic. It has characters you loved, characters you wished they would perish and a villain you could believe. Leatherface was feared because these event’s could happen. Hooper became a god because he didn’t strive for greatness. He just wanted to make a movie with a low budget. The sequel starts with the famous title scroll and then descends into the film. There’s not much one could say about the script. Bleak, lackluster and when they could not think they threw buckets of blood at the screen. I wish I was joking when I say the script should never have been greenlit. Teens want to create a sanctuary against what the world has become. This in turn disrupts the life of Leatherface and the gore starts flowing. You can still have a film with a bad script if you have good characters. This film does not even have that as each character is bland and undesirable. It’s no fault of the actor’s, it’s just what’s there. Note : I Know there’s a returning character that's has caused controversy. I’m not one of those with a picket sign for returning character’s. I’m tired of the same introduction of returning character’s in films.
The film is quoted for being brutal and it is. It’s just gore with no reason. Even with film’s like martyrs, devil’s rejects and Baskin noted for there brutality the gore / brutality still made sense. The film just pours it on and serenades Leatherface and his chainsaw mid center. As for the kills there are some good and brutal one's that are drowned out with a chainsaw. There is a reason Tom Savini is considered a master. His kills were unique, brutal and an artform in practical effects.
The real meat and potatoes is Leatherface. Burnham is without a doubt a worthy Addition. The menace, the stance and the physical appearance all match. It’s the way Leatherface is written when thing’s fall apart. In the original movie Leatherface was a menace with a childish mind. He killed out of hobby and took pride in killing and skinning people. Here he deliberately seeks out his victims and does so based on revenge. The lingering camera as he takes someone’s face isn’t needed as I feel it’s implied. The original film was mentally violent with suggestive images. In 2022 there are no subjective images and Leatherface himself is on a warpath.
Texas Chainsaw (2002) is just a mess of a film. Uneven without any knowledge of what made the original work. Colin stetson should be proud as the musical composer as it’s the best that has come from the film. Everything else falls flat that i feel dumber for watching. One of of 10 shrieks Images :