Review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 version. Great remake of the 1974 classic?
Director Marcus Nispel
Writer Kim Henkel - Tobe Hooper
Cast
Jessica Biel - Erin Hardesty
Jonathan Tucker - Morgan
Erica Leerhsen - Pepper Harrington
Mike Vogel - Andy
Eric Balfour - Kemper
R. Lee Ermey - Sheriff Charlie Hoyt
Andrew Bryniarski - Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface
David Dorfman - Jedidiah Hewitt
Lauren German - Hitchhiker
A group of travelling friends get stalked and murdered by a deformed
killer. The story starts off with 5 youths passing through Texas, during
their journey they come across and pick up a traumatized girl, while in
the back seat she pulls out a gun and shoots herself.
Lets start with the cinematography which is very effective creating
an effective atmospheric feel, which builds tension nicely during the movie. The
killing scenes themselves are very brutal and gory, they're some of the
most graphic murder scenes I have witnessed in a movie. So many times I
have been disappointed by horror movies, many turn out to be not very
gory or even scary, so it's refreshing to watch a movie like this that
doesn't hold anything back.
The actors give good believable performances especially Sheriff
Charlie (R. Lee Ermey Hoyt) who is brilliant, offering some funny but
disturbing comedy. He manages to be charismatic and terrifying at the
same time.
Even if you have seen the original, this version tells the same story
but in a very different way. This film is well made, it's graphic, gory
and creepy. It's one of the best recent horror films and a great
remake, some may argue it's better than the original, it's certainly a
scarier film. I can highly recommended The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to
anyone that enjoys a good gory horror film.
7 out of 10
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