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Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Official Trailer - Netflix Feb 18
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The social commentary is really poorly excecuted, but the only thing that really registered as offensive is how they treat a school shooting survivor, and her trauma.
If it wasn't for my friend, I would have stopped it after about 30 minutes, but she insisted on watching because "it's a horror"... anything but that.
Watch it if you like kills and gore and can tolerate extremely dumb characters. Some of the kill setpieces are legitimately very good so props to the effects people. Also the original score by Colin Stetson is quite good.
When I think about it, all the baseline technical stuff is well done - looks good, sounds good, good kills. But the script is so bad. So so bad.
When I think about it, all the baseline technical stuff is well done - looks good, sounds good, good kills. But the script is so bad. So so bad.
Even though this telegraphed 'sticking it to those cancel culture liberals' so heavily, i still somewhat enjoyed it. Kills were fucking brutal, and leatherface was menacing. Still though i DID NOT like one of the story aspects
tie into their story, just felt crass and forced and could have been handled better.
of the girl being some mass school shooting victim
Fuck this movie.
The school shooter subplot...handwaving the confederate flag and killing off the only Black characters in the movie...ugh!
The school shooter subplot...handwaving the confederate flag and killing off the only Black characters in the movie...ugh!
Since 2003 each reboot has come with two movies before they try again, so it'd fit.
Yep, I agree. I thought the cinematography was excellent, the kills were good, everyone seemingly did their jobs except for the scriptwriters. I'd love to see what the team behind this could do with even a decent script.
Went in with the lowest exectations (every tcm movie past two has sucked), but I found myself enjoying this. Really dumb and mean spirited affair.
I mean if a movie is successful, I would imagine that Netflix won't be looking to rock the boat, which is unfortunate for the sequel's chances of being decent.
fwiw this just means it's the second most watched movie of that weekend specifically. successful for sure, but not mind blowing. the wording of that tweet might lead people to believe the opening weekend performance made it the second most watched netflix movie overall.
Movie was fun as hell. The writing was terrible, and there was one REALLY stupid situation that I wasn't a fan of that I wish they'd have changed or removed entirely. Mainly everything regarding Sally, but specifically the scene of her just kinda... staring at Leatherface with the shotgun aimed right at him for a solid few minutes and NOT shooting him which was an egregious situational error on the movies part. There was absolutely no reason for her to not have fired that gun, and I'm normally more lenient on plot contrivances than most people.
And I realize it's completely blasphemous to the integrity of the original film, but Leatherface becoming John Wick with a chainsaw whipping the fucking thing around and blocking bullets with it was so hilariously fun, that I genuinely don't care that it doesn't make sense to his character or the intended tone.
Give me a second movie with the same level of set pieces, kills, gore, and action elements, but maybe hire a better writer or scrutinize the writing a lot more intentfully this time around.
And I realize it's completely blasphemous to the integrity of the original film, but Leatherface becoming John Wick with a chainsaw whipping the fucking thing around and blocking bullets with it was so hilariously fun, that I genuinely don't care that it doesn't make sense to his character or the intended tone.
Give me a second movie with the same level of set pieces, kills, gore, and action elements, but maybe hire a better writer or scrutinize the writing a lot more intentfully this time around.
What kind of super chainsaw is Leatherface using that chops peoples heads off with zero resistance?
Or is he just supernaturally powerful now?
Or is he just supernaturally powerful now?
This movie is dumb as fuck lmao. That shit with Sally had me crying. She was like "look at me you trick bitch, I'm bout to fuck you up" while she's pointing the shotty at him.
Leatherface picked up the chainsaw like
"Scuse me, do you mind if i get by you"
Lmfaoo.
Leatherface picked up the chainsaw like
"Scuse me, do you mind if i get by you"
Lmfaoo.
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This movie is dumb as fuck lmao. That shit with Sally had me crying. She was like "look at me you trick bitch, I'm bout to fuck you up" while she's pointing the shotty at him.
Leatherface picked up the chainsaw like
"Scuse me, do you mind if i get by you"
Lmfaoo.
This. I can excuse a lot of dumb decisions in horror movies, but sometimes it gets so freaking ridiculous I simply can not go with it. Try to come up with better ways to let the killer escape than sheer stupidity of the normal people, hollywood writers.
The fact that she let him walk passed her, all the way out that big ass house and then all the way the down the street. then waited for him to break in the car before she actually shot him had me rolling my eyes so hard.
You waited 50 years and then u just let the mf walk beside you and go for a stroll!??? WHAT!? This movie can't be serious.
You waited 50 years and then u just let the mf walk beside you and go for a stroll!??? WHAT!? This movie can't be serious.
I re-watched the original last night and then this very insightful review on Letterboxd
boxd.it
Just shows me how much the people making this movie didn't understand the original at all.
A ★★★★★ review of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
"You'd probably like it if you didn't know what was in it." Horror is derived, ultimately, from the unknown. Your fears are rooted in a fear of death, even when they are irrational phobias; ultimately, the core of fear is that something will somehow harm you. Harm leads to death, which leads to...
boxd.it
Just shows me how much the people making this movie didn't understand the original at all.
Movie was so bad that my friends and I stopped halfway through. I skipped around to the kills, and then then I was bored to tears.
Even if it was the original. Requels never work and always feels like a cash-in on nostalgia.
Requels can work. But the creative team behind them has to actual respect what came before.
Agreed, but even then it always feels like the creative team is just trying to copy what made the original work. It's just another Hollywood trend to cash grab on nostalgia that has been popular for the past few years. I honestly can't think of one I enjoyed?
I've enjoyed some, but I agree that it is selling your nostalgia to you.
The only one that I liked that had its own unique voice was Creed. If that is even considered a requel? It even took Stallone to places he hasn't been before. It was a perfect example of using someone else's sandbox and making it your own. Man, Coogler knocked that out of the park.
It's a requel. It continues the story of a movie world long since done. But yeah Creed flips everything around and gives Sly his most juiciest acting since Rocky Balboa (another requel I like) and even surpasses that.
This movie is dumb as fuck lmao. That shit with Sally had me crying. She was like "look at me you trick bitch, I'm bout to fuck you up" while she's pointing the shotty at him.
Leatherface picked up the chainsaw like
"Scuse me, do you mind if i get by you"
Lmfaoo.
He would have just shrugged those shots off anyway
The dumbest part of the movie has to be whatever curly hair girl did with that chainsaw right at the end. What the hell kind of move was that?
Also Leatherface must have held his breath in that pool for a while
Movie is cheeks
This also might have the dumbest "I should be dead by all accounts but I'm inexplicably still able to do one more thing before I keel over" scene in horror history that is played completely straight.
I legit thought it was gonna be a dream or something lol but nope, straight into the awkward chainsaw dance.
Absolutely not, the whole time during his "death" scene I'm just mentally screaming at them to cut off his head. Anyone could see he was gonna come back. This is why people root for the baddies, the protagonists are so dumb and never finish the job.
Movie was trash, but I knew going in it was gonna be trash so I was able to enjoy it for what it was. Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been trash for a long time so I wasn't really surprised. It was poorly written but had a couple of good death scenes, which is about all I expect from this franchise
I don't think Texas "do your thing cuz" 3D got a sequel did it?
Movie was very well directed in all fairness was watchable for something that landed directly on Netflix I'd imagine that gives the movie a more easier response from people because your not paying directly to see it haha
The 2003 remake is still the best one since the original imo that movie just looks gorgeous in a gothic horror way
I wish they would film one in Texas again though
The 2003 remake is still the best one since the original imo that movie just looks gorgeous in a gothic horror way
I wish they would film one in Texas again though
It's a low budget horror film, Netflix likely didn't pay much for it either with all the bad word of mouth behind it and it's production. They got a cheap hit out of this.
The prequel Leatherface was supposedly set in the same "universe". Theres one character from both films in Leatherface.
When he's cutting through the entire floor of the house, including the massive support beams which give zero resistance to the chainsaw.
Nothing ever will. it's a lightning in a bottle type of movie that can't be recreated.
While simultaneously being completely silent when idling (except when the movie remembers that it should be making noises when idling).