THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003) - June 24, 2004
Unpleasant. That's the best word I can use to describe this movie. I mean, it was reasonably entertaining (though it dragged a bit towards the end), but it was just... unpleasant. Where the original was scary, this was just disturbing. Devoid of any real suspense, with the only "shocking" moments coming from a person scurrying by the camera accompanied by a loud noise, or Leatherface busting through doors with his chainsaw, I have to wonder what the point of this movie was. Without anything much going for it other than being gross, this was essentially like porn for sadists (things I didn't need to see: a close-up of a guy's fingernails being ripped off, a close-up of a leg being chainsawed off, Leatherface's gross face, etc.). I know this is a cliche, but good scary movies are scary because of what we don't see and imagine, not because of endless superfluous gore paraded in front of us. *
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