Product: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original Uncut) [Region 2] (1974)
Rating: 4.0
The Hatfield's vs. The McCoy's of horror movies.
"Texas Chainsaw 3D" is a 2013 horror movie directed by John Luessenhop and the screenplay is written by Debra Sullivan and Adam Marcus. The film stars a cast of mostly unknown actors and actresses with the exceptions of cameo appearances by Bill Mosely (who is a horror film legend, well known to the hardcore horror film community) and Gunner Hanson (who played the part of Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In this film, he DOES NOT play the part of Leatherface again. Just FYI. He plays the role an elderly man in this film.) "Texas Chainsaw 3D" is a sequel, but does not require the viewer to see any of the other "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" movies to understand what's going on. Plus, the film shows scenes from the the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre during the opening credits to catch first-time viewers up as to what is going on exactly.The story in this film takes place immediately following the events of the original film. After a shoot-out between the crazy and violent Sawyer family and the local sheriff, with the assistance of some local vigilantes who are just as crazy and violent as the Sawyers. After the shoot-out, one of the men who was working with the vigilantes kidnaps the daughter of a young woman who is apart of the Sawyer family. The man takes the baby home with him, and he and his wife raise the child as if she was their own. Her name is Heather.Heather and her new parents soon leave Texas, and after Heather grows up, she has a fall-out with her parents around Halloween, and discovers that her long-lost Grandmother in Texas passed away recently. Now Heather, along with the help of her friends, go on a road trip to Texas to find Heather's past. They soon cross paths with the infamous Leatherface - A large, deformed, and deranged serial killer who for the most part uses a chainsaw to kill his victims and he wear's different victims faces as masks."Texas Chainsaw 3D" reminded me of "The Devil's Rejects" (Which is interesting since writer/director of "The Devil's Rejects" Rob Zombie was inspired by the original "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". It's worth also nothing that Bill Mosely was in both "The Devil's Rejects" and "Texas Chainsaw 3D".) The reason why I feel both stories are a little bit alike is because both involve one psycho, redneck, no nonsense family taking on another psycho, redneck, no-nonsense family. The feud reminds me a lot of the feud between the Hatfield's and the McCoy's.As I watched "Texas Chainsaw 3D", I honestly had trouble figuring out who I was suppose to be more scared of, but that is where a major appeal for me comes into play. Some films, such as one, are not about telling you how to think - They are about telling you to think for yourself.The pacing of the film is wonderful and there was never a slow moment. The film is bound to scare anyone who has never seen a horror film before or just doesn't watch much of them. Horror-watching vets will be entertained as well. Finally, I enjoyed the 3-D too and I think it's cool that a whole new generation gets to enjoy 3-D. The film has plenty of "jump out and scare you" moments, as well as tons of gore.This movie makes for a great action film too, and reminds me of a modern-day Western with the way the two families feuding with each other. There are also plenty of homages made through out movie to the old-school Texas Chainsaw Massacre film.I thought the film was highly entertaining. After six "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" movies, I was concerned that the new film was going to be the "same old, same old" but it wasn't. It was very different from the other films, and that made me happy. I really enjoyed the story and think it's the best sequel in the series. I look forward to watching it again on blu-ray.