Soulless remake by the same soulless guy who made the equally soulless FRIDAY THE 13TH remake. Set in 1973, we're introduced to five twentysomething teenagers returning from a drug run to Mexico. While driving through the Texas backroads they pick up a hitchhiker. Things go downhill from there and before you can yawn 666 times they're being terrorized by your average horror movie hillbilly family. All the standard stuff is here: chainsaw revving, meathook hanging, screaming, mask made out of human skin, interior of house looking like the NIN "Closer" video, predictable story, zero nudity, zero scares, very minor blood, zero gore, annoying characters that cannot die quick enough, mysterious light sources, meaningless dialogue, dripping water, sweaty grinning yokels, etc.
The pace and production values were good enough to keep me from totally falling asleep, but I had absolutely zero interest in who lived or died or even what happened. Honestly, the best part of the movie was Jessica Biel's tight clothes. Baby buttfucking Jesus those jeans need to be put on display at the Smithsonian! World Class Ass aside this reboot is about as mediocre as it gets. Yawn.
Part 1 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Part 2 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Part 3 - Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Remake/sequel - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
Reboot prequel - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Reboot sequel to original - Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
Prequel - Leatherface (2017)
Direct sequel to original - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
