![]() ![]() Lee Ermey and Jessica Biel offer great tension beyond a hulking Leatherface, portrayed at his most physically menacing by Andrew Bryniarski. And a group of professional actors bring a different type of elevation to the material. The grime of the sets are just as stomach-churning and sweltering as the original’s, thanks to shooting in the Texas heat. Cinematographer Daniel Pearl returned to the series after shooting the first, lensing a clean movie while finding the darkness within - something of a photo-negative of the crusty original. First, outside of the bones of the story, many things were changed: The pace is faster, the violence is bloodier, scenes are modified, the score is more traditional. Many horror fans thought that even the idea of a “Texas Chain Saw Massacre” remake was disrespectful to the endlessly-influential 1974 version, but director Marcus Nispel made many clever decisions in order to reimagine the basic story as a must-watch for a new generation of horror fans. ![]() Image Credit: ©Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was mainly shot using an Eclair NPR 16mm camera with fine-grain, low-speed film that required four times more light than modern digital cameras. But overall, Leatherface doesn’t distinguish himself from other masked slashers in this chapter, which seems destined to live on only as a popular YouTube clip named “Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) - Bus Scene,” traded among teenagers who just want to watch three minutes of hardcore and stylish mass murder. In the pro column, the newest addition to the series is handsomely shot and has some wonderfully deranged setpieces, including a true chainsaw massacre on a party bus, a tense game of cat-and-mouse in an ambulance and a battle between Leatherface and an old foe that is nearly a parody of 2018’s “Halloween” sequel. In a way, the hipsters invading Leatherface’s small town do make the perfect fodder for killing, as even the most woke audience would root for their demise. While the original had a sturdy message about industrial innovations chewing up and spitting out small town America, this sequel tries to take on gentrification, school shootings, cancel culture, social media dependency and Confederate flags, all via some of the most obnoxious characters put to celluloid this decade. Starring: Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham Watch all you want. Subscribe to our channel for more never before scene TCM content. The newest “Massacre,” designed as a different direct sequel to the 1974 original, is hobbled by having a lot of BIG IDEAS it wants to get across in less than 90 minutes. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022 Maturity Rating: 18+ 1h 23m Horror In this sequel, influencers looking to breathe new life into a Texas ghost town encounter Leatherface, an infamous killer who wears a mask of human skin. The Texas Chainsaw Massacres Official movie trailer remastered by Vortex Inc. The first Texas Chain Saw Massacre (yes, 'chainsaw' was spelled as two words in the 1974 classics title) claimed to be based on true events, but the truth is a bit murkier (and potentially even. ![]()
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