If you like horror films, you'll probably really enjoy this Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. However, I'm not a big fan of horror films and this one reminded me why. The film is sick, twisted, gory, and rather disturbing. Those are all important keys to any film of the horror genre, but they also made me wonder what kind of twisted mind could come up with this stuff. What makes the movie so disturbing is that it hits on so many basic human fears. They show someone being chased, kidnapped, stabbed, cut with a chainsaw, pursued by toothless inbred rednecks, etc etc etc. It's the stuff of nightmares.
It takes someone with their screws loosened just right to enjoy that stuff, and you people already know who you are.
I never saw the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, so I can't say how this remake compares to the original. However, I have seen enough horror movies to appreciate how often it has been copied since. This remake sticks to the original slasher flick formula and gives it a little bit of a modern overhaul.
My distaste for horror movies aside, I do appreciate that this was a well made movie. Every frame of the film is creepy and they do some interesting camera shots, especially during the suicide scene. The sets are especially disturbing and they make you want to tell the characters to run the other way when they approach them. The cast is also good. Jessica Biel is well cast as Erin. She not only handles the characterization scenes well, but also the screaming and the running. R. Lee Ermey is his typical self as Sheriff Hoyt, but that ends up being perfect for what is needed in this movie. He's so completely psycho that it's laughable. As a fun tip of the hat to the original, John Larroquette returns in the role of narrator like he was in the 1974 film.
In the end, this movie seems to be a good remake. It is well made and appropriately creepy. All that being said, you're only going to like this film if you?re a horror fan. Others will probably be really disgusted like I was. You have been warned!
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