| | | Inspired by a True Story
A pair of divorce mediators spend their weekends crashingweddings in a search for Mrs.right...For a night. But when oneof them falls for the engaged daughter of an unfluential and eccentric politician, they get roped into spending the weekendat the family's estate and find themselves in over their heads!
"Prepare for a big gulp of excrutiating horror" Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
"The Scariest Film in Years!" Jeff Craig, Sixty Second Preview
"It's an instant horror classic! You want scary? THIS is scary!" Marcus Osborne, UPN-TV
Editor's Note
Tobe Hooper's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE appeared like a nightmare in 1974, establishing a whole new genre of horror film. Thirty years later, the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is back. Directed by well-known commercial and video director Marcus Nispel, and produced by Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, PEARL HARBOR), this remake begins in the same place as the original. Five friends are driving through Texas on their way to a concert in Dallas. But when they stop to pick up a hitchhiker, their trip takes a turn for the worse. The friends--Erin (Jessica Biel), Kemper (Eric Balfour), Morgan (Jonathan Tucker), Pepper (Erica Leerhsen), and Andy (Mike Vogel)--have no idea what they're in for when they ask the local sheriff (R. Lee Ermey) for help. It isn't long before the blood begins to pour and the notorious chainsaw of the maniacal, murderous Leatherface starts to roar.Although considered relatively low budget (9.5 million) by 2003 moviemaking standards, Nispel's remake is worlds away from the no-budget feel of Hooper's original. Where that film left much of the actual gore off camera, Nispel and Bay up the ante by showing every death in all its gruesome detail. They also up the dramatic ante, building to a final act that is relentless and terrifying.
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner Home Video |
| Release Date: 10/4/2005 |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 10002 | | UPC: 00794043100024 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Total Film
"...CHAINSAW eventually revs up and bites right to the bone..." 12/01/2003 p.96USA Today
"[A] slicked-up remake of director Tobe Hooper's minimalist classic." 04/02/2004 p.3D James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
The film's splatter content is restrained, at least by slasher/horror film standards, and the intent seems to be to concentrate more on shocks than gore. There are instances of humor, most (if not all) of which seem to be intentional, but director Nispel consciously avoids the jokey, self-referential approach that has been apparent in many post-Scream horror movies. The higher production values rob this Texas Chainsaw Massacre of some of the eerie immediacy of its first incarnation. Nevertheless, after the slow, deliberate start, there's plenty to keep both casual horror viewers and die-hards involved. There's nothing extraordinary or groundbreaking here, but the film delivers with enough consistency to warrant a qualified recommendation for those seeking a few extra scares at this time of the year.
Chicago Tribune 8 of 10
Has no pretensions about sneaking up on you -- it simply charges, motor humming and blades flying, carving the spot where masochism and entertainment meet. - Robert K. Elder
Washington Post 8 of 10
What a superb job director Marcus Nispel has done re-creating, yet also revising, 1974's grisly, gristly, protein-centric masterpiece. - Stephen Hunter
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