| | | Inspired by a True Story
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Theatrical Trailer, Music Video, English, Spanish Subtitled
Inspired by a true story and the classic 1974 film. A group of teenagers take a detour from a road trip and what happens next is beyond anyone's darkest fears and raw nightmares.
"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.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Widescreen - 1.85 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 EX - English | | Dolby Surround Stereo - English | | Stereo - English | | Additional Release Material:
| Music Video: "Suffocate" by Motograter | | Trailers: Theatrical Trailer | | TV Spots (7) |
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| Entertainment Reviews
 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/18/2009 5:43 PM | |
Aren’t remakes intended to improve on the films they’re honoring? First-time director Marcus Nispel may return audiences to the Lone Star State to recreate the horrific and (not really) "factual" events of August 20, 1973, when five hippies were abducted and tortured by a killer named Leatherface and his inbred family of cannibals. But this flavorless rehash ultimately proves you can’t just fire up a power tool, hang an innocent teenager on a meat hook, and call yourself The Texas Chainsaw Massacre....read the full review |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 9/26/2006 |
| Running Time: 98 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 6834 | | UPC: 00794043683428 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
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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
Chicago Tribune 8 of 10
Has no pretensions about sneaking up on you -- it simply charges, motor humming and blades flying, c - 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, gri - Stephen Hunter
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