Texas Chainsaw

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Texas Chainsaw

R

2013

1h 32m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Decades ago, residents of Newt, Texas, long suspected that the Sawyer family was responsible for the disappearances of many people. When their suspicions finally were confirmed, vigilantes torched the Sawyer compound and killed every member of the family -- or so they thought. Much later, a young woman named Heather (Alexandra Daddario) learns that she has inherited Texas property from an unknown relative, and she is unaware of horrors that await in the mansion's dank cellar.

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Critics Consensus

As an ugly and cynical attempt to rebrand Leatherface as horror anti-hero, Texas Chainsaw 3D is a bold move for the franchise.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

08/09/2016

1/4

Every horror clich in the book is unleashed.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

04/23/2015

F

The trend lately in Hollywood is that the first weekend in January belongs to horror. Unfortunately for us, it's subpar horror.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

01/11/2013

2/5

This new film survives on its formulaic horror mechanics and the powerful image of a chain saw wielded in 3-D.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/27/2019

This is what good horror film moviemaking is all about - story, characters, visual appeal and genuine jump out of your seat terror!

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Cleaver Patterson

CineVue

02/07/2019

2/5

Starts promisingly but soon becomes yet another sub-standard American gorefest, with little or no real body.

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Jennifer Heaton

Alternative Lens

11/01/2018

2/10

...Continuing where the first left off? Good idea. Filling the movie with unlikable characters, stupid plot twists and broken continuity? Terrible idea.

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Rob W

4d

Yes, they made another Chainsaw movie, and I'll show my hand here, there was pretty much only one reason to revisit this and that was for the "ample charms", sorry, star quality of Alexandra Daddario , so, enough of this piffle, is it any good 13 years later? Well it's a game of two halves it must be said, the first 40 minutes is riddled with the usual cliched characters, hicks with Cowboy hats, (you can see why Trump got in) piss poor dialogue "I'm banging you-keep your hands off my shit!". The film was originally released as 3D (what a success that was) but thankfully it doesn't rear it's ugly head to obviously, just the usual chainsaw aimed at the viewer. The gore level is near non-existent but when the second half kicks in we get a nice chainsaw through the body and a juicy one in someone's ankle.Alexandra is a great scream queen, though it is amusing how her hair looks so perfect with the Hell she's trying to escape! Trash in all fairness, but I love that, so, entertaining trash!

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Aadil M

Dec 31

Surprisingly a good film, I enjoyed it. The ending was unexpected but hey ho.

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Angelo C.

@Angelocafasso1 Dec 19

This movie isn’t great in it’s story and execution but it is certainly a cheesy and entertaining good time!

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Maikevin F. Z

Dec 9

Alexandra Daddario saved this movie, just another slasher of the cinema history.

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Cory

@D4rk_Ang3l.71 Nov 25

ending was good, didn't like the cousin lore for like half the movie, was more likable near the end when they get revenge lol

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Mania I.

@TheMania510 Oct 28

A guilty pleasure. A direct sequel to the events of the original. I saw it in theaters in glorious 3D. Not much logic to it. But it has some moments of fun. Not the best sequel but not the worst by far. It's really about "family." One of Scott Eastwood's early screen appearances. Slickly produced but suffers from a poor script.

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Synopsis

Decades ago, residents of Newt, Texas, long suspected that the Sawyer family was responsible for the disappearances of many people. When their suspicions finally were confirmed, vigilantes torched the Sawyer compound and killed every member of the family -- or so they thought. Much later, a young woman named Heather (Alexandra Daddario) learns that she has inherited Texas property from an unknown relative, and she is unaware of horrors that await in the mansion's dank cellar.

Director: John Luessenhop
Producer: Carl Mazzocone
Screenwriter: Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan, Kirsten Elms
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: E1 Entertainment, Millennium Films, Lionsgate Television, Mainline Pictures Inc., Lionsgate
Rating: R (Strong Grisly Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 4, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 17, 2014
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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