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Original title: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Directed by
Marcus Nispel Written by
Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper Cast
Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour [more]
Release Date
• USA: Oct 17, 2003
• UK: 31 Oct 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 29, 2004
• R2: 29 Mar 2004
Budget $9,200,000
Official Website:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, language and drug content.
Running Time
1 hour, 38 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
New Line Cinema, Focus Features, Radar Pictures Inc. (in association with), Platinum Dunes, Next Entertainment Inc., Chainsaw Productions LLC
Studio Michael Bay, Next Entertainment, Platinum Dunes, Radar Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
• The Texas Cha1deeinsaw Massacre (2003)
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reviews |
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is pure shock cinema; to me, this was a true horror film. There is nothing funny about it, nothing fun, nothing normal, there is no doubt that this is a Texas Chainsaw Massacre flick. The film is unsettling, disturbing, and most of all relentless. TCM makes you beg for survivors, because you don't think you can handle another victims untimely demise. [read review] 
--Mr. Disgusting (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
It's a gory, stylish, and occasionally scary push-button factory of shocks and shrieks remarkably better than anyone had the right to expect. Yet, it begs the question: if the filmmakers could churn out something this decent, why didn't they shoot an original script, or even a sequel to Hooper's 1974 classic instead of a remake? [read review] 
--Jamie Russell (BBC Films)
...the first half of the film is somewhat entertaining and a few of Nispel's innovations are enjoyable (including a shot that starts with a screaming Biel and travels through the dead hitchhiker's skull until finally emerging outside of the van). But really, the film never improves upon Hooper's vision, so why bother? [read review] 
--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
Marcus Nispel does a damn good job on this film and while the script may stick by a few too many hallmarks of the genre to be the great reinvention that Dave seems to think… it is nice to see it abandon completely that self-referential bullshit that SCREAM plagued Slasher horror with for far too long. [read review]
--Harry Knowles (Ain't It Cool)
Here's a re-do that manages to be better than all the sequels to the first film. ... This sticks fairly close to the story of the original but adds in a more meaty finale and changes a few things, there's a few cringe worthy moments and the entire film just feels disturbingly unnerving. In other words this is quite recommended. [read review] 
-- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Going head to head with one of the greatest horror films of all time is bound to end in bad blood, but while this reimagined 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' is no real match for the original, it has just enough mad mayhem and hysterical helter-skelter to satisfy most horror-fiends - and a film about a terrifying family of mad Texans wielding ruthlessly lethal power from a big white house has never seemed more pointedly political. [read review] 7/10
--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
Basically, if you like gory, scary slasher-flicks, then this delivers in spades. It maintains a tense atmosphere throughout and definitely ratchets up the terror factor towards the end. Not for the squeamish though and it’s still hard to see the point ofremaking it. [read review]
--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
One thing this film had that the original obviously didn't was the gore. This movie had a nice amount of it that should please horror fans of this day and age. ... A good remake, but it fails to top the original, but does top it in some aspects. Worth a [read review] 7/10
--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
...the redo "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is one of the best horror films of recent years. It's not so much a remake as a "re-imagining," cliché as that sounds. ... No, TCM2003 doesn't carry all the nihilistic, feral grittiness of the original, but comes theclosest that any fear film has in recent decades. [read review]
-- (eSplatter.com)
Director Marcus Nispel knows how to ratchet up the tension. His remake is a far, far better-looking thing than the original. There's also more humor, especially in the over-the-top performance of drill sergeant-turned-actor R. Lee Ermey as the loudest ofthe inbreds. [read review]
--Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
A splatterfest remake that relentlessly assaults the senses and mind with no discernable redeeming social value, is poised to make Quentin Tarantino eat his lunch this weekend - and probably cause more than a few unwary audience members to lose theirs. [read review] 
--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
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. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
There are a few neat scenes and shots scattered throughout, including R. Lee Emrey’s performance as the whacked out Sheriff Hoyt. But it’s not worth sitting through all the screaming to get to them. Just go rent the original again. [read review] 
-- (FilmThreat.com)
Fans of the series should be pleased by a well-executed retelling of their favorite story while newcomers looking for an intelligent "slasher" picture will enjoy the dimensional characters and well-conceived plot. [read review]
--Derek May (MovieWeb)
For all his jump cuts and fast moves, Marcus Nispel pulls it off, it could’ve been a disaster. As it stands, it’s arguably the best Chainsaw since Hoopers sequel and it’s scarier than that one was. [read review]
--Sonny Fernandez (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
This is one of the best slashers of the 2000's and will probably hail as the greatest remake of all time, well for now. Go see it today before the sequel brings it big old hairy ass to our screens. [read review] 
-- (terrorwatch.net)
It's a very well-made movie that is a nice homage to the original, but would've been even nicer if they had a different script or actors...except for Jessica Biel and her tank top, of course. [read review]
--Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
The filmmakers not only pulled it off, they pulled it off in style and made a movie that would have my girlfriend covering her eyes for the entire film starting early in the picture. [read review] 8.75/10
-- (CHUD.com)
Get ready to be brutalized! For those looking for a heart-stopping horror flick, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Marcus Nispel's directorial debut, is well worth the price of admission. [read review]
--Guylaine Cadorette (Hollywood.com)
Chainsaw is produced by Michael Bay, which explains its soullessness. But nothing explains the flaw in this bad boy: How can a movie scare you when you’ve seen it all before? [read review]
-- (Rolling Stone)
I will give the filmmakers credit for taking a story that has, in fact, been done a zillion times over, and still creating something that rings scary, gory and unsettling. [read review] 7/10
--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
This movie is made with venom and cynicism. I doubt that anybody involved in it will be surprised or disappointed if audience members vomit or flee. [read review] 
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Has the confidence and capability to wriggle under your skin and freak you out for 98 minutes, if not torment your dreams in the dark of night. [read review] 72/100
--Terri Clark (Apollo Guide)
Rather than exhilaration, this bilious film offers only entrapment and despair. It's about as much fun as sitting in on an autopsy. [read review]
--Dave Kehr (The New York Times)
The new Massacre hacks away everything different and inventive Tobe Hooper’s original film did for the horror genre. [read review] 
--Sean O'Connell (FilmCritic.com)
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