Review – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Two sequels and now two remakes later I’m still left wondering what it was about the original that merited all this attention. Sure, it’s a classic of low-budget movie-making and a seminal moment in the history of the slasher flick, but beyond that I just don’t see much potential in the whole Texas Chainsaw thing. This latest round yet again proves my point. There are some new tricks here and there (though I was surprised at how much worse the gore was in this comparatively more expensive production). The acting’s maybe a little better. But overall this is nothing more than another poorly-paced romp in the dark corners of city-dwelling psyches where savage country bumpkins lie waiting for unsuspecting teens to fall into their cannibalistic clutches. And at this late date the meat’s so old and rotten even Ed Gein himself would have had trouble swallowing it. See if desperate