Texas Chainsaw (2013) User Reviews

Fast paced but cheesy

[Leofwine_draca · 4/10 · 21 December 2013]

Texas Chainsaw is the latest movie in the long-running series and a film that aims to be a direct sequel to the Tobe Hooper original, pretty much discounting the various others that have come along since. To be honest, these movies have such a gruelling premise that it's difficult to go wrong with them; a premise that screams horror and disturbing imagery all the way, so you'd have to be a really bad filmmaker to screw it up.

This film feels very much like a modern horror movie. It's incredibly fast paced, with action going on all the while; a film filled to the brim with chase scenes, quick-fire dialogue and constant movement. It ups the gore quotient considerably, so that we're subject to bodies being chainsawed in half and the like, while at the same time the genuinely disturbing atmosphere of the first film is long forgotten. It's horrible, but not horrifying. There's something cartoon-like about watching Leatherface on the rampage here.

Unfortunately, the story does take some very silly twists along the way, particularly towards the climax, and the ending is very poor. Not only does it feature a horrible bit of CGI effects work, it mixes up and muddles its morals and features some unbelievable behaviour on the part of the characters. I had the feeling things would turn out this way but it's too abrupt and nonsensical compared to what's come before, the tone is all wrong.

Still, it's not all bad. The cast are young and hip, and give some not-bad performances although they don't really wow you. The person making the least impact is Scott Eastwood; you register him as Clint's son from appearance alone, and certainly not from acting talent. Still, Alexandra Daddario is fine as a potential scream queen and it's nice to see her given the opportunity to shine in a leading role after playing support in the likes of PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF. The direction isn't too bad, and the early scenes tying it into the original work well, but this is light, cheesy and forgettable fluff in the end, nothing more.

Rather Watch The Remakes

[Fields201 · 4/10 · 4 January 2013]

I have a confession: I liked the two remakes by Platinum Dunes. I thought they were entertaining, dumb horror films and dare I say it, actually kinda scary. They weren't masterpieces or anything but I enjoyed them for the most part so when I found out yet another Texas Chainsaw movie was coming out, and even though I wasn't impressed with the trailer, I decided to go see it.

What was I thinking?

I think you are forced to see it in 3D because, well, it says 3D on it but most of the time you forgot you are even watching it in 3D. It adds nothing to this movie. The movie starts off showing clips of the very original Texas Chainsaw Massacre which confused me because it totally obliterates the remakes. Actually it ignores the sequels too as the story picks off from there. It starts off with these hicks burning down the home of Leatherface and his family and one of the hicks takes a baby and kills the mother. Flash-forward to.... how many years later? Is it supposed to be 2012 because the baby should around forty, not in her early twenties as she clearly looks like. Anyway, she finds out she inherited this house and her and her cookie-cutter friends and some hitchhiker who appears nice only turns out to be a thief all go there. Then Leatherface turns out to be in the basement and all hell breaks loose.

This movie is so stupid I don't know where to begin. Well, the actions of the characters are just stupid. Before I get into that, though, there is one good scene in the film when Leatherface is chasing them but it all goes downhill from there. The movie offers up these turn of events that make no sense whatsoever. A cop goes back to the house alone and there is no backup anywhere in sight for one lone cop in a house with a crazed psycho with a chainsaw. Then characters turn bad for stupid reasons and one of them that played an intricate part of the storyline just disappears somewhere, never to be heard from again. Then by the end of the film, I don't even know who to root for the main heroine turns completely idiotic. Oh, and the ending just plain sucked.

This film is bad in so many levels. I kept thinking, "Who wrote this crap?" in so many parts of the movie. There wasn't many people at the theater either and I saw it at a night showing. If that's an indication, there might not be another Texas Chainsaw movie. Oh well.

"Texas Chainsaw 3D"- Absolutely insulting...

[TedStixonAKAMaximumMadness · 1/10 · 30 October 2017]

You know... there's varying levels of the concept of 'bad.' There's just plain-old bad. There's enjoyably bad. There's unintentionally bad. All sorts of different ways that simple, three-letter word can be used to give meaning to something. But then there's a film like "Texas Chainsaw 3D", a 2013 semi-sequel that seeks to continue the story right where the original Tobe Hooper masterpiece left off. It had potential. It really did. It boasted a high-concept story. It sought to connect itself to the iconic first film. It held the promise of top-notch modern day effects. It had so much going for it. And how did it end up? It ended up a very special type of that delightful term 'bad.' The type of 'bad' that's almost indescribable. Unforgivable, even. And most certainly unforgettable. "Texas Chainsaw 3D" emerges as not only indisputably the worst film of the franchise... but also indisputably one of the worst mainstream horror movies of all time. Yes. It is indeed THAT type of 'bad.'

Days after the events of the original massacre, the dreaded Sawyer family is all but completely wiped out in an act of vigilante justice, with seemingly the only survivor being a now-orphaned infant. Adopted by the same men who killed her family, decades later in the present day, the child- now named Heather (Alexandra Daddario)- has grown up and learns that she was adopted. What makes it all the more confusing is that despite the fact she should be in her 40's by this point, she's very clearly in her early 20's and acts as such. Which is just one of literally dozens of glaring plot-holes. But I digress... Heading out to Texas with a group of friends upon learning of her biological grandmother's supposed death, Heather is eventually confronted by her deadly past and encounters her relative 'Leatherface'- who begins to pick them off one-by-one. However, a series of troubling events will make Heather question her allegiances and motivations, as she is pulled between her current life and the call of her true lineage...

Oh, boy...

To get it out of the way, it's almost impossible to view this film without picking up on the unending plethora of errors, mistakes and general displays of incompetence that pop up in virtually every single scene. From the mind-numbing timeline issue of having the modern-day protagonist being in her 20's despite having been born in the early 1970's... to laughably inept digital effects that look like they were ripped from a 1993 TV-movie... to the fact that the opening sequence actually paints the evil cannibal Sawyer clan as innocent victims of rednecks gone rogue... every since facet of "Texas Chainsaw 3D" is frankly devastatingly poorly conceived and handled. It's beyond hack-filmmaking in its execution. It's something else entirely. Something far worse. I genuinely do not know what was going through director John Luessenhop's head during production. How could he knowingly make something so fundamentally and insultingly broken without realizing it? Does he really have so little respect for his audience that he thinks we can't even do simple math?

Even beyond these unforgivable mistakes, the rest of the film is a complete and utter failure. Not a single darned thing works. Visually, the film is uninspired and drab, with flat lighting and poorly framed shots that don't inspire tension or even really flow well outside of one or two early sequences. And it's made all the worse by the over-gimmicky 3D that intrudes repeatedly throughout the film at an inconsistent pace. It's like they forgot the film was supposed to be in 3D, so they jarringly added a few random effects in here and there that instantly take you out of the movie because they clash with everything else. Again... beyond hack in its execution. The script by a small army of writers is a bland mish-mash of every cliché in the book, and filled to burst with nonsensical inconsistencies and insane contrivances that aim to raise the bar on the series... but only succeed in tanking it over and over again.

The cast is just ridiculous. The women are all over-sexualized and completely vapid thanks to the awful writing, and the actresses assembled seem completely inorganic in the roles. Lead Daddario in particular being woefully bad, inducing far too many uncomfortable cringes in the audience as she stumbles through the film. She's looks like an uncomfortable child in a school play. And Tania Raymonde is too far over-the-top as Heather's slinky friend Nikki, and quickly grates the nerves within seconds of appearing. Not that the men fare any better at all- mainly serving as either cheap eye-candy or blatant storytelling devices. Trey Songz falls completely flat as Heather's boyfriend in a one-note performance that shows the dangers of stunt-casting semi-popular singers in film roles. Paul Rae is unintentionally hilarious as a conniving mayor who pops up now and again. And for the love of god... can we please stop trying to make Scott Eastwood a thing?

"Texas Chainsaw 3D" is a cynical piece of trash from a cynical filmmaker who clearly does not care one bit that he's tanking horror royalty. There's no other way to say it. It's amongst the worst horror films I've ever seen and it insults the audience again and again, all while destroying the integrity of that classic original film. It's a 1 out of 10. Avoid like the freaking plague.

Sacrilegious but Horror is suppose to take on the sacred

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 21 January 2014]

This movie starts with the 1974 movie. After Sally escaped, police officer Hooper goes to the Sawyer house and tries to arrest Leatherface. However an angry mob gets to the house and massacres the family instead. One of the mob kidnaps a surviving baby. Years later, that baby is now young Heather Miller (Alexandra Daddario). Suddenly she inherits an estate from a grandmother she didn't even know she had. She goes back to Newt Texas with 3 friends (Trey Songz, Tania Raymonde, Keram Malicki-Sánchez) and a hitchhiker (Shaun Sipos). There they encounter Leatherface who's been kept in the basement. Only there are more villains than the chainsaw wielding brute.

There is a flip in this movie. It's tantamount to blasphemy. It's probably why there are so many haters. But I almost feel like it's a badge of honor for a horror movie to flip the accepted view on its head. If you can't destroy the sacred in a horror movie, then where are we going to do it.

The best thing in this movie is Alexandra Daddario. It reminds me why I had her as one of my preferred choice to be Wonder Woman. Now I hate the Gal Gadot selection even more. She holds the movie even better than Jessica Biel. She's super hot. She can act. She has physicality. This is a well acted, well filmed, and an interesting take on the franchise.

Maybe I'm weird but I love this one

[UniqueParticle · 8/10 · 2 May 2020]

Sadistic campy entertainment that is glorious! I'm one of very few people that appreciates Texas Chainsaw, oddly I saw in the theater and was traumatized a little. Dan Yeager did great as Leatherface! The cinematography is pretty good and I am satisfied with the way everything occurs.

really dumb yet still bloody fun horror sequel.

[jaguiar313 · 6/10 · 4 January 2013]

Is Texas Chainsaw 3D a good movie?... well that depends. If you can't get past a stupid script, cardboard characters and the fact that by the implied time line our plucky heroine (Alexandra Daddario) should be in her 40s not barely in her 20s, then, no. But, if you can sit back and just enjoy a hot babe running around being pursued by a chainsaw wielding maniac who has a knack for carving up her stupid friends, then, yes, it's unintentionally goofy, gory fun. Chainsaw 3D is a direct sequel to the 1974 classic that opens with a vengeful redneck mob laying siege to the house occupied by Leatherface and a lot of other family members that weren't there in the original. A baby is found on the property and we cut to 2012 (the date is confirmed on a tombstone as September 2012) where Heather (Daddario), has magically only grown up to be 20 something and is an amazingly hot butcher at a supermarket. She soon gets word that her grandmother (original Chainsaw heroine Marilyn Burns), that she didn't know she had, has died and left her a house in Texas. Whoa! Adopted and now rich! Heather goes down to the house with some generic stereotype friends who seem handpicked to be murdered which is smart because there just happens to be another family member living hidden in the house like Bad Ronald (70s TV movie reference. Google it.) and he just happens to like world peace, romantic evenings, chainsaws and wearing peoples faces. Before you can say,gratuitous ass close-up, Leatherface emerges from hiding and starts hacking up everyone he can find. Throw in some sleazy rednecks, some redneck cops (including Scott Eastwood, Clint's son) and it's a redneck smörgåsbord...literally as the body parts fly fast and furious. Sure, director John Luessenhop doesn't really generate much suspense or scares from the incredibly dumb script but, Chainsaw 3D reminded me of some of the lower tier 80s slasher flicks that were entertaining despite and because of how bad they were. There are numerous references to the original flick and I just had fun watching a chubby, balding Leatherface carving up all the unlikable characters when not chasing his hot cousin around trying to kill her. Alexandra Daddario was a fine (and I mean FINE) and feisty heroine and I liked her character's twist once she finds out who she really is and that she now has to buy her chainsaw wielding cousin a Christmas Card every year... if he lets her live. Yes, Chainsaw 3D is a very dumb and silly horror flick but, it also is blood drenched fun if you go in not expecting much and stop comparing it to the movie it's trying to honor. And despite how bad it's written, the film is trying to honor it's roots and we get some fun cameos to prove it and when it's all said and done it can be a good time if you just sit back and enjoy watching hot chicks in peril and sleazy rednecks meeting chainsaw justice. A few beers before the show wouldn't hurt... if fact it might be a good idea.

I already forgot about it

[Jason_Marsh_35 · 2/10 · 4 January 2013]

Pure garbage. They set the movie in 2012, 39 years after the original. The only character that aged was the Sheriff. The main character was a baby in 1973 but is miraculously only about 22 or 23 in 2012 (which they clearly display on a grave stone, 2012). Also in 2012 smart phones can stream live HD video in real time over a call. I wonder how much their data plan is? Which, by the way, brought the film from ridiculous to absurd especially given that streaming the video served no purpose in the story or the scene. A speaker phone would have sufficed and my disbelief would not have been called back from suspension. So yeah, those are just TWO of the myriad issues this movie has. This was worse than the remake, by far. There isn't a film maker in the world who could make a good sequel to the original, even Tobe Hooper couldn't do it and HE directed the original. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) is a perfect film, it needs no more exposition, but this is the era of the retro cash grab. So everything cool from the 70's and 80's gets dragged out and crapped on for the youth market and they think the winks and nods to the source material will tickle us old fans nostalgia gland. Well screw you Hollywood. It doesn't. It's lazy film making. What I paid 10 bucks for was nothing more than a 1sr draft script chock full of slasher clichés and inept story telling. You know what made the original so brilliant? It wasn't about anything! It was simple, I dare say even plausible. But this movie BEGAN in implausible territory and only sank deeper into the abyss. Stay away if you have a brain. CGI gore, 'nough said. The 3D was not even adding any degree of anything, it was more distracting than anything, which is more the format, 3D just sucks.

Do your thing cuz! hahahha

[rinspeed909 · 1/10 · 15 May 2013]

This has got to be the most god-awful crap I've seen in a long time. Remember that old joke where you want hours of your life back for wasting it on some crap movie? Well, that's exactly how I feel now. I only watched this movie being a long time horror fan especially of the Texas Chainsaw franchise. However, I have lost all hope that there could ever be a successful relaunch in the horror genre. This movie was just bad. Instead of recommending my friends and family a good movie, I'm going to be going around warning people not to waste their time on this one. I think 4.8 rating on IMDb is plenty generous for this mistake and a half. John Luessenhop, I hope you don't pursue any further film projects. You have displayed your 0 talent in this waste of everyone's time.

A Direct Sequel to the Original; The Filmmakers Had Guts

[Michael_Elliott · 7 January 2013]

Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)

*** (out of 4)

Heather Mills (Alexandra Daddario) and her three friends travel to a small Texas town so that she can claim her inheritance but soon she realizes that Leatherface (Dan Yeager) is in the basement and her past has a connection to him. Texas CHAINSAW is a film that's probably going to swing fans of the series both ways but overall I actually thought it was the second best film in the franchise behind the original of course. I will say that the producers, writers and director showed some serious balls because much like HALLOWEEN: H20, this film is a direct sequel to the first film. Yes, the events here don't fully match up with the events in that first film but it was interesting seeing the clips from the first movie and how they tied up what happened after Sally got away and then started this new story. Does it all work? Not at all but I still found the film to be a lot of fun. One reason is that Leatherface is returned to his full glory of being something rather scary and I thought there were a couple great jump scenes. I normally don't fall for these jumps scenes but the ones here worked. I also thought the film delivered some very memorable gore scenes but those paying the extra cash for the 3D will probably be cheated. In fact, the few "3D" moments here really take you out of what's going on. For the most part I thought the cast was a lot of fun and this includes Daddario in her role in the lead. I also thought Yeager made for a good Leatherface and perhaps the best since the first film. Speaking of which, it's nice seeing that Tobe Hopper and Kim Henkel were involved and we even have Gunnar Hansen and Marilyn Burns in small roles. I'm sure the ending will lead to some controversy among horror fans. While it's incredibly predictable what's going to happen, I must say I liked it and it made me excitement for a sequel. Texas CHAINSAW 3D is far from perfect but it's a good way to get the franchise back up and running.

Texas Jumpscares!!

[warp-95304 · 7/10 · 12 August 2020]

I'm the one of few people that like this film, Yes I liked it!! But!!!! Is this a movie? Or Stupid Five night at freddy's game, There are a lot!! Of freaking jumpscares in this movie.

So Disappointed.

[megdomes92 · 3/10 · 5 January 2013]

Being the extremely huge Leatherface fan that I am, I have been looking forward to seeing this movie since the first posters came out. Literally have been counting down the days. I rushed to the theater on opening night super excited because the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D facebook page shared a lot of information about the making of the movie and I expected it to be the best one yet. HOWEVER....

I was so unbelievably disappointed in this movie it sickens me.

If someone didn't know anything about the previous TCM movies, they would think this was just your everyday horny teenager horror movie. I believed that the TCM movies were always better than that, but now my opinion has changed.

The movie started out good, and had some good background information to later understand the present scenes. However, once we met the main characters of the movie it was obvious that it wasn't going to meet my expectations. And the fact that Trey Sonz was in this movie(even though his acting skills WERE better than I expected) totally ruined it for me. Also the makers of the movie made a huge error with the the main character's age (should be at least 40.) The killings were not that severe, the only 3D parts were with the chainsaw (which didn't even happen that much), and Leatherface was turned into this sweet character that you began to feel bad for. And don't even get me started on how Heather was acting at the end of the movie.

The whole story line was completely changed. During the first half of the movie it is just like the other TCM movies, but the last half turns into some weird love/family reuniting story which I absolutely hated. Plus the other movies really portrayed the fact that the movie was based off a true story. This new TCM makes it seem more like a fantasy horror movie. It's all just very confusing and makes me feel like a woman with a glass of wine wrote the story line.

See for yourself if you like but if you are a die hard TCM fan like I WAS, then I highly expect you to be disappointed and don't spend money on it. Thank god I got movie theater gift cards for Christmas...

Chix Chat on Film Review: Leatherface resurfaces.

[EmmaDinkins · 6/10 · 6 January 2013]

This film was not exactly what I expected. I went in knowing that there would be plenty of severed body parts and basically an hour and a half gore-fest. And the case was that there was a reasonably high body count, but there was actually a plausible story amidst the carnage. The film provides a rapid fire back story that was a bit comical as victim after victim walked into a cleaving. This is followed by law enforcement showing up to handle the situation which gets totally out of hand. The film tells a twisted story of the lengths people will go to protect their family and broaches the question of nature versus nurture. When we first encounter Heather (Alexandra Daddario), she is at work and her vocation is a hint into her nature. Since this is a horror flick, the story quickly moves to place the players in harm's way. Typically, horror flicks have nonsense moments and this story was no exception. I released an audible 'wow, really' a number of times as I sat at the edge of my seat watching this story play out, especially the events surrounding the situations with Darryl (Shaun Sipos). After seeing the trailer, I had questioned why these young people would wind up in an isolated home with a chainsaw wielding murderer on the loose and as the story unfolded it made sense. There were many predictable scenarios in this film, one more than others and that being the simple fact that Ryan (Tremaine Neverson) was amongst the soon to be victims. As the onliest brotha* in the group of young people secluded in the woods equation and given the genre of film there was no doubt as to his fate. As far as Trey Songz' acting debut I will say that he wasn't bad. I am glad that he didn't burst into song though, which would have been totally out of place just like the timing and location of the little tryst that he decided to participate in. The flash imagery in dim light to show the eviscerated bodies and the conditions of Jeb's living quarters was appreciated since it is never necessary to see this type of gruesomeness in detail. The 3D premium should stay in your pocket since it was only used on the chainsaw; there was more 3D variety in the preceding trailers. I give this film an amber light.

*Note: 'Why'd you have to shoot Jimmie, he was my onliest brotha…' dialogue originated in Hollywood Shuffle.

A plle of steaming something coming out of Texas

[longcooljolie · 1/10 · 3 October 2017]

This movie was on Tubi and I clicked on it mistakenly thinking it was the 2003 remake, which is actually quite good. Realizing my mistake, I went ahead to see what this movie had to offer. It starts off with a rehash of scenes from the mid 70s movie that show all the carnage at the very end.

Guess what? This sequel tries to make some cockamamie story about how that blonde girl who got away in the pickup truck called the cops on the people in the Chainsaw House and what happened after that. THEN, once that gets resolved within five minutes, the action jumps ahead to the present day, 2012.

I'll spare you any more details because honestly, this movie isn't worth the time or effort. There is a whole new troupe of attractive young people who get caught in the clutches of a 21st century chainsaw killer. It's so badly directed and acted it would almost be laughable if it weren't so obvious they were trying to make a serious movie.

Think of this in the same way as the effect that "Batman and Robin" had on the Batman franchise before Christopher Nolan rebooted it 10 years later. Well, maybe it isn't such a good comparison because "Batman and Robin" is high cinematic art compared to this big pile of steaming Texas meadow patty.

A bad film is a bad film

[mr-rob-black · 1/10 · 14 May 2013]

I like the idea of this film, go back to the original and continue. The idea is exciting after a bunch of mediocre sequel/prequels.

This movie is good for around ten minutes... and then you are introduced to the main actors (if you can call them that).

They look good, hot bodies and the camera man definitely focuses on cleavage and butt shots.

That is the only positive I can find.

The negative: There is no talent, the actors have no chemistry, the idea is wasted but worst of all there is no pace to the story, no suspense or anything of the original movie that made it good.

Avoid at all cost.

Oh wow. Texas Chainsaw 3D was a complete and utter waste of what could have been a fun slasher movie.

[simpletreatment23 · 1/10 · 6 January 2013]

It is unoriginal, uninspired, unscary and so badly put together that it is a miracle that crap like this got made in the first place. I'm a huge fan of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films (I love the original film and I adore the second part) hell, i even liked the remake and the follow up to the remake. But this film makes the last two films seem like the Exorcist compared how terrible this film is.I first rolled why eyes when i heard who was picked to direct this film, the director of "Takers" which looked like an unoriginal music video looking wannabe gangster film and John Luessenhop lived up to that. This film is completely unoriginal and he creates no tension or scares.

(light spoilers below) As a horror fan, I don't ask for a lot... just show me a good time. I can watch a stupid ass horror movie as long as it's not boring and doesn't insult me as a fan. This film did both. The first being that it's clear that no one gave a damn about telling a good story... want proof... the film opens up with a scene that takes place in the early 70's with a character being a baby... then the film jumps to the present where the same character is in her mid 20's (i kid you not. she should be 40!!!!!) that's how little they cared. The characters are so badly written and in the case of the men... so badly casted.

Man, you know your in trouble when they put a special credit that says "introducing" Trey Songz, which makes me wonder if they even saw this film because he's Busta Rhymes in Halloween Resurrection cheesy and terrible in this film. He clearly doesn't have any real talent or charm as actor but the producers thought it would be "kool" and "hip" and that "the kidz today" would run out to see him and hear him on the soundtrack because that's what kidz like in scary movies.

the only saving this film from completely earning my hate is... Alexandra Daddario. She was out standing. She took a badly written character and really made brought her to life. She gave a paper cut out of a human being... emotion and made me stay with the film despite how terrible the film is. She's gorgeous, i love her eyes and has an amazing stomach (who the director felt he had to show off any chase he got... but I'm not hating ;p) it's only in the last 20 minutes where the film actually gets pretty good, mainly because they stayed with Daddario's character... which is how the movie should have been. Daddario is a real actress... unlike the male characters in this film. Tania Raymonde was gorgeous and played her slutty character down to the letter... nothing more... nothing less. The last 20 minutes is the only thing worth watching.

Besides that, it's a complete waste and an insult to real horror fans. This film wasn't made for fans... it was made by people who wanted to sell out the infamous horror series to the modern kids... with no care about telling a good story or making a good film. You can tell because they took Massacre out of the film title. They had a terrible script and it looks like they didn't really care. They had a director you didn't care as well besides making it look "kool"... and they failed at everything. Don't waste your time watching the first hour of of this unoriginal Hollywood committee made crap.

Utterly ridiculous...and not in a good way.

[DJRMewzique · 2/10 · 4 January 2013]

I walked into "Texas Chainsaw" with my usual tempered expectation when seeing a horror film. We all know that maybe one out of ten releases nowadays is actually good and scary...if we're lucky. And seeing as this one was dumped on the first Friday of the year, it didn't bode well for great expectations from Lionsgate. However, it was distributed by, well, Lionsgate.

Alas, the umpteenth sequel to the 1974, although based on a great concept, is a fail.

Despite the many follow-up films on the subject, this film is, in a round-about way, a sequel to the 2003 remake of the 1974 original. The original was directed by Tobe Hooper, and Hooper himself helped produce not only this film but the 2003 remake (which inexplicably changed the family name of the murderous family) and the 2006 prequel, but the current film actually uses scenes from the 1974 original (and the original family name of Sawyer) as it's jumping-off point, which gave the film some instant weight for fans of the franchise.

However, the weight was lifted real quick.

In short, right after the events of the original film, some of the residents of the town of Newt, Texas burn down the house where the original massacre occurred with the entire Sawyer clan inside, but not without one baby surviving the inferno. Said baby grows up never knowing what had happened until she randomly receives word that her long lost grandmother has passed on and left her with an inheritance, resulting in the realization that her abusive parents are not her birth parents. She leaves to check out what she has received, but not without some friends coming along (of course)....and picking up the atypical Texas Chainsaw hitchhiker in the process. Needless to say, the inheritance came with something a little bit unusual, carnage sorta ensues and what could have been a great twist is ruined by the sheer implausibility of the execution of the story.

And that is ultimately where the issues with this film lie...in the details. Never mind little stupid things like the fact that the house burning down at the beginning of the film happened on August 19th and somehow, the newspaper which reported the story was also dated August 19th (rather than the 20th). It's the major implausible details like four friends leaving a mansion full of silver to get groceries to be "cleaned up" by a hitchhiker they just picked up or the fact that a rotting corpse is randomly found by Heather Miller, the inheritor, and then never once mentioned again. As the story unfolds, it completely falls apart and you risk missing something unimportant because you are too busy rolling your eyes or wondering how a character went from A to B or from caring to not caring. The story just ended up not making any sense.

Why RnB artist Trey Songz chose this train wreck to launch his acting career is beyond me, but his character is as unoriginal as his music. Other than Songz, the cast is mainly made up by mediocre, little-known television actors not worth mentioning except with the inclusion Shaun Sipos as the hitchhiker and Scott Eastwood (yes, son of Clint who, until recently, went by the name Scott Reeves) as a police officer, both of whom are absolutely excellent eye candy.

So, was I entertained? Well, I wasn't BORED...but this film is definitely a fail in terms of plot and execution and wasn't even so bad it's good. But if you do decide to see it, do not pay extra for 3D if you do not have to but do wait for the end of the credits to get a good grin.

Surprisingly good.

[DustinRahksi · 6/10 · 5 January 2013]

I went into this film expecting a bad movie, well it's bad movie, but good in the horror genre. I just got back from seeing it and these are my first impressions. Let's get the flaws out of the way first. The script was average, no harm in that. The main characters served one purpose, getting chopped up. I still don't know who this Trey Songz is, and don't get why people talked about it so much, by the way he is a complete sleaze ball, and got what was coming to him. The 'sluty' character was complete garbage and very UN-attractive, bad casting. Then there's those other two guys that I don't even know their names. They were one dimensional to the extreme. To some them up, they are pretty stupid. Then we got these crazed town folk, who would you believe it or not are worse than the sawyers. And for that the movie is turned on it's head. Think about it, Leatherface is not the villain, that's got to be a first for a slasher movie. Sure he kills people, but you don't care for the characters, and most of them were doing bad things, such as robbery or murder. The heather character started off being worthless, but she got better as the film progressed. The Texas chainsaw massacre was the first horror movie I ever bought, and it holds a special place in my heart, so it was only natural that I felt bad for Leatherface. There was an amusing part where he enters a carnival, but he doesn't kill anyone, which means he is not a mindless killing machine. The only people he kills pose a threat or danger to him, so he is not just doing it for s**ts and giggles, Besides, those psychotic rednecks got what they deserved. I coming off as a symphasizer to a chainsaw wielding killer, but I'm simply stating the facts. The 3D effects were gimmicky, which was to be expected. Aside from a few jump scares the film wasn't overly scary, but it was very suspenseful. The violence was pretty grisly, they don't cover up anything, it's all there for you to see. The best kill being someone getting sawed in half, with some bloody result's. I think it's a worthy sequel to the original. If your looking for some good Ol'slasher horror check it out.

The only atrocity is the bad reviews

[devilmeaningwell · 8/10 · 12 June 2020]

I remember seeing this when it came out and really liking it but it's been awhile and I thought I'd revisit this one. Guess what? Still holds up. I didn't even see it in 3D. Just a plain old rental.

It's a fun ride! If you're expecting more from a slasher you might look elsewhere. I personally enjoyed not having to think too much while watching. The gore is everything I wanted from a horror film and the kills were on brand.

It's a little more polished than the gritty original and even the remake, but I'd go as far as to say this is an enjoyable stand-alone.

Texas Chainsaw 3D: An improvement on everything that came before

[Platypuschow · 6/10 · 14 November 2017]

Now having watched all but the most recent venture for Leatherface I can confidently say that I'm not sold on the franchise. How its become a household name I cannot figure out, I only assume its riding off the first movies controversy.

Almost 40yrs after that first movie was released TCM went 3D and delivered what I believe it be the best movie in the franchise.

Starring Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde and Scott Eastwood we see a girl return home for her inheritance only to discover her origins are rooted in blood.

Though the movie doesn't bring anything new to the table it is well enough made and strengthened by a mostly decent cast.

Alas however this is not a sequel and yet another much not needed reboot so expect more origins and less continuation of the Sawyer legacy.

Expectedly gory, mostly well acted and interesting enough to keep my attention this has shown that the TCM franchise has potential but just fails to capitalise.

The Good:

Decent cast

The Bad:

It's still a reboot

Something about this Leatherface felt off

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Tania Raymonde's character will have got a lot of tips at the store

Raymonde & Daddario together in a film was too much distraction for my simple mind to handle

Tania Raymonde's character contains enough blood to fill the grand canyon and doesn't require it to operate

Rule 1 of a TCM movie, don't trust anyone

Scott Eastwood is just terrible, I mean seriously the guy never improves

Daddario would make a great villain

Don't do your thing cuz

[tazz0101 · 1/10 · 16 July 2013]

This was so terrible from the start to the end i was dying with laughter of the terrible lines and the terrible deaths.don't even rent this if it was free it's that bad like who the hell idea was it to get trey songs ass in here needs to get shot like damn and he didn't even die from Texas chainsaw he died from a car crash like how stupid can a movie get well i don't know but i hope they don't make a second of this dump after i was done with this peace of crap i had to take a crap and damn it hurt because i watched this DUMP WARNING STAY AWAY FROM Texas CHAINSAW 3D UNLESS YOU LIKE TERRIBLE MOVIES AND IF THAT IS THE TRUTH STILL DON'T WATCH THIS GUTTER BUTTER PEACE OF CRAP REMAKE OF A CLASSIC THAT IS WHY I GIVE IT 1 OUT OF 10

This movie doesn't even try.

[Pussy-Monster · 1/10 · 16 July 2013]

-The direction sucks. It has no atmosphere what so ever and when Leatherface gets a new mask it looks all old.

-The writing is awful. Its fails at basic math and logic. The writers(yes, plural) think that the number of years between 1974 and 2012 is 20-something.

-A subplots that go nowhere. The main character's boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend and she never founds out.

-The characters are one dimensional, stupid, and make extremely surreal decisions. When the main character runs from Leatherface she gets on a fairest wheel.

• The dialogue is dumb and laughable.One character says "welcome to Texas, motherf****er!" even though he has lived in Texas for years and "Do your thing cuz!" HAHAHA!

• Even with a 39+ million budget the production value is crap. It uses CGI gore and fire. And Leatherface's mask and Trey Song's decapitated head looks so much like plastic.

-The acting is bad. -It tries to make serial killing cannibals look like innocent people.

The only thing that was good was Alexandra Daddario well toned abs and sideboobs. One of the worst movies ever I have ever seen.

The saw has been taken off the shelf...

[paul_haakonsen · 6/10 · 4 May 2013]

Was this 2013 "Texas Chainsaw 3D" movie necessary to the franchise? Well, that would depend on from where you are sitting. If you, like me, have grown up with the franchise, then the answer is no. However, if you are a newcomer to the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise, then the answer is yes, as this movie is actually a good way to introduce a new audience to the franchise and spur on an interest in watching the older movies.

Storywise, then "Texas Chainsaw 3D" was adequate, though it didn't really bring about anything overly new or great to the franchise. However, having grown up with the older movies, there were plot holes and stuff that just didn't really make much sense. But for a new audience, I can see why this movie would be good and interesting, as it is a fairly straight-forward horror/slasher movie with ingredients from the good old late 80's and early 90's horror/slasher movies.

There was a good amount of gore and ghastly scenes in the movie, so on that aspect this 2013 movie does cater well to the audience of the older movies, as well as being able to shock and terrify a new audience. The effects were good, brutal and to the point. However, there was an unnecessary excessive amount of blood in the movie. Especially from the blood trail on the floor. I am sure that no one would have bled that much in any situation!

Moving on to the list of casted actors and actresses. Well, I think people did good jobs with their given characters, though the characters had a tendency of turning out a big one-sided and lacking dimensions. It wasn't really characters that you formed any kind of bond with or had any fictive emotions for. They were mainly just fodder for the saw, and that is how they were perceived. I was initially worked out about seeing Bill Moseley was going to be in this movie, and imagine my disappointment when he was only there for less than five minutes. That was a shame. But hey, it was nice to see him revisit and old iconic role of his.

Now the most controversial aspect of the movie, prior to others is the way that Leatherface is given a human-like personality that we as an audience have go to get sympathetic about. Whether or not you like this is individual, of course, but personally I think it was a tad too much. You don't take a maniacal serial killer and try to make him human. Not Leatherface, not Jason, not Michael, and not Freddy, it just doesn't bode well.

All in all, then "Texas Chainsaw 3D" is an enjoyable movie in itself, and it actually managed to pull off a reinvention better than the "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" movie back from 2003. So thumbs up on that.

WOW, Just wow...

[insanegamer731 · 1/10 · 3 January 2013]

Where to start.... OK, so this was hands down the worst Texas chainsaw movie yet let alone movie in recent memory. I am a huge horror fan, and a huge fan of the original 1974 version. I even watched it over again before going to see this. I almost want to give spoilers to prevent you from seeing this and the only reason I am writing a review, which I never do, is to prevent you from wasting your time and money on this movie. If your a fan of the original I'm sure your going to see this and I apologize you will be just as upset as me. OK so the acting is dreadful and there is no direction for any character accept that they make it so you sort of want to see them get killed because they are terrible people. The movie was filmed in the 70's and the actors look like there in there 20's but they use smart phones... If this was a sequel to the original that would mean that actors would be around there 40's which isn't the case. If they were in there 20's why would they have smart phones!! It is clear that the writers and director of this movie didn't care enough to notice huge problems like that!! This movie almost appeared as if the director wanted it to be so bad it was good, but then you notice the director was actually trying. He failed at making a B movie which actually could have been cool seeing it's laughably bad for the first half hour and everyone in the theater was like, OK this could be fun! NO, THE DIRECTOR FAILED!!! DON"T SEE THIS!! I am going to be one of the first of terrible reviews, it is sad to think it will make it's money back. Bad script, bad actors, terrible plot, bad sound track, not scary, I counted one jump scare. There is nothing good about this movie, no effort was put into it and the ENDING was the worst ending in recent memory. People booed in the theatre I was in and wanted there money back. We shall discuss how bad this movie is for years to come and not in the it was so bad it was good kind of way.

Surprisingly interesting sequel

[atinoco9278 · 7/10 · 3 January 2013]

This movie opened a day early here in Puerto Rico. While I didn't think it was on the level of the original, it was certainly superior to any of the Texas Chainsaw films that came after the original. I hated the remake because other than the scene where the hitch hiker blew her brains out, the majority of the film carbon copied the big kills of the original film. This movie simply paid nods to the original but did its own thing.

To try to humanize Leatherface but still maintain his terror was a smart and worthwhile thing to do. This movie pretends the sequels ever happened like Halloween H20 did and that may have been the right thing to do but perhaps its a bit of a cheat. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the direction that this movie took and found it reasonably suspenseful and always interesting.

A peace a trash STINKER garbage!

[ivo-cobra8 · 1/10 · 9 August 2017]

*MAJOR SPOILERS*

This is absolutely garbage STINKER the worst horror movie sequel ever made! The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was always the worst horror franchise and the sequels are absolutely the worst horror films! Texas Chainsaw 3D is a peace a garbage movie! It is so bad material film that everyone in this movie is awful, the acting is trash, the writing is lazy the direction is terrible. Everyone from the actors and actresses in this movie are asshole and a scumbag they are not likable. I did not care about any of the characters and I did not had any mourn for leatherface at all. I hate this franchise and I blame Marilyn Burns for this disappointment failure! Who wrote this crap anyway?

Why did Marilyn Burns return after 38 years in a cameo role to play the villain on the end of the film? She played a heroine in 1974 Sally Hardesty a likable beautiful character a hero and a soul survivor that everyone loved including me. But suddenly she played an aunt of leatherface on the end of the movie in a cameo role she played accomplice to a villain psycho serial killer! Just why? She sold her soul only to get a gab cash to get a paycheck. She was awful and she lost a respect by me because of this movie. She had a cameo role in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation why? Only to get a paycheck I guess. I hate this franchise and I hate the actress for making a cameo role to play a villain to a serial killer leatherface. Did Heather Langenkamp return in A Nightmare on Elm Street sequels to play a villain? No. Did Jamie Lee Curtis from Halloween return to play a villain in any of the Halloween sequels? no. Did Amy Steel from Friday the 13th Part 2 return to play in any Friday the 13th sequels to play accomplice to a serial killer, no. Did Lar Park-Lincoln from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood return to play the accomplice to a serial killer in the sequel's no. Did Lisa Wilcox from a Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master return in any of the sequels to play a cameo role a villain? No! No one of the actresses who played a heroine returned in a sh**ty cameo role but Marilyn Burns did that, that is why she lost my respect.

This movie sucks a dick, should it suppose to be a family horror film or something? I did not cheer or mourn for any of the characters in this movie they were all assholes and unlikable! This movie turn in to a lead character Heather (Alexandra Daddario) from a shi**less victim, from a heroine to a villain in this film! Heather's friends are brutally murdered by Leatherface, whom she discovers to be her cousin, she feels sorry for him and loves him because he's "family?! It's not even like he's a close relative. She doesn't even know him. One minute she's scared sh**less of him and the next she loves him AND helps him kill a couple more people?? Are we supposed to believe that her thought process was: "Oh, hey Cuz, you just knocked me out in the kitchen, almost cut me up with a chainsaw in a coffin, tried killing me by flipping our van, chased me through a carnival with a chainsaw forcing me to hang on to a Ferris Wheel for my life AND killed all of my friends. But that's all okay.. I forgive you because we're family. Now I'm going to help you kill people and take care of you for the rest of my life." All I could say was... Seriously... wtf just happened. She stabs a guy with a working tool fork trampled him and than she throw a chainsaw to Leatherface helped him to kill more people wtf!

Her friends were all assholes the black guy who played Heather's boyfriend was cheating her with her best friend Nikki (Tania Raymonde). Her best friend Nikki is a junkie addicted to drugs we see her smoking a pot, that guy who played Darryl was a user and a thief he was stealing from the Sawyer house and he let leatherface out because of him people died. Alexandra Daddario stinks! She is the worst awful horrible actress in the movie business ever and Scott Eastwood is also horrible in this STINKER movie ever. F 1/10

The original was a classic and a perfect good film. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 sucks too only Dennis Hopper was good in it. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III in my opinion is the best sequel movie I like. We at least have likable characters we have young Viggo Mortensen, Ken Foree from Dawn of the Dead (1978) and of course Kate Hodge better actress and heroine than ugly Alexandra Daddario - her acting was horrible in this movie! The 2003 remake was awesome it was my first film of the TCM I saw and Jessica Biel was awesome bad ass and likable heroine she was Miles way better than Alexandra Daddario. I did not see Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning yet and I never will!