![]() Caught between a sadistic family and equally as sadistic police and other authority figures, the birth of Leatherface could certainly work as a tragedy about a young boy not given much choice. Institutionalized and abused teens rebelling against the system and corrupt cops could make for a compelling story (even when that rebellion often only manifests as violent rage) but solid performances can’t save what’s simply not there, which is an actual point to the carnage. While it’s a step up from The Beginning by actually giving us a proper origin story for the titular killer, Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s Leatherface still can’t quite bring itself to be about much of anything. Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, and Matt Bomer star in ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning’ Lee Ermey, a grotesquely mesmerizing facemask scene, and one good chainsaw kill. Even so, this film does still contain a gleefully sadistic performance from iconic actor R. The Beginning doesn’t possess the visceral ugliness and intensity of its 2003 predecessor, the characters are as uncompelling as they’ve ever been, and there’s very, very few genuine scares to be found. The rest of the family is seemingly just insane and homicidal to begin with! It quickly turns into the same old slasher setup with teen victims and everything. Before we even reach 15 minutes, Leatherface has been born, grown up, murdered someone, and gotten his chainsaw. Unfortunately, that’s not really what we get here. The Beginning has the rare opportunity to be a bit different from the usual Texas Chainsaw slasher mold, acting as a prequel to the 2003 film and an origin for that version of Leatherface and his family. ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning’ (2006) Here is every single film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, including the new one, ranked from the bottom to the top of the food chain. We don’t necessarily recommend watching that much insane and gory mayhem in a row (even though most of you probably already have), so we went and did it for you. That’s a lot of chainsaw carnage, unfortunate groups of young adults, screaming, and family dinners. There have been seven films tasked with following the original so far – with an eighth one coming this week from Netflix – from a variety of different filmmakers, including one from Hooper himself. The franchise has seen sequels, prequels, and reboots in the decades since. Busting down the door to the slasher genre and continuing to disturb people to this day, the original film has inspired an innumerable number of filmmakers and artists of all types. Tobe Hooper and the cast and crew of 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre changed horror and cinema as a whole forever. Nicolás Delgadillo in Culture on February 18, 2022Ī lot of blood, sweat, tears, guts, and entrails went into the ranking of this iconic horror franchise
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