The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - Movie Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

You know what, I will admit that I am probably very similar in context to most horror fans with the fact that I more often then not generally tend to be much of a fan of remake movies... I mean as stand alones I have seen some decent enough remake movies, but if you look at them as remakes of classic movies... Well I hate to say it, but most of the time, these movies generally tend not to be as good as the original!

I mean there are some generally pretty awful remakes, and there is one or two that I have seen that I would consider to be actually better then the original... (Yeah I know, I was surprised to!)

But generally speaking those movies that should have been made as stand alone movies, are that way in my opinion because they oft times just don't pay the type of homage to the original movies in the right way (A goode example of this being, A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)!)

There are some though that really pay homage properly to those that made the classic... In my opinion, a great example of this is the movie, Halloween (2007)... This movie in my opinion did a great job in paying homage to John Carpenter's classic, while also adding a couple of elements to the movie, that made it just fantastic!

Another great one is, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)!

One of the few truly awesome horror movie remakes!

Written By: Scott Kosar (The Machinist) & Directed by: Marcus Nispel (Friday The 13th). Starring: Jessica Biel (The Illusionist), Erica Leerhsen (Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), Mike Vogel (Under The Dome), Eric Balfour (Skyline), Andrew Brynarski (Batman Returns) & R. Lee Ermey (The Frightners).

Now the truth is, is I can go in to how everything is great... The truth is, is that all of the cast did their jobs great, and they were all fun!

The story... Well, this story of how after picking up a traumatized hitchhicker, who kills herself, starts off a chain of events that leads them to become the next up on Leatherface's chopping block... Starting with contacting the, 'Sheriff'... Who turns out to be a deranged member of Leatherface's family that goes by, 'Sheriff Hoyt' (R. Lee Ermey) and leading to each of the initial 5 friends who had just wanted to do a good deed, being stalked and killed off one by one!

These teens wanted to do a good deed, but picking up this hitchhiker gives new meaning to the reason why you should never, 'pick up a hitchhiker'

Well I could say this story is great... It is!

But the truth is, is the best part of this movie is R. Lee Ermey, his portrayal as Sheriff Hoyt was both disturbing, and hilarious... But was also made to look so real that you could almost imagine that all of this could happen in real life!

In the end... Is everything great in this movie? For a remake? Yes... It is extremely fun, and well worth checking out!