Remake after remake after remake after remake
it seems that as every week goes by there are two more rumored remakes of old Hollywood, independent, or foreign films. What's the reason? Are Hollywood writers taking a break? Are there no more books being written to translate into screenplays? Do these questions matter? I don't mean to whine, but it seems ridiculous to me that creativity is being stifled in favor of these old tales being rehashed time and again. On to the review
the movie was pretty bad (perhaps I am biased). It scared you at the right times and it was fun to see all the gore the MPAA allowed, but it was no different from any other studio horror film to be released in the past two-three years. Exceptionally average at best, it appeared as if the director was a little confused on how to tell the story. He decided to have both gore and lots of back-story, a technique that has worked in some movies before, but could not pull it off. The chase scenes were erratic and edited like a music video (along with remakes being another trend I hope dies soon), that being a shame because there is some really nice cinematography shot by Daniel Pearl (the cinematographer from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre' as well) and a lot of it is lost during said chase scenes. Overall it was a mess, a bloody, scary, forgettable mess that doesn't need to be seen even once. Rating: 15/40
Review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
