Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III Reviews

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 builds on the humor of the second and the violence of the first film, and brings this entry to a whole new level of gory violent fun. This third entry is pretty good considering that a franchise by this point would start to suffer. Even if it lacks great elements, Leatherface is still worth seeing if you're a fan of the first two films. The soundtrack of the film is a hard rocking with great tunes by Hurricane and Death Angel. Leatherface is definitely back in full force, and murders his victims with relish, and does what he does best, makes masks with their facial skin. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 is a good entry in the series, but is not the best. The film is also not for the faint of heart, but to those who love gore, this film is for you. I personally view the TCM franchise as a trilogy and if you feel the same way, you would think that this is an enjoyable end to two other iconic horror films. As far as I'm concerned, the films that followed this one don't exist and this is the real end of the Sawyer saga. If you've enjoyed the first two, you'll surely like this one, and though lacking at times, this is still a pleasant entry and one that delivers some good chainsaw carnage, and in the end, it's all that matters. So for this third film, the filmmakers made a fine little entry that is just as demented as the first two films. The film is quite different, but it works nonetheless in terms of a good Slasher film and a Texas Chainsaw Massacre film.

It?s a bit rubbish. The second one was bad but it had a certain charm to it, this one is just crap. Leatherface is scary enough without adding more to the character. He didn't need the leg brace to squeak every time he was coming after the victims, I feel the makers missed the point in that. Leatherface is a bulky and awkward man who doesn't creep around, you can see him coming a mile off but he will still get you! Also, the red neck family are rubbish too. The little girl is a bit creepy and the use of Grandpa, a rather frightening character from the first film, is ruined by the fact he is dead, removing any ounce of fear he might have projected. I know the family of red neck cannibals are, how should I put it, 'uneducated', but I'm pretty sure after years of murdering people they would know when someone is dead or not. A lazy film, don't bother with it unless, like me, you are too stubborn not to see a franchise out to the very end. If you do choose to watch it, watch the original cut version, it has a better, less 'happy' ending.

This version of the family is interesting and devilish - particularly the gas attendant and little girl induced shivers for me. The mother character is the most original and perverse. It's fun to see Aragorn kicking around campy horror. My biggest problem with this movie is that Leatherface does not appear solid and large enough in wide shots (most of the killing shots). Some padding could have fixed this lack of mass problem easily. Far better than TCM 2. The grotesque credits alone outshines the entirety of Eli Roth's repetitive reel. Plus horror darling Ken Foree makes an appearance as a survivalist trying to outwit the Texas gang. If Leatherface was just a bit bulkier, this would be nearly on par with the first film.

A different part of Texas than the first two films. Leatherface is living with a crazy new family. There's a great kitchen scene. They do a lot to set up the creepy Texas country-folk with a sleazy gas station scene. There's plenty of action. The plot feels a bit incomplete, even with the Un-rated version. The production quality is good, but the story needed to be a bit more personable. I liked that crazy woman who had been hiding in the woods for a week. That little evil girl with the sharp-toothed doll was awesome. The bitchy Texas mother with the voice box scared me. Some of the crazy Texans had beards this time around. The trailer mis-represented this as the ultimate Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie, but it wasn't; that honor still goes to the first.

The chainsaw its going f*cked lol

Second sequel to what is possibly my favourite horror film. In this one, a couple on a road trip are terrorised by the infamous family not long after bumping into 2 of them at a gas station. Simple as that! But if your a fan of stalk and slash stuff then you'll probably enjoy this as it has its share of gore and disturbing moments. Better than the second but it seems the first will never be bettered. A decent cast also with Viggo Mortensen and horror legend Ken Foree.

Cut to shit by producers, but all the gore in the world couldn't have made this a good film.

Same old story: teens get lost and stumble across Leatherface and his cannibalistic family. This film even gives the chainsaw-wielding-psycho some character - a stupid mummys boy - rendering him totally non-scary.
It's not a good film and I've already happily forgotten most of it.

No continuity to these movies now (which bugs me) but this one is definitely better than the second. Take it for the horror flick that it is and not much more and then it's ok.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre can easily claim the title of having the best first three horror films in a franchise. While Leatherface:TCM3 isn't as good as the original but it doesn't fall to the absurd levels that Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th did. Leatherface also features some great acting (with some of the standard poor acting that this genre requires) from Viggo Mortensen and the insane cannibal family. Leatherface keeps the Texas Chainsaw franchise sharp and shouldn't disappoint fans of the franchise.

This film was a disturbing as the first for sure but this one had a horrible ending last 15 min of it was just junk it was horrible the acting was some of the worst I've ever seen! But still is very disturbing

"the saw is family" leatherface the texas chainsaw massacre III is a great horror sequel to 1974's the texas chainsaw masacre the version that I saw of this movie was the unrated version which is 86 minutes long I can understand why this horror movie was almost rated NC-17 it was becasue of the great gore needed for this film but this film had a great plot great script great acting especially ken foree thisi is a creepy horror movie that had a great gore galore campy funfest LEATHERFACE the texas chainsaw massacre III is a great horror film and a great sequel of the texas chainsaw massacre series the horrific film also had a great beginning so watch out for leatherface and his messed up family they might slaughter and kill you around halloween 2009 I went to this haunted house in seymour, indiana called fear fair I saw leatherface at the end and pretty much his chainsaw kept on touching my leg

this third sequel to tobe hooper in 1974 "texas chainsaw massacre". this film without tobe hooper who did direct of original and second sequel in 1986. so this is continues to chainsaw massacre again.

This is definitely one of the worst films I'd ever seen. This is an hour and twenty minutes I"m never going to get back. Funny to see a young Viggo Mortensen in this film. All the good ones had to make money somehow in the early days.

this film is under rated i always felt i thought it was awsome jeff burr did a good job of directing with what he had to fucking deal with and david j skaw wrote a very good take on leather face sure it needed more gore "if you see it make sure its the directors cut..." becuase the mpa was so fucking harsh on this poor film just great though and cool metal music at moments...

a long parade of violence, darkness, gore, screaming, and sadism
which is fun, if you're into that in a movie
on a downside, not much character development other than what you can get with stereotypes
fun movie, but definitely not an Oscar winner, or really that scary

Better that part two but still not better than part one. Leatherface was skinnier in this movie. I hope the fourth one will be better.

Still cheesy but better than the second. Watching it so late at night doesn't help, I should probably watch it again, haha. I've seen most of these movies in the last week.

Leatherface had the greatest trailer of all time (Leatherface meets the Lady of the Lake, remember that?). Maybe that's why nearly everyone was let down by the film itself. Most people view Leatherface as an unwelcome addition to the legacy that is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. No, it's not as good as the original or the sequel, but what do you expect when Tobe Hooper's not on board? However, if you do not compare it to its predecessors, it stands alone as a fun flick. It's at least watchable (unlike the Matthew McConaughey "remake"). The only thing I really don't like about it is the lack of continuity. The David Schow script is great, it just leaves out some needed information. In essence, this is the first in a long line of remakes. The director, Jeff Burr, does succeed in creating tension. My heart still pounds every time when they stop to fix that flat tire. Those far-off squeaking sounds are unnerving. The cast does well also. No one has the energy of Bill Moseley (Chop Top from TCM 2), but he's a tough act to follow. What they do have is horror favorite Ken Foree. Foree is always great. I don't care whether he's in Dawn of the Dead or The Phantom of the Mall, he's great. And you must give credit to Viggo Mortensen. He's come a long way from b horror to star in the Lord of the Rings. When it comes down to it, TCM 3 is worthy of a bit more praise.