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03/26/09
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:10
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A tongue-in-cheek sequel to the 1975 splatter classic. Dennis Hopper stars as a Texas Ranger seeking revenge on the murderous, chainsaw-wielding clan who dismembered several members of his family... [More]
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Jim Siedow
Director: Tobe Hooper
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Reviews for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Top CriticA good deal gorier and more disturbing than the original. Certainly it's far better than the soulless 2003 remake.
11/18/08
A ripe and wicked horror-comedy, as black as pitch and every bit as violent as naysayers mistakenly accused the first film of being.
10/24/08
No review available.
08/01/08
There is absolutely nothing to distract us from the sheer misery of watching oblivious clowns cracking awful jokes.
06/09/08
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12/30/06
Top CriticSociety is restored as before, but it's a society based on victims and victimizers. De Sade rewrites Darwin.
11/07/06
...if nothing else, the entire flick may be worth a look for the absurd moment in which Leatherface breaks loose with a particularly apt example of the ol' shifty eye.
10/23/06
The film feels as if Hooper himself has nothing but contempt for the original and went out of his way to tear it down.
10/03/06
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06/24/06
It's all good as long as you consider it a blacker than black comedy (and not a horror movie).
12/29/05
No review available.
10/21/05
No review available.
08/14/05
Irresistibly demented.
06/30/05
No matter how adeptly Chainsaw 2 was put together, it would remain just another exploitation flick for fans who get a tingle from watching blades slash into flesh and innards peep out.
05/21/03
Top CriticThe most tedious crapfest I've sat through in a while. Annoying characters who never shut up. Even some amusing moments with Hopper can't save it.
03/25/03
This movie is a great, big mess.
12/08/02
Tobe Hooper's biting satire of the Reagan years done up as a very graphic horror film
08/21/02
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05/10/02
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