The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 8 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 4.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
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 in the first flick. Body parts and self-referential jokes fly, as the crazed lawman (he's... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Jim Siedow
Director: Tobe Hooper
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There is absolutely nothing to distract us from the sheer misery of watching oblivious clowns cracking awful jokes.
06/09/08
Society 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 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
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The 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
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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10/16/01
Gratuitously violent, and none too subtle (it lacks the subversive qualities of the original) it's also undeniably funny, maniacally energetic fare with a liberal smattering of enjoyable set-pieces.
09/26/01
At its heart, TCM2 is far more concerned with being a black comedy than an out and out exploitation film.
02/13/01
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