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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:4
Rotten:23
Average Rating:3.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Cannibal transvestite Leatherface wreaks havoc once more in this third, postmodern-edged sequel, penned by director Kim Henkel (who co-scripted the original cult classic). Here, his quarry are... Cannibal transvestite Leatherface wreaks havoc once more in this third, postmodern-edged sequel, penned by director Kim Henkel (who co-scripted the original cult classic). Here, his quarry are plucky small-town teens begarbed for their high school prom. Notable for its early work from Texas natives Renee Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey, who went on to Hollywood fame--and, according to rumor, tried to have this effort vaulted. [More]
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks, Lisa Newmyer
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks, Lisa Newmyer, Tonie Perensky, Joe Stevens, John Harrison, Tyler Shea Cone, James Gale, Chris Kilgore, Vince Brock, Susan Loughran, David Laurence, Grayson Victor Schirmacher, Jeanette Wiggins, Carmen Nogales
Director: Kim Henkel
Director: Kim Henkel
Screenwriter: Kim Henkel
Composer: Wayne Bell
Producer: Kim Henkel, Robert Kuhn
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Reviews for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Actually a fairly serviceable slasher flick up until a head-scratching last fifteen minutes that introduces and then fails to explain a series of plainly stupid plot twists.
Not just a complete failure as a sequel, it's one of the five or ten worst films from the whole of the 1990s.
For the most part you stare at the screen and wonder how anybody involved thought this could possibly have been any good.
McConaughey's over-the-top performance is brilliant, but not a single person actually gets killed with a chainsaw.
A hoot to see Matt and Renee, but none of the thrills of the original. Not scary or fun.
The bottom line is that the only Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie that you need is to see is the first.
Its wretchedness is so complete it can't help but attract bad-movie addicts the way a dead skunk draws flies.
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