After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 17 nominations
John Larroquette
- Narrator
- (voice)
Scott Martin Gershin
- Leatherface
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Harry Jay Knowles
- Victim On a Silver Platter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Kim Henkel(1974 screenplay)
- Tobe Hooper(1974 screenplay)
- Scott Kosar
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA then-unknown John Larroquette provided the narration in the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Despite becoming a distinguished actor in the years since, he happily agreed to reprise his role for the remake.
- GoofsWhen they pick up the young lady on the road, she is walking in the same direction; however, minutes later she starts screaming about going in the wrong direction.
- Quotes
Sheriff Hoyt: I smell bullshit.
- Alternate versionsOriginally was slapped with an 'NC-17' rating by the MPAA, cuts were made for an 'R'.
- Hitchhiker's gunshot suicide reduced blood and brain guts, and a severed ear landing on Pepper's lap.
- Morgan's death reduced a wide shot of chainsaw cutting him from below, blood splattering on the floor and his insides falling between his legs.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Motograter: Suffocate (2003)
- SoundtracksSweet Home Alabama
Written by Edward King (as Edward C. King), Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington
Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Although Unnecessary, a Good Remake
On August 18th, 1973, in Texas, the youths Erin (Jessica Biel), her boy-friend Kemper (Eric Balfour), their friends Andy (Mike Vogel) and Morgan (Jonathan Tucker) and the hitchhiker Pepper (Erica Leerhsen) are returning from a vacation in Mexico to a concert of the Lynnard Skynnard. Kemper is driving his van, when they see a disturbed young woman dangerously wandering on the road. They decide to help her, and the woman commits suicide inside the vehicle. They decide to look for a telephone to call the Sheriff, and they end in the house of Thomas Hewitt (Andrew Bryniarski), where their lives are threatened by the sick Leatherface and his deranged family.
I was quite reluctant to see this remake. The original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is a classic, and as I have already written in other reviews, I do not see any reason to release remakes of movies, mainly classics. However, and although unnecessary, this remake is very good. The cast, leaded by the delicious Jessica Biel, have good and convincing performances. The cinematography is great, being very nasty in the property of Leatherface. In the end, I liked this version and I even dare to recommend it. I believe the fans, like me, of the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" will not be disappointed. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Massacre da Serra Elétrica" ("The Chainsaw Massacre")
I was quite reluctant to see this remake. The original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is a classic, and as I have already written in other reviews, I do not see any reason to release remakes of movies, mainly classics. However, and although unnecessary, this remake is very good. The cast, leaded by the delicious Jessica Biel, have good and convincing performances. The cinematography is great, being very nasty in the property of Leatherface. In the end, I liked this version and I even dare to recommend it. I believe the fans, like me, of the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" will not be disappointed. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Massacre da Serra Elétrica" ("The Chainsaw Massacre")
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- claudio_carvalho
- Sep 24, 2005
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- La masacre de Texas
- Filming locations
- Taylor Meat Company, Taylor, Texas, USA(Blair Meat Company)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $9,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $80,571,655
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $29,100,000
- Oct 19, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $107,363,905
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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