How would you feel, if you learned that you are related to the infamous serial killer “Leatherface?”
Heather Miller (played by Alexandra Daddario) received an envelope telling her that she inherited a residence in Texas by her grandmother who recently died, which led to Heather being told, by her caretakers, that her real parents died when she was a baby. In hopes to learn more about her origin, Heather decided to make a road trip to Texas to find out more about her past.
The “Texas Chainsaw” series has been done many times, but none of the movies have been revolutionary. The plot of the “Texas Chainsaw” series usually start the same — a group of young adults take a road trip to Texas, they pick up a hitchhiker and when they get to Texas, horrible events begin to take place.
One thing that did interest me about this film is that it took an interesting turn with the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” story. In previous “Texas Chainsaw” movies, the plot is solely from the perspective of the group of young adults, but in this version the movie starts off with a flashback of the original story of the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” As the introduction of the movie progresses, the Sawyer’s (aka the family of “Leatherface”) are hunted down by the sheriff and some corrupt townsfolk.
As the movie progresses, I actually began to side with “Leatherface” against the townsfolk because of how corrupt and irrational they seemed. I do not usually side with the serial killers in horror movies, but in the end I was rooting for the Sawyer family.
“Texas Chainsaw 3D” was released in 2013, runs for 92 minutes, with an “R” rating for mature audiences only.
Should one spend 92 minutes watching this movie? My answer would have to be “no.” Even though the writers tried to take a new direction with the story, I believe the story that the movies have been based off of have never been properly made into what most people would consider to be a good movie.
What is a good movie? To me, a good movie is a film that I would like to watch more than once and for me “Texas Chainsaw” is not one of those movies.
I rate this movie a 4 out of 10.
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