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Tuesday 25 October 2011

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)

Ignoring the events of the last movie, this is probably the truer sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). It also sucks. Leatherface is the sole focus of this insipid tripe (although we're introduced to the extended family) and it's almost as if they intended to go the Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer route, but instead failed miserably. He's shorter, less imposing, and both his hair and mask looks stupid. Also...wait a minute, Viggo's in this?! Ahem. When you start clockwatching during a movie, you know you're in trouble.
The series was briefly rebooted in 1994's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation with pre-stars Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey, but even they couldn't save that turd. It was also remade into two films (a third's on the way), but I'd rather diarrhea all over my own face than watch that shit again.
For those keeping count...1 and 2, yea. The rest? Stick a finger up your ass instead.

0 hours of my life reclaimed out of 5

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