Synopsis
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
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Cast
- Jessica BielErin Hardesty
- Jonathan TuckerMorgan
- Andrew BryniarskiThomas Hewitt / Leatherface
- Erica LeerhsenPepper
- Eric BalfourKemper
- Mike VogelAndy
- R. Lee ErmeySheriff Hoyt
- David DorfmanJedidiah
- Lauren GermanThe Hitchhiker
- Heather KafkaHenrietta
Recommendations
- 63
ReelViews
The film delivers with enough consistency to warrant a qualified recommendation for those seeking a few extra scares at this time of the year. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
The gruesomely unnecessary remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is such a smorgasbord of slimy grunge that to call the movie gross wouldn't do it justice -- it's downright sticky. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
A lot more violent and a tad less creepy than the 1974 original, the much-changed remake delivers enough gory, belligerent mayhem to keep horror fans screaming. - 50
USA Today
The new version has a few jolts, some occasionally effective smoke-and-mirrors photography and a lead (7th Heaven's Jessica Biel) who could teach a grad course on walking provocatively in blue jeans. - 50
New York Daily News
Director Marcus Nispel, a rock video vet making his feature debut, knows how to ratchet up the tension. His remake is a far, far better-looking thing than the original. There's also more humor, especially in the over-the-top performance of drill sergeant-turned-actor R. Lee Ermey as the loudest of the inbreds. - 40
Los Angeles Times
There's nothing wrong with remakes, but as this movie amply proves, there's often nothing right about them, either - 30
The New York Times
Rather than exhilaration, this bilious film offers only entrapment and despair. It's about as much fun as sitting in on an autopsy. - 25
Charlotte Observer
I don't know if Nispel and Scott Kosar, who make their feature film debuts here, are the worst director and writer in the world, though they might well represent the United States if anyone holds a competition. I do know they deliver a total of zero laughs, scares or surprises in this remake of the infamously creepy 1974 picture.
