Synopsis
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic influencers who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
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Cast
- Sarah YarkinMelody
- Elsie FisherLila
- Mark BurnhamLeatherface
- Jacob LatimoreDante
- Moe DunfordRichter
- Olwen FouéréSally Hardesty
- Jessica AllainCatherine
- Nell HudsonRuth
- Alice KrigeMrs. Mc.
- William HopeSheriff
Recommendations
- 78
TheWrap
To some, a film with undeveloped themes, thin characters, and superficial gore might seem like a bad thing. To connoisseurs of the slasher genre, it’s all part of a well-balanced breakfast. Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s narrative efficiency and tight 81-minute running time make it an ideal delivery system for creative kills and memorable gore. - 60
The Guardian
Against considerable odds, a very, very low bar has been met and then shuffled over with this mostly effective and incredibly nasty update, a jolting little slasher that should repulse and satisfy those with a suitably depraved idea of what they are clicking into. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Slasher film fans should embrace this Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which pays loving homage to the original via a variety of Easter Eggs and doesn’t at all stint on the gore. Seriously, there’s so much blood splattered on the screen that you’ll have an urge to wear a poncho if you sit too close. - 58
IndieWire
It delivers plenty of blood spattered, gut-spilling gore to satisfy genre lover’s bloodlust, even if we’ve pretty much seen everything a chainsaw can do by now. - 40
The New York Times
In David Blue Garcia’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre the blade is more active than ever. But while Leatherface, the homicidal head case who fashions masks from the skin of his victims, might be busier, his ability to scare has waned considerably. - 40
Slashfilm
This is a movie that very much wants to call back to the original — and in doing so, it inadvertently reminds us of how much better the original was, and how bad this is. - 33
The A.V. Club
This time around, Leatherface is just a run-of-the-mill bogeyman, slaughtering a new generation of lambs for the sins of our age. It’s a sequel as pretentious as its chainsaw fodder: an act of genre gentrification. - 30
Los Angeles Times
The 1974 film was a nightmare that felt too close to reality, but this is merely unpleasant — and not in a good way.
