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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
HorroRated verdict
- Directed by
- Marcus Nispel
- Written by
- Scott Kosar
- Produced by
- Jeffrey Allard, Michael Bay, Ted Field, Mike Fleiss, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Matthew Cohan, Joe Dishner, Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper, Pat Sandston, John McCunn, Jeff Werner
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Why it’s HorroRated
Marcus Nispel's remake is a grimmer, more polished version of the source material that works better than most remakes of its era. Daniel Pearl returning as cinematographer gives it a visual continuity with the 1974 film. R. Lee Ermey as Sheriff Hoyt is menacing. A solid remake that understands what the original was actually about.
Synopsis
A group headed to a festival encounters a young woman who appears to have survived something significant, and her distress pulls them down a road ending near the Hewitt property. Marcus Nispel shoots the remake with a consistent visual grammar that separates it from the original without dismissing it. R. Lee Ermey as Sheriff Hoyt is a screen presence the film earns.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- May 21, 2003
- Runtime
- 1 hour 38 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
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