Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

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Director: Kim Henkel

Stars: Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey

Year: 1994 Running Time: 83 mins Rating:

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Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey cut their teeth in a before-they-were-famous bonanza that resurrects ol' Leatherface for another frenzied tale of inbreeding and power-tools. Both rising stars throw themselves into their roles; Zellweger as one of the group of teenagers (naturally) who stumble across a family of cannibals in the woods, McConaughey as a member of Leatherface's deranged clan. A tongue-in-cheek horror romp, that serves up an all-you-can-stomach buffet of gore.

Review

As remakes go, this new version of Tobe Hooper's 1974 cult horror flick will have you suitably scared, if not as terrified as you might like to be, that is if you're deeply into gory movies.

The tortured innocent here is Renee Zellweger as high school student Jenny, who, with a group of friends, gets lost way out in the countryside.

Naturally she meets some very nasty people and lands up a prisoner in an old dark house (where else? ). Wielding the inevitable chainsaw is Robert Jacks, while henchman Matthew McConaughey drips menace from every pore and henchwoman Tony Perenski oozes sex while aiding and abetting the gory proceedings.

Writer/director Kim Henkel (who co-wrote the original) tells the story with panache and will have you trembling with anticipation, even if the horrors he eventually reveals can be a bit of a let-down.

Photography and editing enhance the terror no end, and Zellweger proves worthy of a scream queen crown.