Review of The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) by Scott A — 23 Aug 2013

This movie was pretty bad and really should only be seen to see the bat sh*t crazy performance from Matthew McConaughey.

I generally love Renée Zellweger, but she is pretty bad here, and this was made right before her best role in my opinion in Empire Records, so she had talent back then, she is just so awful here. I don't think I have ever seen a character be so calm in their delivery in a horror film. She either sees her friends dead, or watches them die, and she never screams once for them. I may be wrong, but I doubt if she even screamed until the final run.

McConaughey is out there here, but what is the deal with the leg and the endless remote controls in his pocket??

The other three 'victims' are nothing special. We don't really get much time to get to know the guys before they die, other than they are the two dumbest guys in the world. Tip #1. If you are being chased down a road, run OFF the road. Tip #2. Don't lock yourself in the house of the guy trying to murder you. Duh.

The other girl is cute, but she does little more than scream and lay there passed out the entire film.

I have no idea what the hell happened in the end of the film with a limo dropping a guy off during the final act.

And Leatherface is a disgrace here. All he does is scream like a coward and dress up like an old lady. WTF???

I am not a huge fan of this franchise to begin with, but this was just awful.