Review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) by Johnny T — 15 Mar 2011

The whole fear-of-obese-hillbillies device is starting to smell as stale as Leatherface's playroom. There are only so many ways hapless teens can get brutally slaughtered, after all, but Liebesman and company keep things appropriately creepy, right down to aping the look of the 1974 original. Does this horror trend simply reflect a national fear, as giant radioactive ants personified the Bomb in the 1950s? If so, maybe it's time for us all to go on a diet; America needs fresh fodder for its boogeymen. A lot more enjoyable if you can leave your cognitive skills at the door.

VERDICT: "Matinée" - (Mixed reaction). These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says to pay matinée prices to see at a theatre or buy an ex rental or a cheap price the DVD to own.