We've seen reboots and sequels, so much like the Halloween series before it, the new Texas Chainsaw folks decided to go in a different direction, ignoring most of the preceding flicks.
Shortly after the events of the first film, a group of vigilantes, lead by Mayor Hartman (Paul Rae) assault the Sawyer house. After a brief shoot-out, the group burns down the house and slaughters the cannibals inside, despite the protests of Sheriff Hooper (Thom Barry). As the last Sawyers are put to fire and bullet, one of the vigilantes notices one of the Sawyer women trying to sneak away with a baby. Despite the woman's pleading she's killed and the baby taken by two members of the mob.
Some decades later, the baby has grown into Heather (Alexandra Daddario). She works in a slaughterhouse when she isn't being verbally abused by her parents. One day she gets a letter from Verna Carson (Marilyn Burns). Mrs. Carson has passed away but her lawyer has been instructed to give her access to the Carson estate.
Needing a break from her white trash surroundings, Heather and her friends hop into the van and head out to the countryside. Pity she didn't read the entire letter, as it turns out her inheritance is more than just a big house...like the malformed madman in the basement with a mask made of skin over his face and a penchant for a certain power tool.
Yeah, dumb. So many issues with this one; 1. Why are the vigilantes presented as being just as evil? Taking the law into your hand is bad, sure but you know what's worse? Cannibalism!
2. Verna is Heather's biological grandmother. Ok, how did she find Heather? No witnesses at the farmhouse, remember?
3. Verna decides to give Heather the honor of looking after Leatherface (Dan Yeager). Seems news like that should be an opener.
4. "Welcome to Texas!" No, he's from Texas, you're not. Why are you welcoming him?
5. The overall message seems to be family is important. Yeah, but if your family is making teens into furniture, I think we can agree that particular family is bad and should feel bad.
6. Heather seems awfully ok with her friends being turned into jerky. I mean, finding your cousin is great and all, but surely your friends had families too, right?
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