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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) -- A group of friends passing through are stalked and hunted down by a deformed killer with a chainsaw in order to sustain his poor family who can only afford to eat what they kill.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) -- A group of friends passing through are stalked and hunted down by a deformed killer with a chainsaw in order to sustain his poor family who can only afford to eat what they kill.

Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   34,029 votes
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Director:
Marcus Nispel
Writers (WGA):
Kim Henkel (1974 screenplay) and
Tobe Hooper (1974 screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 October 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Inspired by a True Story more
Plot:
A group of friends passing through are stalked and hunted down by a deformed killer with a chainsaw in order to sustain his poor family who can only afford to eat what they kill. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
Way Better than I Expected more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La masacre de Texas (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Massacre à la tronçonneuse (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
A texasi láncfürészes (Hungary) [hu]
La matanza de Texas (Spain) [es]
Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Germany) [de]
Motorsågsmassakern (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Non aprite quella porta (Italy) [it]
O Massacre da Serra Elétrica (Brazil) [pt]
Teksas katliami (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Texase mootorsaemõrvad (Estonia) [et]
Texasin moottorisahamurhat (Finland) [fi]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, language and drug content.
Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more

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Trivia:
In the third movie of TCM that came out in 1990 there was supposed to be a scene where Leatherface takes off his mask, but to keep the R rating they had to cut it out. In this movie, that scene is re-shot and seen. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Erin's shirt is tied in a knot for the entire movie. However, twice the shirt is not knotted...when running to the closet in the second house her shirt flops around but is again tied as soon as she is sitting with the rats. It is again loose as she runs outside in the rain by the meat factory - tied as she is sitting in the truck. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of 5 youths. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected, nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Sweet Home Alabama more

FAQ

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78 out of 129 people found the following comment useful:-
Way Better than I Expected, 2 May 2004
8/10
Author: Shabadoo-2 from Boston, MA

The original is a classic, I guess that's why there's a copy of it at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

Taken as a remake, this is a good film. The story was different enough to keep me guessing, the characters were, uhhh, fleshed out a little more. While the original at times seemed like a documentary, this one was a straight-up horror movie, though without too many of the cliches that make modern horror movies tedious.

On it's own, this was a very good horror movie. Well-filmed, well-acted, suspensful, with good characters. The kids in this movie are not all just obnoxious kids--they get into trouble because of a good deed, so I found myself rooting for them, even the annoying one or two. The casting of Lee Ermey as the sheriff is icing on the cake; he definitely brought the movie up a few notches.

While not a classic, this remake is worth seeing.

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