The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

This is not a slick, jokey horror movie in the post-"Scream" mold, but a genuine attempt to strip the coating from the audience's nerves. It's nasty and brutish, if not particularly short.Read Full Review »

Mindlessly repeats the archetypal "Chainsaw" scenario.Read Full Review »

Sadly, this movie is a far cry from the atmospheric, even thoughtfully crafted original, which made you truly scared for the unkempt, everyman victims. But this latest version, though just as grisly, is literally hackwork, and stars a forgettable, airbrushed cast of slaughterees.Read Full Review »

The new prequel isn't really a slasher movie at all. It's a mess, with too much to say, and an odd genre in which to preach.Read Full Review »

Unlike "Hostel" or "Wolf Creek," TCM:B is rank and depressing.Read Full Review »

Putridly written, directed and acted.Read Full Review »