What a superb job director Marcus Nispel has done re-creating, yet also revising, 1974's grisly, gristly, protein-centric masterpiece.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The film delivers with enough consistency to warrant a qualified recommendation for those seeking a few extra scares at this time of the year.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
The gruesomely unnecessary remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is such a smorgasbord of slimy grunge that to call the movie gross wouldn't do it justice -- it's downright sticky.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
As the eviscerations ensue, the truth becomes undeniable: This is easily the most gruesome, most pointless, episode of "Scooby Doo" ever.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
The new version has a few jolts, some occasionally effective smoke-and-mirrors photography and a lead (7th Heaven's Jessica Biel) who could teach a grad course on walking provocatively in blue jeans.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Chainsaw is produced by Michael Bay (Bad Boys I and II), which explains its soullessness. But nothing explains the flaw in this bad boy: How can a movie scare you when you’ve seen it all before?Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Manohla Dargis
There's nothing wrong with remakes, but as this movie amply proves, there's often nothing right about them, eitherRead Full Review »
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Washington Post: Richard Harrington
Weakens, dilutes, disinfects and otherwise undermines the legacy of Tobe Hooper's 1974 original.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
An overproduced, video-director remake, slick and grue-marinated and loud as a sonic boom.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dave Kehr
Rather than exhilaration, this bilious film offers only entrapment and despair. It's about as much fun as sitting in on an autopsy.Read Full Review »
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