Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Eric Balfour

A tale of five 20-somethings whose free spirited road trip becomes a terrifying descent into madness. When they find themselves isolated in a rural Texas community, they fall into the clutches of a mo...( read more  read more... )nstrous clan of Texas cannibals and find themselves being whittled away by the chainsaw-wielding Leather face.

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67% liked it

375,165 ratings

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36% liked it

151 critics

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Marcus Nispel

Release Date: October 17, 2003

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DVD Release Date: March 30, 2004

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  • September 18, 2009
    An unnecessary remake but not a bad one.
  • August 28, 2009
    So intense!
  • February 28, 2009
    SO creepy! The finger nails being ripped off on the wall...ick. Crazy people are so interesting though!
  • February 9, 2009
    R. Lee is a champ as always. I could watch Andy fall on a hook and watch Jessica Biel all day.
  • January 15, 2009
    Vile, ugly and brutal...there's no real defining its meanness and despair...
  • November 17, 2009
    This wasnt a bad remake.I dont think they needed to remake this movie.But im kinda glad they did.I really liked this.had tones of blood,gore, and had R,Lee Ermey in it,he kicks ass!
    I was surprised to see that Jessica Biel was the front women in this.You just dont see much of he...( read more)r in these types of roles,She was great though.a very good movie to watch at night.
  • November 16, 2009
    Probably one of the most well made remakes, especially in the horror genre. They gave the characters more emotion, but still kept the insane nature of the "Family". This was also one of the few horror movies that have protagonists you care about.
  • November 15, 2009
    thrilling and absolutely scary.......rily scares me off my seat
  • November 14, 2009
    Awesome remake of the orig. Suspenseful and gorey... Yes!
  • November 3, 2009
    This movie is SO GREAT!! And it keeps u on the edge of ur seat the whole time!! :D

Critic Reviews


January 15, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

All the bad-rehash mojo from Friday the 13th to The Blair Witch Project has infected Scott Kosar's script. full review

October 17, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Gruesome enough; what it lacks is a distinctive revolting personality of its own. full review

October 17, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A contemptible film: Vile, ugly and brutal. full review

October 16, 2003
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Drowns in red rivers of excess. full review

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Comments


  • CallumSanderson
    December 18, 2008
    ATTENTION IGNORANT KIDS
    watch the original 4 Texas chainsaw films, instead of this crap!
  • mardijo
    October 30, 2007
    vvv honey, its not real, sure the house was there its called a set. the orginal film was filmed before the date the massacre supposedly happened. its based on a real killer, but the massacre didnt happen. physco and silence of the lambs were based on the same killer
  • thingone95
    August 25, 2007
    i now it is real cause my unle went and took me my sisters and causins
    and it and i was freaked out but they must be dead cause we didnt see eny thing exsept for the house
  • yanejan02
    May 27, 2007
    this movie is one of my favourite thriller movie!!!
  • irene72380
    May 2, 2007
    I don't know how people can say that the original was scarier than this one. This one actually shows the action happening, it doesn't cut away at the best parts. This movie was brutal and scary as hell. This is the ONLY MOVIE THAT HAS EVER ACTUALLY SCARED ME! I have never been that scared in my life from a movie. This was the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre that I saw and ever since then I have been obsessed with the TCM movies. Check out my blog on www.myspace.com/irene420 under "me starring in texas chainsaw massacre" if you want to see a funny animation i made of my head on the chainsaw guy's body. lol
  • Jiggy33
    April 25, 2007
    This was the first scary movie i really watched so like i was REALLY scared! iwas AMAZING! and its true!
  • michaelsonye
    February 1, 2007
    Satisfying but inferior to the original which really had that tense and grimy feel.Too much of this had that MTV screenwriting 101 aura.
  • Spicecats
    November 15, 2006
    I prefer the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre because its alot more scary and the original one felt more real then the newer one, but i still liked this one.
  • DizzofDailyRaider
    September 23, 2006
    "Based on true events."

    No. Very very very, stupid claim. Almost as stupid as claiming The Blair Witch Project was true.

    The character of Leatherface is based mostly on Ed Gein who lived up in Wisconson. Wisconson is no where near Texas.

    Oh the glories of overhyped movies.
  • jbpelican
    September 21, 2006
    I dont know how much of this story is true, i havent even seen the origional, but that didnt stop it from being fantasticly violent and disturbing.

    Justins Best Bit: The sherrifs death, repeat running overs, haha.

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