The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation (The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (30 reviews)

  • 33% of users liked it
    (30,490 ratings)

In this third sequel to slasher classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, four Texas teens are abducted by a family of psychos on their way home from the senior prom. Bloodshed, torture, and intrigue ensue. Barry (Tyler Cone) and Sean (John Harrison) meet their fates quickly, but semi-bimbo Heather (Lisa… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Kim Henkel
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Oct 7, 1994 Wide
On DVD
Jul 20, 1999
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Joe Leydon, Variety

    Zellweger makes Jenny the most formidable scream queen since Jamie Lee Curtis went legit.

  • Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

    From electric cattle prods to human infernos, it's an tough, rough ride.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Without much wit of its own, Kim Henkel's tyro film is just what the polished Scream makes fun of.

  • Mike Clark, USA Today

    The kind of cinematic endeavor where you suspect both cast and crew were obligated to bring their own beer.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    Renee Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey try to out-bad-act each other in the luridly abysmal third sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Where to start with this film? The bad acting, story, directing? At the time of its release, this was the film that ruined the series.TCM next generation is pretty much the same in story as the first TCM, except instead of kids investigating a grave robbing, they're travelling on… More

  • Lafe F


    Pretty well a remake of the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie, except done badly. Leatherface is now dressing up like a woman. Matthew McConaughey is playing the psycho brother role. The psycho with the metal leg was overly-complicated; we didn't need that. There's a… More

  • James A


    I know I have said a lot of bad things about Land of the Dead, but this movie is far worse. I demand that you see this so-called remake and vommit as you watch this rape of the original!

  • Steve K


    I actually saw this turkey in the theater.

  • jd c


    This one SUCKED. Not funny. Corny in the worst way possible. Silly and just flat out dumb. Kim Henkel (who helped Hooper write the original TCM) directed this piece of sh*t. Thank God this is the only movie he directed. I wouldn't be able to bare anymore embarrassment watching… More

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