Shane Donnelly (oldkentuckyshark)

I've heard many fans of both franchises asking the same question after seeing this, "How did they fuck that up?" Well, the answer is simple, they fucked it up by thinking it was a good idea in the first place. I've been a fan of both Freddy and Jason for as long as I can remember, and there was even a time when I was looking forward to a cross-over, then I turned fourteen. Did they really think that this would be a good movie? Of course they didn't. They were just trying to make a buck. I went into it knowing it would suck, I just wanted to know how badly. I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. If you were to ask me the plot I couldn't tell you. I think it's been forced into the back of my brain with all the other repressed memories since it was tantamount to watching two of my heroes being raped. All I can remember about this movie was Freddy as the Alice In Wonderland caterpillar, and even that is far too much. If you value yourself as a horror fan stay far, far away from this abortion. I beg you. If you are a fan of both franchises you probably won't listen, I guess rightly so. I'm just trying to help you out from one horror aficionado to another. I know that anyone who has ever read any of my reviews may be asking themselves, "What makes this guy think he has the right to call a movie bad?" Well friends, it's like this, this movie, to me anyway, was devoid of all the camp factor that makes all of those other b-movies that I have a love for so worthwhile. That and I hate the cast (with the exception of Robert Englund). They look like they just wandered off the set of some bad W.B. show. It's like Nightmare On Dawson's Creek.

Whereas the original Texas was more about was more geared towards shock and madness (though not quite without a sense of humor) this one is more about fun and campy insanity. Hooper goes full bore into splatter comedy territory. I love Choptop (Bill Mosely) heating up the wire hanger with a lighter and using it to pick skin away from the metal plate in his head (which he then eats) and his insane comments such as "Lick my plate, dog dick!". Dennis Hopper plays the vengeful uncle of Sally and Franklin from the first film. Just seeing him going ape shit with a chainsaw while singing "Bringing In The Sheaves" brings a big smile to my face. Leatherface (Bill Johnson) seems to have sexual inadequacy problems signified by his chainsaw failing to start when he's around the prettyish radio D.J. (Caroline Williams) who becomes entangled in the affairs of the Sawyer Clan. Jim Siedow is the only returning member of the original cast, and he makes the transition from creepy, demented cook to over the top comic miscreant who uses his unique chili recipe to win chili cook offs all around Texas perfectly. It's all geared to tickle your funny bone (right down to the original movie poster which has the Sawyers spoofing The Breakfast club). Is it, for lack of a better word, as scary as the original? Hell no, but that's not the point of this one. Hooper was taking it in a new direction, and he succeeded in my opinion.

Classic Python attitude, with pure Gilliam style. Ahh, the good ol' days when you could get away with nudity and graphic violence in a p.g. rated movie.

One of my favorates as a kid. It just gets better the older I get.