Every Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movie, Ranked (According To IMDb) – Screen Rant

Tobe Hooper's horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has fueled a franchise, but not every entry is as good as the next.

The story of infamous cinematic serial killer Leatherface began with Tobe Hooper's 1974 low-budget horror filmThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre. With its shocking costuming, implied gore, and cannibalistic antagonists, the movie continues to top listsof the best horror movies of all time.Hooper released The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2in 1986, capitalizing onthesuccessoffranchises likeFriday the 13thandHalloweenfranchises whose narratives were heavily influenced by Hooper's original film.

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Sixadditional sequels, prequels, and remakes later,The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has become a successful franchise in its own right. While they may not be as financially prosperous or critically acclaimed as their siblings, the Leatherface flicksmaintain a large following among fans of scary movies.

The Next Generation is the fourth addition to the franchise, a film written and directed by Kim Henkel who co-wrote the first movie's screenplay with Tobe Hooper. The Next Generation follows a group of teens who encounter Leatherface and his deranged relatives on their prom night.

Henkel considers the film a parody of the franchise, but audiences were not impressed; it bombed at the box office.The Next Generation has since gained a cult status among critics and fans who appreciate its absurdist humor, cross-dressing Leatherface, and acting from a young Matthew McConaughey andRene Zellweger.

The seventh film in the horror franchise,John Luessenhop'sTexas Chainsaw 3D is considered a direct sequel to the 1974 movie, ignoring the subsequent installments. Set four decades after the events of the first film, it focuses on a character namedHeather Miller, who happens to be Leatherface's long-lost cousin.

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Miller, played byAlexandra Daddario, reunites with her chainsaw yielding relative in order to claim an inheritance she's owed. While a profitable movie in theatres,Texas Chainsaw 3D was derailed by critics for plot holes, poor acting, and a lack of inventive terror sequences.

The eighth and most recent installment,Leatherface is a prequel that traces its title character's evolution into a mass murderer and cannibal. Directed byJulien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, the prequel came into being after the success ofTexas Chainsaw 3D.

The filmmakers attempted to remain as dedicated to the original films, bothThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre andThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2, as possible. Despite stellar acting from Stephen Dorff and Lili Taylor,Leatherface doesn't approach the creativity and wit of its source material.

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