Bria Lou Reviews

  I was really looking forward to this one. Over the years I lose track of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies I've seen, but I'm hoping I've seen them all because I love the franchise, and this is where it all began! From the very beginning of the film you know exactly what you're in for. The opening images are really powerful and do a good job of putting the viewer on edge. Plus the make-up and prosthetics are really well done. I love that this film is so undeniably 70s. The music, the style, the way it's shot, it's so much a product of its time, and yet it's a story that has continued to be relevant and create more stories for half a century. And so many of the stories are the same base with a different background - a group of friends going somewhere they shouldn't and running into Leatherface. Bonus points if they pick up a hitchhiker, or if someone unexpected turns out to be related to the killer. But that's also something I love - when you'r...

I love the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, particularly the older ones when the concept was still new. When I found out that another movie was being released, I was sceptical (I didn't love the last film, 'Leatherface'), but ultimately, I was excited to see the most recent take. After 50 years, Leatherface returns to terrorise a group of friends trying to bring life to an abandoned Texas town. This definitely wasn't the best of the franchise. For a start, I couldn't really tell when the film was supposed to be set. Even though it is advertised as being modern, the characters look and feel really old-fashioned, as did the world around them. If some of the language had been changed, the film could have been set 50 years ago with not much being changed. There is a lot of time where nothing is happening. But because the film is so short (80 minutes), it doesn't make sense for nothing to be happening for periods of time. This film felt really disconnected from the pr...