Written by L.M. Kit Carson
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Starring Dennis Hopper, Carolina Williams and Jim Siedow
USA, 1986
I’ve seen THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE a million times and it never stops being good, so I figured, this year, why not finally check out the second one? I’ve always read that, while it’s way different from the original, it’s still interesting because it’s such a weird, dark comedy.
Unfortunately, when I hear “dark comedy” I kind of assume it’s going to be smart or funny. This one’s neither. So, if you focus on the comedy, and it’s not funny, and stay away from what made the original scary (the realism), you end up with… TEXAS CHAINSAW 2, I guess.
I knew we were in trouble in an early scene in which a radio station is infiltrated by Leatherface and his demented brother, who screams and bashes the engineer repeatedly to the point where I was checking my Fitbit and the time kept being the same.
Dennis Hopper’s on hand as a vengeful Texas Ranger, which is better than not having him on hand, but the movie spirals down into mostly taking place in fake-looking sets representing tunnels under an amusement park that Leatherface and his family now reside in.
I got so bored during the movie I decided to look up the location of the original TEXAS CHAINSAW house, only to find out that the house has been moved onto the property of a resort and is now a restaurant. That gave me an idea for a new sequel where exactly this happens, only Leatherface and his family come along for the ride.
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