10 Horror Movie Remakes Better Than You Remember

At this point, there have been more bad Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies than good ones. With the original being one of the most influential horrors of all time, everything that followed - both sequel and remake - has been held up to a ridiculously high standard, with most written off as cheap, ineffective hack jobs further driving the franchise into the ground.

While that's not entirely incorrect, the first remake, simply titled The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, is treated much more harshly than it deserves.

It's far louder, crasser and bloodier than the original, but it never mistakes bigger for being better. It pays homage to the feel of the original, especially in its grimy cinematography and effective found-footage documentary opening and ending, but it doesn't just rehash beats or lean on nostalgia in a way future instalments are guilty of.

The cast is solid as well, with lead Jessica Biel and Eric Balfour in particular giving the film a strong emotional grounding.

Andrew Bryniarski is impossibly intimidating as Leatherface too, who's more of a hulking brute here than he's ever been. The physical performance conveys so much aggression and hostility, while the human mask itself is one of the more frightening iterations in the series.

It's an effective slasher, and a highlight in the whole franchise.