8 Most Criminally Unloved Slasher Movie Sequels

Believe it or not, but director and producer Tobe Hooper originally aimed for the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre to be a far more light-hearted affair, but for anyone who’s seen it in all its grotesque glory, you’ll know that is certainly not how it turned out. But then 12 years later in 1986, Hooper decided he finally wanted to bring his intended vision of a sadistic black-comedy to the screen, and the results are, well, pretty insane.

If you re-watch the original Texas Chainsaw, you’ll notice that there’s a strange lack of explicit blood and gore that you actually see on screen, but in number two, Hooper brings the splatter in full force. There’s also more nerve-racking jump-scares, but this time, he’s got less of an intention to truly upset and disturb audiences with the family’s heinous crimes. Instead, the overall mood is outrageously and strangely playful - especially Bill Mosley’s Chop Top which to this day still stands as one of the best performances of any slasher villain.

Because of this, if you’re willing and mentally ready to give this ludicrous sequel a go, it’s so strangely engrossing that by the time you feel you can’t take anymore you’ll probably have made it to the very end anyway. What you have is an oddly comical absurdity that frustratingly gets a bad time with fans - so watch at your own peril. You have been warned.