Texas Chainsaw Massacre Review: 5 Ups & 5 Downs

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5. The AWESOME Gore

By far the best thing about this new movie is the abundance of insanely brutal gore. Anyone worried it might tone down the violence in an attempt to appeal to a new generation of fans can let out a sigh of relief - this thing is ridiculously, at times hilariously violent.

Right from its nauseating opening kill, Texas Chainsaw Massacre boasts some of the most creative and effed-up death scenes in the entire franchise.

Once Leatherface gets his chainsaw at roughly the half-way mark, the murder comes thick and fast, as he slices his way through countless poor saps.

The easy highlight is surely the loony sequence in which Leatherface corners a group of investors on a bus and starts slicing away.

Though the gore is mostly of the CGI-assisted variety, it's well integrated into the movie's overall aesthetic and doesn't feel cheap as it does in so many lower-budget horror films.

Rather, digital effects are used to show bodies being cleaved in half and savagely mutilated, as will probably make this sequel a worthwhile enough sit for fans despite its many problems elsewhere.