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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 - Leatherface [1990]


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WORST OF THEM ALL
Review date: 2008-11-13 Rating: 2 out of 10

Leatherface is the worst of the series, obviously just made to cash in on the fame of the first 2 films. Bad directing, bad acting and terrible FX make this one a joke by comparison. Not even Viggo Mortensen can redeem this crap.
Features both, the heavily cut R rated print (which leaves absolutely NO GORE AT ALL in) and the unrated version of the film. Neither is worth seeing.

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UNDERRATED
Review date: 2007-11-06 Rating: 8 out of 10

Driving from California to Florida, brother and sister Michelle, (Kate Hodge) and Ryan, (William Butler) stop of in Texas, where a deadly discovery concerning a mass murder in a graveyard is making travel a living hell. At a gas station, they are attacked by the local attendant (David Cloud) and take off down the road where they are run off by a strange four-wheel truck. While fixing the damage done, a man, Leatherface, (R.A. Milhailoff) attacks the car, causing even more damage. Speeding away, they don't see another truck baring down on them. Narrowly avoiding another accident, the driver the other truck, Benny (Ken Foree) goes to check on Michelle and Ryan. The four-wheel drive truck shows up, manned by Tinker (Joe Unger) and attacks Benny, who meets up with Leatherface. The family captures Michelle and Ryan. They are tortured mercilessly,. Benny finds the house where they are being held and launches a surprise attack, giving Michelle a chance to escape. Leading Leatherface, the sole survivor of the attack, into the woods, Michelle has the final conclusion fight with the cannibal.

The Good News: The 'Un-rated' version of the film is the better version, so I'll be describing that form of the film in this section, as it has nothing to do with the plot mention above. The gore is a little nastier, and it should please the gore-hounds looking for a ton of blood and guts. Unfortunately, Leatherface does not get to use his famous 80-pound chainsaw in the film. He revs it, but that is all. The film does have some good jumping moments. Michelle is holding the flashlight in front of Ryan as they are trying to fix the flat tire, and Leatherface emerges into the scene by revving his chainsaw. The family is having their dinner, and suddenly machine gun fire bursts into the room, gunning down most of the family. The actors do a good job, but the one that should've been cut was Viggo Mortensen as Tex, who did very little and wasn't that important to the family. You notice how he was left out of the plot? Foree steals every scene he is in, as Hodge gets more screen, and scream, time. She gave a good performance that at that time would've been given to Jill Schoelen. It was nice to see another young actress in a late 80's, early 90's horror movie. The film is beautifully lit, as the night sets are very spooky and give an unusual atmosphere to the film. It envelops you into the film more so than most of the other movies being released at that time. That is perhaps the film's best quality, as it really shouldn't have been so creepy. Despite the reviews when it came out hammering it for being cut to hell and being incomprehensible, the film is actually pretty understandable.

The Bad News: Yes, there is an 'R' rated version of the film that is so heavily cut that it makes no sense why it was rated 'R.' Almost no violence at all, very little atmosphere, and just the language made it an "18." You get the main gist of the plot, but the overall weakness of the Massacre's, and even Hopper's original makes this mistake, of not having a big cast for Leatherface to cut up. There are only three people in the cast who aren't members of the family, Benny, Michelle, and Ryan. When you include the survivor(s), that doesn't leave a lot of butchering to do. I'd love to see a Massacre film that had the cast the size of a Friday the 13th, where you have double-digit victims to axe. That would be a good film.

The Final Verdict: Cut to hell, this is still a good film. Not enough blood in the original, but with a bit more suspense than the 'Un-rated' cut. Some of the cast members should've been dropped or switched sides to give Leatherface people to massacre, but it still is a better film than is generally given credit to.


the texas chainsaw massacre 3 leatherface
Review date: 2007-05-30 Rating: 2 out of 10

This film is utter pants, dont even waste your time watching it.

One of the most laughable,totall waste of time films i have ever seen.

Pretty enjoyable !! !! !! !!
Review date: 2006-12-31 Rating: 6 out of 10

I for one love slasher flicks and horror movies, especially the ultra gory ones. This certanly didnt come into the category of anything even remotley bloody or violent, it has some bloodnless scenes but not as much of an atmosphere as the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre film to make them disturbing or add effect. And i was shocked by the fact that on the back of this they describe this film as "the most controversial horror movie of all time". As this is barely violent OR well know.
Putting all of that aside this is actually a decent slasher film and is surprisingly well acted featuring some actors you might see in some more modern horror flicks.
Leatherface, the infamous and much loved horror icon, looks great in this Texas Chainsaw Movie and has the most incredible chainsaw!!!!
The story is basically the same as every other TCM film but does have a better cast and a more fast paced story as well as a very wel paced out story.
I would suggest most slasher fans watch this as its much better than the abysmal "next generation" Texas Chainsaw Massacre film and is a decent addition to a great slasher series.
Enjoy


Quite boring, not enough into this.
Review date: 2006-12-16 Rating: 6 out of 10

First of all, I am a fan of Texas chainsaw massacre. After seeing the first(remake) of the movie, I became so into getting the next as i loved the first. However, i find this a dissapointment because, although it has some gore/action parts to it, it is not anywhere near as good in the scenes itself as the first movie is. It was quite too much of the same for me and boring too. I have never seen the second movie but i hope it is a lot better than this!
All in all, the movie is good, but could have had a lot more going in it!

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
R.A. Mihailoff
Kate Hodge
William Butler

Creators:
Kate Hodge (Primary Contributor)
R.A. Mihailoff (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Entertainment in Video
Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
EAN: 5017239192197
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2004-04-26
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 81 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1990
Language: English (Original Language)

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