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| Directed by | Marcus Nispel |
| Written by | Kim Henkel |
| Produced by | Michael Bay Mike Fleiss |
| Starring | Jessica Biel Jonathan Tucker Erica Leerhsen Mike Vogel |
| Distributed by | New Line |
| Release dates | October 17, 2003 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9,200,000 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 film, a remake of the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The film was directed by Marcus Nispel and produced by Michael Bay. The film was released on October 17, 2003 in North America.
Plot summary
Template:Spoiler In 1974, a group of teenagers are headed to Dallas through the back roads of Texas. On the way, they encounter a young hitchhiker who shoots herself with a revolver after mumbling that "everyone is dead". They contact the sheriff, Sheriff Hoyt who takes an extensive amount of time to meet them. Two of the them wander over to a large homestead, which, they discover, is inhabited by a reclusive family supporting the grisly and abusive practices of their son, Leatherface: torturing, mutilating and wearing the dead skin of his victims. Nearly everyone in the area seems a member of the family, from the homestead's legless owner to the sheriff, a sadistic enforcer. One by one the teens fall prey to the demented family. One girl, Erin (portrayed by Jessica Biel), discovers that this family has kidnapped a baby to raise as their own.
The movie ends with Erin driving out of the area in the dead sheriff's car, the baby at her side. She is attacked by Leatherface en route, but he cannot pursue.
Prequel
A prequel to the remake was announced in 2004 titled as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. The plot is set to take place 3 years before the events of this film. The film is directed by Jonathan Liebesman and will be released in cinemas on October 6, 2006.
Differences from the original
The cast of teenagers is less sympathetic than in the original. None of them are wheelchair-bound, as Franklin was in the original, and they not only smoke marijuana and drink, but have a large amount of marijuana hidden in the van for later sale.
The original film's most striking elements, the ones that still separate it from the later slasher franchises, are pared. The cannibalistic element to Leatherface's killings is entirely absent, and the infamous 'dinner scene' isn't present.
There are some stylistic changes. The presentation is more like a conventional horror movie than the original's gritty, realistic tone, the murderous family seems to serve Leatherface rather than the other way around, and the cinematography is much more focused on water and darkness than baking sunlight and bone-dry heat.
Trivia
- The film is banned in Ukraine.
- A deleted subplot detailed Erin being pregnant, explaining why she didn't "drink the water" or "smoke the weed" in Mexico.
- Katie Holmes was considered for the part of Erin.
- Daniel Pearl, the cinematographer for the original film reprised the position for this movie. Also reprising his role in the original film is narrator John Larroquette.
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