THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003)

MORGAN'S RATING

On a trip through Texas to Mexico, a group of teens pick up the survivor of a massacre that took place the night before. They detour from their trip to take the girl to the nearest town, where they meet the local sheriff who is hell bent on capturing the girl's attackers. He decides to use the kids as bait to lure the chainsaw wielding maniac Leatherface out from rural Texas so he can put an end to his grisly reign. Unfortunately things don't go as planned, and when the kids' van breaks down at an old slaughterhouse, they are hunted down one by one ...

Jessica Biel (Erin), Jonathan Tucker (Morgan), Eric Balfour (Kemper Hardesty), Andrew Bryniarski (Thomas Hewitt/ Leatherface) Erica Leerhsen (Pepper), Mike Vogel (Andy), R. Lee Ermey (Sheriff Hoyt), David Dorfman (Jedidiah Sawyer), Lauren German (Teenage Girl), Heather Kafka (Henrietta Sawyer), Terrence Evans (Old Monty), Marietta Marich (Luda May), Kathy Lamkin (The Tea Lady), Brad Leland (Big Rig Bob), Mamie Meek (Clerk), John Larroquette (Narrator, voice), Scott Martin Gershin (Leatherface voice, uncredited), Harry Jay Knowles (Victim on a Silver Platter, uncredited).

INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Marcus Nispel. WRITERS: Scott Kosar, based on the characters created by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper.  PRODUCERS: Michael Bay and Mike Fliess.  ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Matthew Cohan. CO-PRODUCERS: Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jeff Allard, Ted Field, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller and Guy Stodel. LINE PRODUCER: Joe Dishner. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Wayne Bell and Tobe Hooper (original theme), Steve Jablonsky (score), Mel Wesson (ambient music design). DISTRIBUTOR: New Line Cinema.

QUOTES

[sees rotten big corpse in meat window] Morgan: Anybody want any pig?

FACTS

Sheriff Hoyt: I smell bullshit.

RELEASE DATE: October 17th, 2003 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $28.0 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $80.5 million (USA) BUDGET: $9.5 million (USA) SHOOTING DATES: July 2002 -- September 2002 - Michael Bay was originally set to direct. - Actor Gunnar Hansen was asked to play the role of the trucker in the end of the film. - An uncredited and then unknown John Larroquette provided the narration in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Despite becoming a distinguished actor in the years since, he happily agreed to reprise his role for the remake. - The severed head of Harry Jay Knowles from Ain't It Cool News can be seen in the basement of Leatherface's home. - Erin's last name was supposed to be Hardesty, the same last name as lead character Sally from the original film. - Nominated for one 2004 Razzie Award for Worst Remake or Sequel. - Followed by: Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel (2006)

Morgan: I'm sorry, but how often do people just blow their heads off in this shitty town.

Henrietta: Drink some tea.

Morgan: Oh my God, I am WAY too stoned for this!

Andy: Well I guess that's what brains look like...sort of like...Lasagna...kind of...okay, I'll shut up now.

Sheriff Hoyt: Feels a little wet down here. You boys been doing something to her?

Sheriff Hoyt: You know, I have just as much respect for dead bodies as you do. [sees Andy and Morgan putting the dead hitchhiker in the backseat of his patrol car] No not the backseat, you'll get it all dirty! Throw her in the trunk.

[points cane in Kemper's chest] Old Monty: I said she could call him, you wait outside. Kemper: Okay, chief... Old Monty: I ain't lookin' for trouble! Kemper: Don't shoot!

Morgan: I was like Erin don't drink the water down there... Erin: I didn't! Kemper: And she didn't drink the tequila, she didn't drink the weed, smoke the weed.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"She screams. He chases. She runs. We yawn." -- Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star

Pepper: I don't know about you guys, but I happen to like my teeth right where they are.

"It's just as guilty as Blair Witch 2 for smothering bare-bones fright with ladles of gore." -- Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

Erin: I didn't go to Mexico to watch you get shit-faced for four days. Kemper: That's what you do in Mexico!

"It's so caught up in concept and layout that it frequently forgets to push the jolt buttons." -- Gene Seymour, Newsday

"This particular reconceptualization actually does an impressive job of capturing the nasty dread of the original." -- Michael Rechtschaffen, Hollywood Reporter