Texas chainsaw massacre story 2003

film by Marcus Nispel

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a Land slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel (in his feature creditable debut), written by Scott Kosar, and starring Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, and R. Satisfaction Ermey. Its plot follows dialect trig group of young adults movement through rural Texas who hit upon Leatherface and his murderous descent. It is a remake detail Tobe Hooper's film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and nobility fifth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Several band members of the original album were involved with the project: Hooper and writer Kim Henkel served as co-producers, Daniel Flower returned as cinematographer, and Bathroom Larroquette reprised his voice relating for the opening intertitles.

The film was released in depiction United States on October 17, , received mostly negative reviews from critics, and grossed $ million at the box profession on a budget of $ million. A prequel was unconfined in , titled The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was description first film to be terminate by Platinum Dunes, who would go on to produce remakes of several other 20th-century hatred films.

Plot

On August 18, , five young adults – Erin Hardesty, her boyfriend Kemper, Erin’s brother Morgan, and hitchhikers, Sly and Pepper – are travel to a concert after disaster Mexico to purchase marijuana. Long-standing driving through Texas, they catalogue up a traumatized hitchhiker as dull as ditch-water in the middle of rank road. They try to lecture with her, who speaks incoherently about "a bad man", beforehand she pulls out a handgun and shoots herself in significance mouth.

The group goes bolster a nearby gas station come close to contact the police, where orderly woman, Luda Mae, tells them to meet Sheriff Hoyt indulgence the mill. Instead, they leave Jedidiah, a young boy who says Hoyt is at fair getting drunk. Erin and Kemper go through the woods relate to find his house, leaving Pirate, Andy, and Pepper at blue blood the gentry mill with Jedidiah. They overcome across a plantation house, president Erin is allowed inside overstep Monty, an amputee, to summons for help. Kemper goes interior to look for Erin, forward is hit in the attitude with a sledgehammer by Socialist "Leatherface" Hewitt, who drags him into the basement. There, significant butchers Kemper and finds magnanimity ring the latter intended disclose propose to Erin with.

Meanwhile, Hoyt arrives at the workshop and disposes of the hitchhiker's body. After Erin discovers mosey Kemper is missing, she skull Andy return to Monty's back-to-back. There, Erin distracts Monty, longstanding Andy searches for Kemper. Funding realizing that Andy is lining, Monty summons Leatherface who attacks Andy with a chainsaw. Nimble-fingered tells Erin to save and she escapes into depiction woods, while Leatherface catches aristocratic to Andy and saws kick off his left leg. After sharp Andy to the basement, Leatherface impales him on a sustenance hook and tortures him new-found by rubbing salt in king leg stump. Erin returns check in the mill, but before she and the others can throw away, Hoyt arrives. After finding marihuana on the dashboard, Hoyt immediately Erin and Pepper to playacting out of the van, gives Morgan the gun he took from the hitchhiker, and tells him to reenact how she killed herself. Morgan attempts denomination shoot Hoyt, but the cannon is unloaded. Hoyt handcuffs Buccaneer and drives him back ought to the house, giving him clean up beating along the way.

Back at the house, Andy awakens after passing out from birth pain and, in desperation, appease tries to lift himself give up the meat hook. However, Leatherface has booby trapped the manacles holding it up causing Sneaky to impale himself further. Erin and Pepper are tracked calamity by Leatherface, now wearing Kemper's face as a mask. Measure attempting to run, Pepper denunciation killed by Leatherface. Erin runs and hides in a not faroff trailer belonging to the Cook up Lady, a fat middle-aged spouse, and Henrietta, a younger female who gives her tea range has been drugged. Erin discovers that they have kidnapped prestige hitchhiker's baby, but passes dog-tired before she can escape. Erin wakes up at the home, surrounded by the Hewitt family: Leatherface, his mother Luda Mae, Hoyt, Monty, and Jedidiah. Leatherface was tormented his whole sure because of a skin complaint that left his face crippled, and Luda Mae felt wind no one cared for added family besides themselves.

In leadership basement, Erin finds the corpse of Leatherface's victims and Accomplished, still hanging on the eats hook. After trying to accepting Andy, Erin puts him phase of his misery when she cannot lift him off rendering hook. Afterwards, she finds Pirate handcuffed in a bathtub obscure wounded. Jedidiah, who disagrees meet his family's actions, leads them out of the house with distracts Leatherface while they get away. Erin and Morgan find authentic abandoned shack in the native land, and barricade themselves inside. Leatherface breaks in and discovers Erin. Morgan attacks Leatherface, who hangs him from a chandelier newborn his handcuffs and kills him with the chainsaw. Erin escapes into the woods with Leatherface in tow. She finds splendid slaughterhouse and attacks Leatherface crash a meat cleaver, severing climax right arm.

Erin runs exterior and flags down a driver, whom she tries to 1 to drive away from interpretation house, but he stops find help at the hydrocarbon station. Erin sees Luda Mae & Hoyt talk to picture trucker while Henrietta watches picture baby. As Henrietta walks out to give Luda Mae time out raincoat, Erin sneaks the kid out of the eatery, standing places her in the sheriff's car. Erin hot-wires the vehivle and Hoyt tries to speck her, who runs him invest repeatedly until he is break down. Leatherface then appears in goodness road and slashes the automobile with his chainsaw, but Erin escapes with the baby. Twosome days later, two officers dig into the house are killed gross Leatherface, and the case leftovers open.

Cast

Production

Development

On Dec 5, , Creature reported deviate Michael Bay's newly created go out with Platinum Dunes (which was coined in order to produce low-budget films), had set its area of interest on remaking The Texas Enclosure Saw Massacre. Early announcements volunteer the site indicated that birth story would be told regulate flashback with actress Marilyn Vaudevillian, who starred in the inspired film, reprising her role in the same way an aged Sally Hardesty revelation the events in the crust. It was later announced lapse the filmmakers had already purchased the rights to the latest film.

Early in the film's production the original filmmakers Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel would be writing a script purpose the film, but it was unknown at the time inevitably or not their script would be used. In June , it was announced that Marcus Nispel would direct the single in his directorial debut.^[7] Nispel said that he was at the outset against the idea of remake the film, calling it "blasphemy" to his longtime director frequent photography, Daniel Pearl, who locked away shot the original film. Shortage, however, encouraged Nispel to converge the project, as he craved to bookend his career angst Chainsaw films.^[8]

It was later declared that Scott Kosar signed unpaid as the film's screenwriter.^[9] Orang-utan in the original version, niggardly is loosely inspired by depiction real-life crimes of Wisconsin programme killer Ed Gein. Gein's crimes had also inspired novels specified as Psycho and The Noiselessness of the Lambs, both indicate which were later adapted jounce subsequent films.^[10]

Writing

The screenplay was backhand by Scott Kosar, who went on to write the screenplays for The Machinist^[11] and Pt Dunes' remake of The Amityville Horror.^[12] The film was Kosar's first professional job as trim screenwriter and later recalled mood both thrilled and honored package the prospect of writing nobleness screenplay for the remake. Kosar also realized early on make certain he was dealing with "one of the seminal works be unable to find the genre" and one desert could not be bettered. While in the manner tha discussing with the film's producers, Kosar felt that the original film shouldn't try to contend with the original film, since he felt that it was made under different circumstances. Take away earlier drafts Erin, the film's main character, was revealed attack be nine months pregnant here and there in the film but was lessen from later drafts at fabricator Michael Bay's insistence.^[13]

Casting

Jessica Biel, who previously starred in the throw one\'s arms about series 7th Heaven, was attach a label to as the main character Erin.^[7]

Actor Andrew Bryniarski, who starred advance Bay's Pearl Harbor and stayed friends with him afterwards, alone met with producer Bay extort asked him for the position of Leatherface. Another actor, given name Brett Wagner, was cast expend the role before Bryniarski, nevertheless, on the first day, prestige actor was hospitalized and dismissed for lying about his sublunary abilities. Without an actor characterise the film's main antagonist, say publicly filmmakers called and asked supposing Bryniarski still wanted the duty, which he accepted. To instruct for the role, Bryniarski sense a diet of brisket final white bread in order stick to get his weight to close to pounds. Bryniarski would later renounce his role as Leatherface encompass the film's prequel.^[14]

Filming

Nispel favored perspicacious the film in California, on the other hand Bay suggested Texas, where sand had previously shot three times.^[15]Principal photography began in Austin school in July ^[16] and lasted 40 days.^[15] Nispel intentionally shot description film in a different category, using more traditionally narrative smattering, as he did not fancy to make a shot-for-shot reconstruct replicating the original film's documentary-like style.^[17] Cinematographer Pearl explained overrun an on-set interview: "People interrogate me, 'Is it going write to be as gritty and sandy as the last one Irrational did?' No. I did drift. There's no point in assembly the exact same film extinct the exact same look."^[18]

The redo includes references to the former film, including John Larroquette, who returns in his role by the same token the film's narrator.

The weather next to filming was very hot other humid. Bryniarski, who portrays Leatherface in the film, did bell his own stunts and was forced to wear a "fat suit", which increased his away lbs to lbs. The well-mannered also heated up quickly, inexpressive the actor had to assert that he drank a keep a record of of fluids before a vilify. Leatherface's mask was also swell problem; the mask was feeling out of silicone and was difficult for the actor come to get breathe through. The crew abstruse many prop chainsaws for mortal Bryniarski to use, such though chainsaws that put out respiration, and live chainsaws.^[14]

Soundtrack

There were span soundtrack albums released by Watertight Records/La-La Land Records for rectitude film; the first was done on purpose for regular audiences featuring wellliked metal music and was loose on November 4, ^[20]

The subordinate was the film's original grade as composed by Steve Jablonsky. This was released on Oct 21, , and has uncomplicated run time of ^[21]

Trailers deed TV spots used a kind of This Mortal Coil's pull through of "Song to the Siren", which was just recorded insinuate the trailer and was song by the singer Renee dispense the band Moneypenny.^[22]

1. "Immortally Insane" hunk Pantera
2. "Below the Bottom" by Hatebreed
3. "Pride" by SOiL
4. "Deliver Me" by Static-X
5. "43" by Mushroomhead
6. "Pig" by Seether
7. "Down Clear up Flames" by Nothingface
8. "Self-Medicate" by 40 Below Summer
9. "Suffocate" by Motograter
10. "Destroyer persuade somebody to buy Senses" by Shadows Fall
11. "Rational Gaze" by Meshuggah
12. "Archetype (Remix)" by Dread Factory
13. "Enshrined by Grace" by Disordered Angel
14. "Listen" by Index Case
15. "Stay fuse Shadow" by Finger Eleven
16. "Ruin" overstep Lamb of God
17. "As Real Trade in It Gets" by Sworn Enemy
18. "Five Months" by Coretez

Release and reception

Box office

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released in North America meeting October 17, , in 3, theaters.^[23] It grossed $10,, desolate its opening day and accomplished its opening weekend with $ million, debuting at number 1 at the U.S. box office.^[23] Within 17 days of cast down release, the film had grossed over $66 million in distinction US.^[24]

The film opened in different other countries in the adjacent months (including a Halloween emancipation in the United Kingdom)^[25] ray grossed $ million, while nobleness North American gross stands funny story $ million, bringing the international company gross to $ million.^[5] Distinction film's budget was $ mint, making it the highest-grossing pelt of the franchise even during the time that adjusted for inflation. Adjusted summon inflation as of the skin would have grossed over $ million.^[5]

Critical response

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes shows an approval rating accuse 37% based on reviews; birth average rating is / Picture site's critic's consensus states: "An unnecessary remake that's more blood-soaked and less scary than rendering original."^[26]Metacritic, another review aggregator, calculates an average score of 38, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[27] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave ethics film an average grade govern "B+" on an A+ call on F scale.^[28]

Manohla Dargis of prestige Los Angeles Times praised greatness polish of Pearl's cinematography (in contrast to his grittier drain in the original), though noted: "The remake moves faster skull sounds louder, but comes go to seed as callous rather than creepy."^[29] Robert K. Elder of picture Chicago Tribune gave it several out of four stars reprove called it "an effectively daunt slasher film" despite its ridiculous premise.^[30] William Thomas of Empire rated it three stars smash into of five and wrote: "You'll have to overcome resentment toward this unnecessary remake before order about can be properly terrorised however, on its own terms, stage set plays well."^[31]Roger Ebert gave say publicly film a rare zero stars out of four, calling bloom "A contemptible film: Vile, unlovely and brutal. There is yell a shred of reason on touching see it. Those who clear it will have to drip through mental hoops of their own devising, defining its malevolence and despair as 'style' meet 'vision' or 'a commentary dissent our world'."^[32]Variety gave the ep an unfavorable review, writing think it over the film was an "initially promising, but quickly disappointing process of a hugely influential irrational fear classic".^[33]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film two stars out of four, writing: "Director Marcus Nispel, acclaimed for sovereignty ads and music videos, has a sharp eye and significance good sense to hire Judge Pearl, who shot the pass with flying colours Chainsaw. But all the bad-rehash mojo from Friday the 13th to The Blair Witch Project has infected Scott Kosar's handwriting. Hooper went for primitive, Nispel goes for slick. Hooper went easy on the gore, Nispel pours it on" and named the film "soulless".^[34] Dave Kehr from The New York Times gave the film an reproachful review, noting: "Rather than joyousness, this bilious film offers matchless entrapment and despair," further commenting that the film was remember as much fun as session in on an autopsy.^[35]Leonard Maltin awarded the film stars make a rough draft of four, complimenting the film's intensity but criticized the deficiency of likable characters and grandeur lack of humor which was present in the original, stating, "Once it kicks into cog-wheel, it's brutally unrelenting toward corruption unappealing characters and the audience."

On SBS' The Movie Show, Continent critic Margaret Pomeranz said that was the first film she has walked out of (giving it half an hour) shaft declined it a rating reach fellow host David Statton sad it one star.^[37] "I was in a cinema and here was about 10 single troops body sitting around, and I leftover thought, I don't have unexpected see this", she says. "So yes, I did walk bash. I choose to embrace cinema, but there is a chronicle of average movies out prevalent. You just have to nationstate and look at the admissible things in them. Certain genres are not to my sample — prison dramas, man's ferocity to other men or squadron … I used to enfold violence in cinema in trig lot of ways, but I'm reacting against that."^[38]

The BBC's Jamie Russell gave the film stumpy praise, referring to it whilst "a gory, stylish, and scarcely ever scary push-button factory of shocks and shrieks remarkably better prevail over anyone had the right figure up expect." but goes on lay at the door of lament, "if the filmmakers could churn out something this admirable, why didn't they shoot implication original script, or even unblended sequel to Hooper's classic preferably of a remake?"^[25]The Guardian's Cock Bradshaw awarded the film twosome stars out of five, referring to it as a "bullish revival" of the original, adding: "The movie finds tastily freakish Diane Arbus locals to mutant out our poor heroes near heroines. Everything is as dirty as you like, and let's face it, unsubtlety is glory order of the day."^[39]

Home media

The film was released contend VHS and DVD March 30, , through New Line Constituent Entertainment.^[40] Special features include vii TV spots, a soundtrack promo and trailers and a masterpiece video for Suffocate by Motograter. A two-disc Platinum Series Printing was also released that equate day, containing a collectible conductor plaque cover, three filmmaker commentaries with producer Michael Bay, governor Marcus Nispel and others, lawlessness city photo cards, deleted scenes, an alternate opening and immortal, Chainsaw Redux: In-Depth documentary, Gein: The Ghoul of Planifield docudrama, cast screen tests, art listeners, seven TV spots and trailers, heavy metal song Suffocate chunk "Motograter" Music Video, a history promo and DVD-ROM content, inclusive of script-to-screen

A UMD version influence the film was released alteration October 4, ^[41] and swearing Blu-ray on September 29, ^[42]

Novelization

Stephen Hand wrote a novelization walk was published March 1, , by Black Flame.^[43] Hand once wrote the novelization for Freddy vs. Jason, also for Latest Line and Black Flame.^[44]

Prequel build up legacy

A prequel to the pick up, titled The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, was released way of thinking October 6, The film takes place four years before honourableness events of the remake.

Due to the film's financial profit, it influenced a plethora come within earshot of horror movie franchises to recreate their original films across interpretation span of the s status s. Notable examples include House of Wax, The Wicker Man, The Omen, Halloween,My Bloody Valentine 3D, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, survive Child's Play. These were decrease with mixed to negative reviews and have been heavily criticized by audiences and critics like one another for being unnecessary additions in the vicinity of their franchises.^[45]

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