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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation Collector's Edition
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The horror community is one that is rife with “bad” movies that are completely watchable. There’s a smattering of truly incredible films in the genre, but so many of the movies in this particular genre are technically bad movies, but still highly enjoyable movies. I make no bones about the fact that I embrace this schlocky aspects of the horror industry, and actually relish it to a certain extent. The slasher sub genre in particular is one of those incestuous and cheesy sub genres that relies on the audience checking their brain in at the door and just sitting back with popcorn and soda cheering as some monstrosity chases down , stupid, teenagers for the slaughter. Then there’s films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. A film that starred two burgeoning Hollywood celebrities, and became lauded as one of the single worst horror films of ALL times.
There are movies that are good, there are movies that are bad, and then there are movies that are soooooooo awful that they pretty much are legendary for it. Films like Tommy Wiseau’s The Room have become almost cult like in their status as abysmal movies, and are almost loved for how painful they are. The Next Generation is the horror community’s The Room, as it is a flop that is so wretched, so painful, so incoherent in it’s storytelling that it has become the talk of legend among gore hounds. I actually remember when the film was supposed to come out in 1994, as I was 12 year old and a rabid reader of Fangoria magazine. Sadly the film got trapped in development hell and was shelved for a good 3 years, until one day I saw that it was on VHS and DVD and ended up renting it from my local Blockbuster, only to wonder if I had gone on an acid trip or something, as even 15 year old me couldn’t come to grips with how bad this film was.
The plot is about what you’d expect from your typical slasher film. High School seniors Jenny (a baby faced Renee Zellweger) and her friends crash their car in the backwoods of Texas after leaving their prom, only to run into a living nightmare. Looking around for help they stumble upon Vilmer Slaughter (Matthew McConaughey), a psychopath with a cybernetic leg who wants nothing more than to torture the poor girls before they can escape. As Jenny and her friends try their best to get out of the nightmare they’re trapped in, they run into the rest of the Slaughter family, including the legendary Leatherface, and unveil the real secrets behind the Slaughter family’s insatiable craving for human pain and blood.
Supposedly when 1996 hit and Matthew and Renee hit it big, the studios tried to release the film in theater, only to have Matthew McConaughey’s people do everything short of send in attack dogs to make sure it never saw a theatrical light of day. I’m usually not a fan of letting movies go straight to DVD, as the movie going public deserves a theatrical view. But in this case I think it was a blessing, as it kept people from actually going and paying money to see this thing in theaters! It’s no surprise why this effectively killed off the franchise, and why no one involved with the film wants ANYTHING to do with it, and goes out of their way to ignore it actually exists and that they were involved.
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Rated R by the MPAA
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• DIRECTOR'S CUT (93 minutes/1080p with standard definition inserts)
• NEW Audio Commentary with writer/director Kim Henkel (on Director's Cut)
• NEW The Buzz is Back – an interview with Director of Photography Levie Isaacks
• NEW Marked for Death – an interview with actor Tyler Shea Cone
• NEW If Looks Could Kill: The Return of a "Chainsaw Massacre" – an interview with special makeup effects artist J.M. Logan and production designer Deborah Pastor
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
Final Score:
As a huge fan of slashers and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in general, I have a hard time giving low scores to slasher films. No matter how bad they are, there usually is a very watchable core at the heart of the film, but with The Next Generation there is no redemption. The film is one of the worst horror movies of all time, and nearly unwatchable except for Matthew McConaughey going crazy throughout the film. Both cuts of the film are utter garbage, and time has NOT been kind to the film. Looking back I fully understand why Rene and Matthew have completely ignored this film as even existing in their acting career, and it acts as nothing more than a warning to other horror film creators about what NOT to do in a movie. The only reason to own this film is to complete a hole in your Texas Chainsaw Massacre collection, or to use it as an example in film class about truly horrific horror movies. Run in absolute terror away from this at all costs!
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Starring: Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks, Joe Stevens, Tyler Shea Cone, David Laurence, John Harrison
Directed by: Kim Henkel
Written by: Kim Henkel
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 AVC
Audio: English: DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles: English SDH
Studio: Scream Factory
Rated: R
Runtime: 87 Minutes (theatrical) / 93 Minutes (extended director's cut)
Blu-ray Release Date: December 11th, 2018
Recommendation: Run Away!
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