Watched a movie tonight I'd seen before, and wanted to own, but just never had until today, when I found it on sale for $3.99 at Best Buy. Don't let the diminutive price tag fool you. This remake is a big movie.
(69) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003): This is the remake with Jessica Biel in pretty much the lead role. However, if you decide to watch this film solely on the basis of R. Lee Ermey's performance as a sadistic sheriff, you will walk away stunned and thrilled. Ermey is positively disturbing and scary as the small town sheriff who is complicit on all that is evil in this Texas town. Biel is also quite good, and presents more than just eye candy, which, let's not fool ourselves, is also part of the appeal of this movie. However, she is believable, strong, smart, and the only one of her friends with their head screwed on properly. Plenty of gore, guts, and good old fashioned horror story material with plenty of homage to the original thirty years ago.
3 Stars
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