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AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE - ALMOST UNBARABLE
by Michael (movies profile)
May 23, 2008
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19 people found this review helpful
We went to see this movie last night and afterwards realized that the 2003 remake of the horror classic is quite tame compared to this. It's incredible how viceral horror/slasher movies have become for this generation.
The film starts off in a slaughterhouse and a monster is born. The quick run up of how leatherface became a "man" during the credits was impressive. The slaughterhouse in which he works gets shut down. He's got to find some new meat to chop. He sure as hell does.
On a road trip across Texas, four friends run into trouble with a biker gang and as a result have an accident and run into the vicious "Sheriff Hoyt". As the female lead, Chrissie, tries to track down her friends that the sheriff has taken to that iconic house of the Hewitt residence, she's faced with many obsticles on the way, trying not to get caught. She fails and the unbelievable begins.
The movie takes the audience on an explicitly VIOLENT journey and never ceases to grab you by the jugular. The visuals are almost too tense to bare and the acting is fantastic by the lead charactors and R. Lee Ermey makes you cringe at the sight of him and at the sound of his viciously demanding tone.
Definately a step up from the PG-13 fare that director Jonathan Liebsman of "Darkness Falls" is more associated with. The story of how leatherface became such a monster is well examined. Also some interesting bits in the film to help one understand some of the circumstances in the 2003 remake are brought to surface.
In conclusion, if you're a horror buff and like your slasher/horror flicks to have no holds barred terror throughout, this is the HALLOWEEN ticket for you. Be warned however, if you were disturbed by the 1973 original, this film gives the term a whole new meaning. |
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