Storyline
A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will destroy his mind, moulding him into a monster named Leatherface.
Directors
Cast
Stephen Dorff, Ian Fisher, Christopher Adamson, Velizar Binev, Dejan Angelov, Simona Williams, Lili Taylor, Finn Jones, Nicole Andrews, Dimo Alexiev, James Bloor, Sam Strike, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Coleman, Jessica Madsen, Nathan Cooper, Boris Kabakchiev, Lorina Kamburova, Venelina Ghiaourov, Julian Kostov
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Reviews
75
Like the film's punishingly gory set pieces, the storytelling itself is meaty.
70
The gory carnage is sparingly but vividly staged, the suspense-driven plot twisty enough to tax the brain.
70
Leatherface is well-made pulp, not a masterpiece like Hooper’s original. But given what this character means to horror history — and how badly he’s been treated — any upgrade’s a gift.
60
A production line effort with an eye on cashflow rather than the demented work of art Hooper loosed on the world, this eighth entry is above average for its attenuated series. Gore levels are as high as expected and, naturally, the finale leaves things open for further instalments.
50
This “origin story” is a somewhat mixed bag. But it’s also an earnest and well-crafted attempt at course-correction, straying from stock slasher recyclage to provide a different story that actually connects a few dots in the very tangled cinematic “Chainsaw” universe to date.
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