Leatherface

Name: Leatherface
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: October 20, 2017
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Boris Kabakchiev, Christopher Adamson, Dimo Alexiev, Finn Jones, James Bloor

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Lionsgate | Release Date: October 20, 2017 | R

Starring: Boris Kabakchiev, Christopher Adamson, Dimo Alexiev, Finn Jones, James Bloor, Jessica Madsen, Julian Kostov, Lili Taylor, Nicole Andrews, Sam Coleman, Sam Strike, Simone Levin, Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse

Summary: In Texas, years before the events of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in the early days of the infamous Sawyer family, the youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriff’s daughter dead. Ten years later, the Sawyer teen kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with three other inmates. Pursued byIn Texas, years before the events of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in the early days of the infamous Sawyer family, the youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriff’s daughter dead. Ten years later, the Sawyer teen kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with three other inmates. Pursued by authorities including the deranged sheriff out to avenge his daughter’s death, Sawyer goes on a violent road trip from hell, molding him into the monster now known as Leatherface.… Expand

Director: Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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John Semley

Oct 19, 2017

Like the film's punishingly gory set pieces, the storytelling itself is meaty. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

Aug 31, 2017

The gory carnage is sparingly but vividly staged, the suspense-driven plot twisty enough to tax the brain. Read full review

Noel Murray

Oct 19, 2017

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. Read full review

Matt Donato

Oct 20, 2017

Leatherface is an origin story that attempts to carve new mythos for one of horror's mightiest legends, but ends up leaning on franchise references and bleakness to an unnecessary fault. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Oct 20, 2017

To turn Leatherface into a tragic figure, twisted by traumatic upbringing into a monster, is to forget that he’s scariest as a force of nature, which tend to be tough to diagnose. Remember, no one cares what the shark from Jaws was like as a tortured guppy. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Oct 20, 2017

Leatherface tries to show us what made the man we know the legend he is now. Sadly, the makers of Leatherface didn't put enough thought into a sleepy story that could easily be titled "I Was a Teenage Leatherface." Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Oct 15, 2017

Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury's anonymous work here could've been overseen by any hipster looking to make a mark at Platinum Dunes. Read full review

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Deanomite

Jan 10, 2020

Photography was really good, just an excellent looking movie. It was well lit, the audio mix is very well done, the performances are solid. The makeup was good, the cars were very nice and accurate. Lilly Taylor has been an excellent actress for a long time, the first movie i saw her inPhotography was really good, just an excellent looking movie. It was well lit, the audio mix is very well done, the performances are solid. The makeup was good, the cars were very nice and accurate. Lilly Taylor has been an excellent actress for a long time, the first movie i saw her in was Dogfight (1991), an excellent romantic comedy with River Phoenix at his pinnacle-she stole the movie from him by the way. I am not too crazy about unnecessary gore in a movie and this one didn't linger on gore too much. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an excellent example of a movie with a reputation for gore while having very little actually present. The Original TCM was extremely well made from an editing and camerawork perspective. I bet the cinematographer for this movie could be hired pretty cheap. The only thing lacking i would say, more psychology in use for some character development, otherwise this movie was very watchable.… Expand

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NForTheThrill

Feb 22, 2023

I'll **** on everyone who ****s on this Leatherface Movie this was one of the best Leatherface Movies

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qbase

Feb 17, 2019

Το σκηνοθετικό δίδυμο Alexandre Bustillo και Julien Maury έχει την εμπειρία στο συγκεκριμένο είδος ταινιών ώστε να αναλάβει και να συνεχίσει το μύθο του δολοφόνου με το πριόνι, αλλά το αποτέλεσμα δεν τους δικαιώνει και τόσο...Το σκηνοθετικό δίδυμο Alexandre Bustillo και Julien Maury έχει την εμπειρία στο συγκεκριμένο είδος ταινιών ώστε να αναλάβει και να συνεχίσει το μύθο του δολοφόνου με το πριόνι, αλλά το αποτέλεσμα δεν τους δικαιώνει και τόσο...

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Voodoo123

Sep 21, 2021

While it is not unwatchable Leatherface fails to build enough suspense or tension to truly realize its horror potential. The filmmakers instead chose to glorify the gory kill fantasies and play sequences to a more thriller-action-esque rythmn. The screenplay is poor and the pacing is far tooWhile it is not unwatchable Leatherface fails to build enough suspense or tension to truly realize its horror potential. The filmmakers instead chose to glorify the gory kill fantasies and play sequences to a more thriller-action-esque rythmn. The screenplay is poor and the pacing is far too quick to allow any of the drama to take effect. A real missed opportunity to achieve anymore more than just cash in on the original TCSM… Expand

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HellHoleHorror

Apr 25, 2022

Like in the new sequel (Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)) to the original (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)) this tries to make you feel sorry for the evil character Leatherface and empathise with him. I don’t like this. I preferred it when they were total psychopaths. My favourite film in thisLike in the new sequel (Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)) to the original (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)) this tries to make you feel sorry for the evil character Leatherface and empathise with him. I don’t like this. I preferred it when they were total psychopaths. My favourite film in this franchise is still the original sequel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)). This 2017 entry is really gory and quite gross but it is not as violent as other entries. The violence felt like it was for the audience and not for the story, it seemed forced. My biggest problem is that I feel the family acted so out of character, instead of mindless killing machines they come across as intelligent and calculating. I miss it when they were opportunistic psychopaths. Not the worst film but also not the best, I'm on the fence, not as entertaining as it should have been but had some originality and value.… Expand

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Habibiehakim

Feb 17, 2022

Leatherface unfortunately a complete disrespect to his own name or character, who ever wrote the story is a complete disrespect to this iconic character, he or she or they don't realise that this is a thing that should be wrote seriously and with the this result they simply don't, it'sLeatherface unfortunately a complete disrespect to his own name or character, who ever wrote the story is a complete disrespect to this iconic character, he or she or they don't realise that this is a thing that should be wrote seriously and with the this result they simply don't, it's literally the worst, the weirdest, the stupidest, the most non-sense origin story of a not only a character but an iconic character, the Leatherface itself, all the perfomances including Lili Taylor which i think the biggest actress in the film, they all act like "i'm cool and i'm scary because i kill a lot of people", they're not, they're annoying especially James Bloor and Jessica Madsen character, they're simply one of the worst couple in movie i've ever seen, one of the few thing that i like is the look of the film throughout the film, despite having all of the horrible stuff the movie still look serious, and i think they're brave enough with the violence though i'm not completely a fan of the violence itself, i appreciate the bravery, but still overall Leatherface is what you get when the original creator didn't care anymore about his own creation, just sit back being the executive producer or whatever and give it all to a random people that really didn't have a heart of the character, this movie is just horrible.… Expand

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royalguy07

Oct 31, 2022

After a lot of horror slashers I believe we have definitely found the bottom.

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