Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): February 18, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
13
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78
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiFeb 18, 2022
To some, a film with undeveloped themes, thin characters, and superficial gore might seem like a bad thing. To connoisseurs of the slasher genre, it’s all part of a well-balanced breakfast. Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s narrative efficiency and tight 81-minute running time make it an ideal delivery system for creative kills and memorable gore. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerFeb 23, 2022
In a franchise rife with missteps, this sequel does not dishonour its source. Hats off (and heads off) to the film’s creators. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 18, 2022
For all its predictability and averageness, Texas Chainsaw Massacre does have two fantastically executed shock scenes. Read full review
60
NMERichard PhippenMar 4, 2022
Sure, there’ s no real reason for this story to keep unfolding. This is all about enjoying the imagery of human beings getting chopped up. And in that regard at least, Texas Chainsaw Massacre does not disappoint. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 18, 2022
Slasher film fans should embrace this Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which pays loving homage to the original via a variety of Easter Eggs and doesn’t at all stint on the gore. Seriously, there’s so much blood splattered on the screen that you’ll have an urge to wear a poncho if you sit too close. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeFeb 18, 2022
Against considerable odds, a very, very low bar has been met and then shuffled over with this mostly effective and incredibly nasty update, a jolting little slasher that should repulse and satisfy those with a suitably depraved idea of what they are clicking into. Read full review
58
The PlaylistAndrew CrumpFeb 18, 2022
No one can top Hooper or “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” or even match them. Garcia is smart enough not to put on airs. He just lets Leathersaw rip. Read full review
58
IndieWireJude DryFeb 18, 2022
It delivers plenty of blood spattered, gut-spilling gore to satisfy genre lover’s bloodlust, even if we’ve pretty much seen everything a chainsaw can do by now. Read full review
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IGNMatt DonatoFeb 18, 2022
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a sloppy and gratuitous killing spree with standout deaths but a poorly written story that ruins the experience. Read full review
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PolygonNoel MurrayFeb 18, 2022
A lot about this Chainsaw is under-realized and messy — perhaps because of the project’s convoluted shoot, which saw the original directors axed one week into production in Bulgaria. The final version of the film, directed by Garcia, packs a lot of characters, subplots, and backstory into its 83 minutes, and very few are essential. Read full review
40
EmpireBen TravisFeb 22, 2022
Its title might be near-identical, but this legacy sequel is everything the original wasn’t — pleasantly gory, but light on atmosphere and really, really stupid. Read full review
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Paste MagazineLex BriscusoFeb 18, 2022
With Evil Dead remake genius Fede Alvarez producing, and an apparent dedication to meaningfully furthering the original storyline, it seemed like there was no way this new version of the worst crime in Texas history could be a misstep. It turned out to be a trite modernization of the original, resting on topical concepts that it doesn’t know how to comment on—or at least, it’s not saying what it thinks it is. Read full review
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The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeFeb 18, 2022
Too many bad ideas are juggled in too small a space. Read full review
40
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaFeb 18, 2022
This is a movie that very much wants to call back to the original — and in doing so, it inadvertently reminds us of how much better the original was, and how bad this is. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 18, 2022
In David Blue Garcia’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre the blade is more active than ever. But while Leatherface, the homicidal head case who fashions masks from the skin of his victims, might be busier, his ability to scare has waned considerably. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Feb 18, 2022
This time around, Leatherface is just a run-of-the-mill bogeyman, slaughtering a new generation of lambs for the sins of our age. It’s a sequel as pretentious as its chainsaw fodder: an act of genre gentrification. Read full review
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Screen RantDebopriyaa DuttaFeb 24, 2022
Despite featuring tense chase and gore sequences that are fairly well-made, Texas Chainsaw Massacre butchers Leatherface's legacy in the dullest of ways. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 18, 2022
It’s not clear that the movie has anything to say, new or otherwise. . . . Other than that it’s just blood and guts, and lots of it. Read full review
30
VarietyOwen GleibermanFeb 18, 2022
It would be generous to call the film a continuation of the “Chainsaw” saga. It’s more like a blood-soaked but unscary footnote. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersFeb 18, 2022
The 1974 film was a nightmare that felt too close to reality, but this is merely unpleasant — and not in a good way. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 23, 2022
The acting is bad, but the script is “Do you want fries with that?” awful, as that might be where we next encounter this hack Craig Thomas Devlin. Garcia’s direction makes “lackluster” seem aspirational. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyJoshua RothkopfFeb 19, 2022
A remake could have been fun if it had been made with vision, or at least an appreciation of the original. If that's grade-A beef, call this one a rancid veggie burger. Read full review
25
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckFeb 18, 2022
The question does arise not long into this, the 10th movie in the “Chainsaw” oeuvre: Did we really need another? And sadly, given the lack of imagination, creativity or even basic attention to logic in a perfunctory and downright silly script, the answer seems a resounding “Nope.” Read full review
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RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoFeb 18, 2022
It’s a startling misfire, a movie that fundamentally fails at almost everything it’s trying to do. Leatherface deserves better. Read full review
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Slant MagazineKeith WatsonFeb 17, 2022
The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a deeply miscalculated mix of incoherent social commentary and over-the-top gore. Read full review
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The AtlanticDavid SimsFeb 23, 2022
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is full of elaborate, digitally created saw wounds far more shocking and anatomically bizarre than anything that could be achieved through makeup. These impressive-looking kills, however, have no heft; the CGI blood spurts are too artificial. Read full review
10
Rolling StoneDavid FearFeb 21, 2022
For some reason — maybe it’s because the seminal, ’74 original holds such a special place in so many die-hards’ hearts (this one included), and still feels like such a potent example of channeling primal fear — this latest ransacking of a landmark title feels less like just another killer-versus-final-girl rerun and more like the final straw. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 18, 2022
What garbage. Seriously. What absolute, bereft, witless, unoriginal, unrewarding, soulless garbage that’s 40 years past scaring anybody. The only power this formula retains is the power to make you feel a little sad — at the ugliness, at the cynicism, and at the pathetic waste of your own mind as you watch it. Read full review
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