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
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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
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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
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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
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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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