The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation (1995)

Two young couples take a wrong turn down a deserted road in this bone-chilling sequel to the horror classic. Starring two of Hollywood's hottest young talents (Renee Zellweger Jerry Maguire The Whole Wide World and Matthew McConaughey A Time to Kill ) in "their riskiest and possibly most satisfying work to date." David Hunter HOLLYWOOD REPORTERSystem Requirements:Running Time: 87 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 043396026186 Manufacturer No: 02618 Product Description

McConaughey's unconvincing portrayal basically destroys this one

My header says it. "Actor" McConaughey has never been convincing in anything he has done. This guy's acting is always surface, surface, surface--and is never able to deliver a believable line. He basically ruins this flick.
Renee Zellweger doesn't belong here either.

Let's face it, the first TCM was the only truly good one. Was it a fluke? Quite possibly. When was the last time you saw a great scare flick made by Tobe Hooper or Kim Henkel?

I wouldn't hold my breath. September 25, 2008

McConaughey is the last person I would have put in this movie!!

To say anything outside of this movie SUCKS would be to nice.
This was a stupid rip off of the name TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE.
And even though McConaughey is a well known actor now, he wasn't when
this trash came out think God or his career would've been ruinned.
I rate this DVD a 5 from 1to10!! August 19, 2008

Dumber than dumb

Seen a lot of Horror flicks this isn't one that I would recommend. Very typical events. The acting was ok but the story itself was just plain dumb and got dumber as it went along. Spent most of the time during the movie rolling my eyes wondering how much dumber this flick could get. July 31, 2008

Pure Garbage.

That's all. It was just pure garbage and made no sense.
I gave it one star because Amazon won't let you give no stars or even negative stars. I give it a -5. July 12, 2008

Post-modern Horror Gem

This film goes down as the abomination that was the final nail in the coffin of the original classic series. After many years agreeing with that notion, I find it has aged well. TCM 2 still shines to me as THE over-the-top slasher-satire. And TCM3 was a cheap New Line rock n roll Jason-knock off, that I still embrace. In the wake of the horrible Hollywood remakes, this one works when far removed from the other sequels. When it borrows from the original its not due to lack of originality. It suggests the family's massacres are ritualistic and have some metaphysical formula. The fact that they eat pizza and don't kill a single victim with a chainsaw is Henkel's comment that the family is evil without the brutal motif of the other films. This film blends the intense psychotic values of the family with pitch-black comedy pretty well, but nothing close to the original. But it has some art to it: a full-on transvestite Leatherface, an fresh and surreal Illumanati plot, alien conspiracy!, Matthew McConaughey head squashing a teenage girl with his cybernetic leg, and a thousand dumb horror quotables. I see this entry in the series as the ultimate misunderstood sequel and a good watch for the true (jaded) horror buffs out there. And I do wish we saw more of Matthew McConaughey's dark intensity in other films. He did better than expected as the main villain. I mean, this guy was in EdTV?? May 19, 2008

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