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- 1986
- TV-14
- Blue Dolphin Film Distribution
- 1 h 41 m
- 1986
- TV-14
- Blue Dolphin Film Distribution
- 1 h 41 m
Summary A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.
Directed By: Tobe Hooper
Written By: L.M. Kit Carson, Tobe Hooper
- 1986
- TV-14
- Blue Dolphin Film Distribution
- 1 h 41 m
- 1986
- TV-14
- Blue Dolphin Film Distribution
- 1 h 41 m
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
42
6.3
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Summary A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.
Directed By: Tobe Hooper
Written By: L.M. Kit Carson, Tobe Hooper
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
42
31% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
31% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
42
31% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
31% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
In Tobe Hooper’s sequel, the toolkit cannibals are living under a theme park. The mood follows suit, pitched as Evil Deady black comedy. The first third is terrible; the rest judders with abrasive, ultra-demented splatter.
Writer L. M. Kit Carson and director Hooper have made Chainsaw 2 a grisly hoot: a wild satire on modern Texas and horror movies themselves. [31 Aug 1986, p.15]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 48 User Ratings
6.3
52% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
27% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
21% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 48 User Ratings
6.3
52% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
27% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
21% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Awesome movie,has great and funny moments,the first slasher movie i ever watched. I watched in theaters when is was 6 and now i am 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In an age where many horror franchises attempt to adhere as close to the original film’s formula as possible, Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a fun reminder of a time when makers were able to rewrite their own rules and go for broke. This was never going to top what had gone before, and by acknowledging that, the filmmakers have crafted a wonderfully demented alternative in its place.
The movie, in short, rides on a revenge plot and a beauty-and-the-beast subplot, and there's some nice photography and production design; screen writer L.M. Kit Carson lends some Texas texture and funny lines. But mostly, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is straight blood and guts. [23 Aug 1986, p.D11]
A very uneasy, uncertain shocker, quite unable to digest the mix of horror and black comedy which became a genre-must after the first TCM.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Part 2 carries a proud old name in the annals of exploitation, but its only ambition is to outgross the original film. It fails.
Hooper took the easy path and went for out-and-out gore, rather than making a carefully constructed horror film. The film feels as if Hooper himself has nothing but contempt for the original and went out of his way to tear it down.
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Well, this was better than the first one. I don't know what to think about the fact that I enjoyed this movie. It's the craziest **** More to it than that though, but still.
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With a great lead, great gore, a nice wild adventure, and a new family member, Chop Top, I love this outrageous horror comedy slightly more than the original.
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The original is such a tough film to follow up because it's so unique. So I really do appreciate how they managed to at least make a decent sequel to that movie. The dark humour really stands out, The characters rival that of the first film. It's not perfect, I felt that it did drag at times and the ending was too similar to the original but other than that, It was pretty solid.
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A very uneven 1st act. 1 very solid sequence and jump scare that got me pretty good. A little confused by the mass murderer cannibals doing all this killing to sell chili and make a buck but what they spend the money on is very unclear. A dramatic tone change compared to the original. Bad guys went from twisted, demented, and scary monsters to downright silly idiots.
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Production Company
Cannon Films,
Golan-Globus Productions
Release Date Aug 22, 1986
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating TV-14
Tagline After a decade of silence... The buzzz is back!
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fantasporto
• 1 Nomination