Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

Directed by: Kim Henkel
Screenplay by: Kim Henkel

Genre: Comedy | Horror
Running Time: 84 Minutes (Home Video Cut)
MPAA Rating: R
Viewed: Owned DVD

Still buzzing after all these years...

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Comments: I guess Kim Henkel was really bored in the early '90s. He co-wrote the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Tobe Hooper back in the day, so I guess he felt it was time to remake/re-imagine/make a sequel to the film (don't worry, Henkel doesn't know what he's making either). Once again, the film is confusing, because it references the original '70s massacre, but contains an all new family of cannibals (with Leatherface, and he's a cross-dresser in this one!). The entire Texas Chainsaw Massacre series has to have some of the worst continuity between sequels I've ever seen. Anyway, The Next Generation is notorious for being a godawful film along with the fact that it features a young Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger. Once again, like parts 2 and III, I really didn't think the film was all that horrible. It's just so incredibly bizarre and off-the-wall, which made me truly enjoy it. Sadly, I don't have the fully uncut version (which runs 10 minutes longer), but one day I will acquire that masterpiece. For now... wait, I just found out that the hot chick with fake tits that inexplicably lives with the cannibals is the teacher/stripper from Varsity Blues. You learn something new everyday.

Also Known As: The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre