Psh! I loved the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake...much better than the original in that the mood was much scarier/creepier, and leatherface was 100% scary in this one, when in the original, he was a bit silly and laughable in some scenes. Remember when he was running around chasing the very slow Sally? He looked like the cops in the old black and white movies, running around all fast, trying to look funny...others have mentioned this same thing, so I'm not alone, thank God.
I thought Marcus did a fantastic job...the dp did a PERFECT job with the remake- the settings were just awesome, the leatherface mask was spooky as hell, and the movie was all horror- no laughs...Oh well, not everyone loved it so much, I guess...
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Here is the text from an MSNBC online story about movie remakes, titled "Heartbreakingly bad remakes"
“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”
The 1974 original went on to become a slasher classic, thanks to low-budget ingenuity and director Tobe Hooper’s keen understanding of the elements that make horror work. Last year’s remake by commercial director Marcus Nispel was an excessive gorefest that could easily have been made by teenagers on drugs.