Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Summary
Despite being overlooked in its own dealership even though it stars a three - meter Oscar campaigner , the 1990 sequelLeatherface : Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIIis a gem that deserves more love . 1974’sThe Texas Chain figure Massacre , ground on a horrifying dependable taradiddle , is one of the all - prison term classical horror movies , and nothing in the franchise has top it since . Of course , few horror movie sequels ever live up to the lurid pilot , particularly of the swelled and beloved revulsion franchises .
Still , that does n’t mean all sequel should be write off as subpar . More than any other genre , repulsion movies are often reevaluated in later years . film that were vital and commercial-grade turkey at the time are recontextualized by tardy generation and embraced . insurgent ideas that were n’t appreciated in their epoch are after take account by new audiences . Such should be the type for the most underappreciated movie in theTexas Chainsaw Massacremovie franchise , Leatherface : Texas Chainsaw Massacre III .
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a terrific and iconic repugnance picture show franchise , however , the movie ’s ridiculous original title would have ruin it .
Viggo Mortensen Appears In One Of His First Major Feature Roles
It’s Fun To See Him Play A Villainous Character
It ’s always entertaining go to back and watch the humble commencement of actor who have since blown up to be A - Baron Lister . A surprising number of actors get their starts in low - budget horror movies , andLord of the Ringsstar Viggo Mortensen is no unlike . He star in the movie as Eddie , a.k.a . Tex , the main antagonist of the pic . As it turn out , Tex is a member ofTexas Chainsaw Massacre ’s homicidal Sawyer crime syndicate , the brother of Leatherface and just as bloodthirsty .
For those who principally know Mortensen from his role as the virgin and noble Aragorn , seeing him play an unhinged sociopath is a mountain of fun . Mortensen suffer the lion ’s share of fun lines in the movie , infuse his performance with an insouciant , yet still menacing personal appeal that beam through . Sometimes , it ’s easy to look at an actor in an early role and recollect , " That guy / girl has ' it ' . " This was that role for Mortensen , who , with all due respect to the others , acts Mexican valium around the rest of the casting .
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III Is Probably The Best Sequel In The Franchise
It Is, At The Very Least, Underrated
Of well - know horror franchises , few inspire the debate over sequels likeThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre . While some sequels and soft reboots in the franchise are unequivocally agreed upon as bad , such as the2017 prequelLeatherface , which afterwards ascertain success on Netflix , agreeing on the better sequel is more thought-provoking . There ’s an parameter for each of the good continuation to be the best , and it ’s largely up to personal preference . Unfortunately , the third film is seldom considered one of the honorable sequels .
Still , there ’s a inviolable sheath to be made thatLeatherface : Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIIis the best sequel of the franchise . It is an entertaining popcorn film , but actually has some heft to it compared to being just a generic slasher film . The Leatherface ofTexas Chainsaw Massacre IIIis arguably the coloured , and the motion picture elevates the Sawyer kinsfolk to more than just a bunch of homicidal inbred hillbillies . This is for the most part thanks to Mortensen ’s turn as Tex , who is pleasurably evil . He ’s matched by the trio of supporter , span Michelle ( Kate Hodge ) and Ryan ( William Butler ) , and survivalist Kenny ( Ken Foree ) , who show a lot more spirit and smarts than many other slasher movie fibre .
In general , everything aboutTCM 3is just gravid and more stylish . The graphic symbol have more personality , include Leatherface , who , in the first two movies is just sort of a clod . The Leatherface ofIIIis self-aggrandising and jacked , far more physically imposing than in the first two movies . The movie ’s heavy metallic element soundtrack is also great and hand the whole affair an edgier tone than the previous two movies , despite them being more raw and small - budget in their attack .
The Third Film Combines The Best Ideas From The First Two Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movies
Continuity Is Admittedly An Issue In The TCM Franchise
TheTexas Chainsaw Massacrefranchise is infamous for own a convoluted timeline , with most of the subsequence following directly from the first movie , which is acknowledged as canon , but brush off others . In the case ofLeatherface : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III , it ’s a very good affair that it pick out to disregard the events ofThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,seeing as how Leatherface died in that film .
Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIIsmartly returns the Sawyer mob back to a mob that disguises itself as normal on the Earth’s surface before unveiling the horror . besides , rather than the more revenge - minded plot of the second movie , it embraces the cat - and - mouse hunt of the master copy . A clever connection toTCM 2is that Caroline Williams , who played terminal girl Stretch in the second movie , appears in a cameo as a reporter , tying the two movies together in an interesting way – even if it does pretty screw up the continuity . While not quite as unhinged as the first two movies , Leatherface : Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIIutilizes stylish suspense to be an underrated muffin in the franchise .
