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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleA flick so terrifying and brilliant that it makes the two other Chainsaw sequels seem like After-School Specials. [20 May 1995, p.E6]
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Sun-TimesNothing at all is surprising about Next Generation except how enjoyable it is. It won't become a classic, but is quite a hoot, like the cockamamie Motel Hell, as funny as it is frightening. [29 Aug 1997, p.32]
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe other thing that sets this movie apart from the current crop of tongue-in-cheek screamers (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream) is that it's actually perversely intriguing, rather than just clever. [03 Nov 1997, p.C2]
- 60VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonManages the difficult feat of being genuinely scary and sharply self-satirical all at once.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenBits and pieces of the story will, on occasion, leave you scratching your head but it, nevertheless, moves rapidly enough to keep you scurrying to keep pace with the new business at hand.
- 50The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIts own efforts to be tongue-in-cheek, as with a backwoods gunman who quotes Emerson and Machiavelli, fall seriously flat. But should anyone have the patience to look closely, the two leading players do show signs of what would soon make them famous.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghHenkel's directing debut isn't incompetent: It's just derivative, pointless and tediously repetitive.
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinA slightly above-average slasher film that's only partially redeemed by small but endearingly loopy shreds of black humor.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie recapitulates the absurdist tabloid-redneck comedy of the great, original Chainsaw without a hint of its primal terror.
- 40Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe bottom line is that the only Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie that you need is to see is the first.