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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

 -  Comedy | Horror  -  22 August 1986 (USA)
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A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Jim Siedow ...
Cook
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Bill Johnson ...
Ken Evert ...
Grandpa
Harlan Jordan ...
Patrolman
Kirk Sisco ...
Detective
James N. Harrell ...
Cut-Rite Manager
Lou Perryman ...
L.G. McPeters (as Lou Perry)
Barry Kinyon ...
Mercedes Driver
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Gunner
Judy Kelly ...
Gourmet Yuppette
John Martin Ivey ...
Yuppie
Kinky Friedman ...
Sports Anchorman
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Storyline

Young DJ Vantia Block is hosting a music show when two renegade hoodlums phone her and start making trouble. The situation changes rapidly as the kids drive to a passageway and get sawed to pieces by Leatherface while the shocked DJ listens the kids' screams. Local sheriff approaches Block and convinces her to play the recording made from the phone call on radio, hoping that the killers would show up. Written by Winnowill <an209309@anon.penet.fi>

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

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After a decade of silence... The buzzz is back!

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Comedy | Horror

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Release Date:

22 August 1986 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$4,700,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$8,025,872 (USA)
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Technical Specs

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| (director's cut) | (Digitally Remastered Collector's Edition) | (uncut)

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1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Jim Siedow is the only actor in this movie that was in the original. See more »

Goofs

At the end of the bridge scene we hear the car crash. But when it shows the crash site, the front of the car is facing away from the impact zone See more »

Quotes

Chop Top: Uh, I wanna... I wanna buy some uh, radio add time.
Vantia 'Stretch' Block: Are you fucking crazy we are closed. Off the air till' tomorrow. You'll have to just... come... back...
Chop Top: No but... but yeah but... Woaho.
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Crazy Credits

Drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs is listed in the end credits as "Gonzo Moviegoer," but his scene was cut prior to the film's release. Briggs would later complain about the cut in his newspaper column, blaming it (with tongue firmly in cheek) on the Russian premier Mikhail Gorbechev. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Redneck Zombies (1989) See more »

Soundtracks

"Good to Be Bad"
Performed by The Lords of the New Church
Written by Stiv Bators (as Stiv Bator) and Brian James
Lyrical Inspiration by L.M. Kit Carson (as Kit Carson)
Published by Illegal Songs, Inc. (BMI)
Produced by The Lords of the New Church (as Lords) with Dennis Herring
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User Reviews

 
A stunning tour-de-force edge-of-yourahhhhh ferget it
14 November 2005 | by (Bear, Delaware) – See all my reviews

If you liked Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now, you'll love him as Lefty the chainsaw-slinging Texas cop hell-bent for revenge in this sweet sequel. Head chainsawed in the first five minutes: check. Wacky characterization of beloved horror characters: check. Automatic love from me: check. Plus, Bill Moseley comes back as the cousin of the original hitch-hiker character and steals scenes as a psychotic hippied-out Vietnam vet. The comedy doesn't fall flat here either as there's just too damn much of it. Skip the other stupid TCM sequels and go for the one that counts.

That would be this one. The second one.


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