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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
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22 August 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
After a decade of silence... The buzzz is back!Plot:
A radio host (Caroline Williams) is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall (Dennis Hopper) hunts them. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Underrated cult classic moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dennis Hopper | ... | Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright | |
| Caroline Williams | ... | Vantia 'Stretch' Brock | |
| Jim Siedow | ... | Cook | |
| Bill Moseley | ... | Chop-Top | |
| Bill Johnson | ... | Leatherface | |
| 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 | |
| Chris Douridas | ... | Gunner | |
| Judy Kelly | ... | Gourmet Yuppette | |
| John Martin Ivey | ... | Yuppie | |
| Kinky Friedman | ... | Sports Anchorman |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
89 min | USA:100 min (director's cut) | USA:111 min (Digitally Remastered Collector's Edition) | Hong Kong:100 min (uncut version)Country:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Ultra StereoCertification:
New Zealand:R18 | Germany:(Banned) (1990) | USA:Unrated | Canada:16+ (Quebec re-rated 2006) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Australia:(Banned) (1986 - 2006) | Australia:R (re-rating, 2006) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating on appeal) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2001) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Canada:R | Chile:18 | Denmark:16 | France:-16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:(Banned) | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | Hong Kong:III | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Norway:18 (DVD rating) (2004) (uncut) | Singapore:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM RestrictedFun Stuff
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When originally submitted to the MPAA, it received an "X" certificate, prompting the filmmakers to release it as "unrated". moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the chainsaw fight, with Leatherface and Lefty on the big table, it is very clear that the chainsaw blades are immobile and not running at all. moreSoundtrack:
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was a horrific realistic, and a genuinely terrifying film. This second is a strange (even stranger than the original) very sick ( a man forces a woman to wear her friends face??) and very budget blown (the appearance of Dennis Hopper).
We have Leather Face, Drayton (from the original we new him as old man) and Chop Top who is a new addition to the family who is (although probably the most deranged) a kind of funny and lovable character, he is very similar to the hitchhiker from the original except a Vietnam steel plated and (oddly) pale white skin colour.
A radio DJ (Stretch) gets prank called by two irritating gun ho kids in a car speeding down the motorway, but one of these prank calls just happen to be made at a wrong time as the two are chased by Leather Face in a opposite car and funnily enough kills them by chainsaw and its all been recorded on a live radio station. This makes Stretch closer to Lefty (dennis hopper) who is a family member of Franklyn (weelchair victim) in the original massacre wanting to hunt down the maniacs for revenge. The appearance of this recorded footage brings Lefty closer to catching the maniacs who is now out for Stretch for making the recording. The plot proceeds on to Stretch being held captive in the theme park style underground layer of the maniacs and Lefty roaring through chopping the place down with his chainsaw.
This is higher budget, meaning its got loads more action and the set pieces are even creepier and outstandingly made. The acting is pretty good as this time they had the money to buy proper actors. Although its unrealistic (living in an underground theme park layer filled with over 100 bodies used as props, people being chased in their car by a guy standing on top of his truck with a chainsaw on a bridge, the final battle between Dennis Hopper and Leather Face using chainsaws)its still a cult classic and very well directed. The original is superior but the second instalment is by far not a disappointment, more of a higher budget fun thrill ride with jumps, scares and even some funny parts which are hard not to laugh. The bad parts are the rushed beginning which we don't really know a thing about Lefty or why he's so mad and the fact that Leather Face now has feelings and becomes a little bit puffy at times. Apart from that all this "this is one of the stupidest films ever" nonsense is, quite plainly nonsense.
Better than the other instalments and the remake, not better than the original.