The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994)

Director:

Kim Henkel

Writers:

Kim Henkel (characters) and
Tobe Hooper (characters) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

The American legend returns, to bring you back to the cutting edge of terror.

Plot:

A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths.

Plot Keywords:

Leatherface | Woods | Texas | Farmhouse | Car

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Renée Zellweger	...	Jenny (as Renee Zellweger)
Matthew McConaughey	...	Vilmer
Robert Jacks	...	Leatherface
Tonie Perensky	...	Darla (as Tonie Perenski)
Joe Stevens	...	W.E
Lisa Marie Newmyer	...	Heather (as Lisa Newmyer)
John Harrison	...	Sean
Tyler Cone	...	Barry
James Gale	...	Rothman
Chris Kilgore	...	Rothman's Chauffeur
Vince Brock	...	I'm Not Hurt
Susan Loughran	...	Jenny's Mother
David Laurence	...	Jenny's Stepfather
Grayson Victor Schirmacher	...	Grandfather
Jeanette Wiggins	...	Woman Eating Chocolates

Also Known As:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (USA) (reissue title)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for demented mayhem and torture, and for strong language.

Runtime:

95 min (uncut version) | Argentina:90 min | Canada:93 min | Sweden:86 min | USA:86 min (cut version) | Finland:82 min (video) (1997) | UK:83 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1997) | Portugal:M/18 | USA:R (certificate #33268) | South Korea:18 | Italy:VM18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 (cut) | Iceland:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Genre Pictures

Trivia:

The hospital scene at the end features three actors from the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). John Dugan, who played Grandfather in the original film, is the cop. Paul A. Partain, who played Franklin Hardesty in the original film, is the orderly. Marilyn Burns, who played Sally Hardesty in the original film, is the patient on the gurney (credited as "Anonymous").

Goofs:

Continuity: When Leatherface gets Heather in the house, he grabs her and drags her down the hallway, as he enters a room, Heather grabs the sides of the doorway, to pull herself away from him. In the shot, you can see the wall to the right of the doorway has a mirror on the wall, nothing else, and on the counter below is a few lone light-bulbs and a coke can. However in the next shot, so many objects appear. There's now meat-hooks, chains and belts hanging on the wall either side of the mirror, and the counter is now covered in canisters, metal barrels and boxes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: August 18, 1973. News of a bizarre, chainsaw wielding family - reports which were to ignite the world's imagination - began to filter out of central Texas. Regrettably not one of the family members was ever apprehended and for more than ten years nothing further was heard. Then, over the next several years at least two minor, yet apparently related incidents, were reported. Then again nothing. For five long years silence...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "E! True Hollywood Story: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Torn And Tied

A happy folow up.

Here we get to see the 4th sequel to the famed movie of this title. There are many addtionals that didnt make it in the first 1 such as the fact that leatherface was a cross-dresser. Renee Zellwegger, & Matthwew McConaughey both give great performances in this movie, there are some pretty creepy scenes in here. I enjoyed this flick in that it had some ideas based on the first 1 only expanded. The sick family having their usual spats, the flirtations, their dinner. I recomend this film to horror fans.