The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994)

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 (Robert Jacks) and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths.

Director:

Kim Henkel

Writers:

Kim Henkel (characters), Tobe Hooper (characters)

Stars:

Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks

Bottom Rated Movies #56 | 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Renée Zellweger	...	Jenny (as Renee Zellweger)
Matthew McConaughey	...	Vilmer
Robert Jacks	...	Leatherface Slaughter
Tonie Perensky	...	Darla (as Tonie Perenski)
Joe Stevens	...	W.E. Slaughter
Lisa Marie Newmyer	...	Heather (as Lisa Newmyer)
John Harrison	...	Sean
Tyler Shea Cone	...	Barry (as Tyler Cone)
James Gale	...	Mr. 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

Storyline

This is the twisted tale of Vilmer (Matthew McConaughey) and his crazy family which includes the lovely Leatherface (Robert Jacks). They have pastime of killing and stuffing people. Unfortunately, Jenny (Renée Zellweger) and her friends run into Vilmer and his clan in the middle of the night in the middle of the woods.

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Plot Keywords:

chainsaw | sequel | fourth part | psychopath | redneck | 

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Taglines:

Still buzzing after all these years...

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

In developing this movie, Executive Producer Robert Kuhn stated: "I wanted to go back to the original, and he (Kim Henkel) did, too. We agreed on that right off. And the first major thing was getting him to write the script. I raised the money to get it written, and for us to start trying to put this thing together. Then we went out to the American Film Market in Los Angeles and talked to a bunch of people about financing. At that point, I'd raised some money, but not nearly enough to make the film, and we looked at the possibilities of making a deal with a distributor. But I knew there wasn't any hope of us making one we could live with. There never is. Kim would say, 'Hey, so-and-so is interested, and it might be a deal we can live with.' So we'd talk to 'em and I'd ask three or four hard questions, and I'd just kind of look over at Kim and he'd say 'Yeah.' Then I'd go back and start trying to raise some more money. I just started going to everybody I knew and I got it in bits and pieces, wherever I could."

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Goofs

As Vilmer and Jenny are driving along in his truck, in some shots of Vilmer, through the glass of the truck behind him, you can see a crew-member in white, wearing a watch.

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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...

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Crazy Credits

In the end credits, the "Patient on Gurney" actress was credited as ANONYMOUS.

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Alternate Versions

The Finnish video version excludes numerous scenes including violence. Cut by more than 15 minutes.

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Connections

Referenced in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (2009)

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Soundtracks

Dandelion Wine
Written by Paul Cullum and Rich Brotherton

User Reviews

What did you expect?

Anyone expecting oscar caliber film material when they popped this nugget in their VCR is kidding themselves.

Saying this movie sucks is similar to the people who stand in front of me at McDonald's complaining that their burger wasn't prepared properly. This aint Western Sizzlin, ya know!

So it was mindless, laughable, and possessed all of the other attributes that all TCM movies have. So what.

Can we really say that the original TCM had any kind of cinematic value. It was intense, graphic...yes. But the dialogue, (the small amount that it required) was no more cerebral than any TCM produced after.

I agree with the viewer in Baltimore that the mechanical leg was very funny. I preferred the trailer park babe who was constantly making references to her fake breasts. She was funny. The movie did go downhill with the arrival of the freak in the limo. It became very disjointed. So did all of the others, though. All TCM movies have always been about one subject...mindless violence and shock value.

If you didn't like it...fine. I was disappointed that the two main characters are embarrassed about making the movie. It's not something to be proud of, no. But it is still a piece of film that they got paid for. Also a break that they were given, as unknown actors. Just goes to show that once actors make it to the top, they forget the mere humans at the bottom, that boosted them up.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 1994 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Massacre à la tronçonneuse: la nouvelle génération

Filming Locations:

Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$600,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$28,235, 24 September 1995

Gross USA:

$185,898

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$185,898

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ultra Muchos Productions, River City Films, Genre Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 94 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1