Sick Product of a Sick System

One of my all time favorites.

Lack of good storyline.

It is a performances centric movie

'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' franchise has it's fair share of movies that are poor, but this one really takes the biscuit. Even for TCM, this is truly abysmal and even fans of the franchise will find it near on impossible to get through this. Although TCM as a franchise tends to have it's more comedic/wacky movies and the more serious/scary ones, Next Generation takes it much too far to the wacky side of the spectrum. I'm all for wackiness and my enjoyment fo the 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Child's Play' franchises serves as proof of that, but this is just TOO absurd to the point that it's not even remotely funny. Everything is over the top, irrational and nonsensical. The plot was non-existent with no coherent or obvious story present. Despite well known names such as Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey starring, this movie is shockingly awful. McConaughy's over the top acting seems to become even more dramatic and is practically unwatchable. The overall acting from all the cast is dreadful, with no redeeming qualities. What else do you expect when they're playing a bunch of psychotic freaks with no humanistic qualities at all? Although screaming and yelling is to be expected in a horror movie, this takes it to a new and ridiculous level. 90% of the movie consists of high pitched squealing and frantic screams to the point that I was forced to mute the TV. The dialogue was actually out-done by the screaming. Unsurprisingly, I didn't manage to get to the end of this movie and don't feel I missed out on anything. In fact, I think I saved myself from wasting any more of my life watching this atrocity. Save yourselves the torture and skip this movie on your watch of the TCM franchise.

This extremely erratic remake/sequel tries to follow the template of the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", nevertheless twisting it into a bizarre modern blend of dark comedy and tasteless antics. Its the usual story of high school prom night turned bad as the typical airhead girlfriend, moron boyfriend and likable nerdy girl (Renee Zellweger) fall victim to a rural Texas dysfunctional family led by madman (Mathew McConaughey). If you've seen the previous "Chainsaw" films, then you should know what to expect, but this comes off so eccentric, that its impossible to take seriously. Mathew McConaughey tries way too hard to be insane as the maniacal Vilmer, and Renee Zellweger tries way to hard to be scared as the female lead. The rest of the characters are either mindless fodder or laughable afterthoughts such as Tyler Cone as Barry who's every line in the film is a literary quote, and Leatherface in drag and constantly screaming in dress and makeup is just way too wacky. McConaughey's character's leg is controlled by a remote actuator, and he slaps and cuts himself repeatedly while abusing everyone around him, especially Zellweger. Somehow a powerful organization is behind the control and funding of the torture tactics implemented by Vilmer and his clan, a strange plot device that completely throws the film into left field. Its a masochistic freak show, and little gore, hardly any chainsaw action, and plenty of silly inconsistencies (at one point a chainsaw cuts bricks off a chimney with no effort???) make this effort a real blunder. Its entertaining for its ineptness and craziness if anything.

On Prom Night, some friends crash their car into a tree in the woods. When trying to find help, they stumble upon a farmhouse where inside Leatherface and his cannibal family await. This film starred: Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey & Robert Jacks.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4:The Next Generation is again a bad TCM movie. However I do give praise to Matthew McConaughey because he saved this movie from a 1/10 to a 4/10 because everybody else in this film was awful. Well I suppose Renee Zellwegar was OK but she didn't do enough to save it from a 1/10 like Matthew McConaughey did. Not recommended because like the 3 before it, it's bad. In my opinion going best to worst out of the first 4 films...1. TCM 3 - 5/10 2. TCM 4 - 4/10 3. TCM 2 - 2/10 4. TCM 1 - 1/10*/***** Very poor.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is just horrible. The plot revolves around the most annoying teenagers ever(with the exception of one girl) getting into a car wreck in the woods after leaving their high school prom early and running into Leatherface and his family.This movie has virtually no redeeming qualities, the dialogue is horrible AT BEST, the acting is atrocious, and worst of all, the villains in this movie are not at all intimidating.Leatherface in this movie is played by Robert Jacks, who screams and whines throughout his time on screen and wears dresses. There's some gruesome scenes of torture, but that doesn't make the film scary. there's also some stupid subplot about a secret society that forces the chainsaw family to commit their crimes, which just adds to the stupidity of the film. The only redeeming quality of this film is Renee Zellweger's character, but even she isn't given much to do. My advice is whether you are a fan of this series or not, avoid part 4 at all costs!