Following within the footsteps of current reboots “Halloween” and “Scream,” “Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath” makes an attempt to revive a horror icon. Sally Hardesty won't boast as a lot cultural consciousness as Laurie Strode or Sidney Prescott however she deserves respect as the unique “closing woman.” Sadly, this direct sequel to 1974’s “The Texas Chain Noticed Bloodbath” doesn’t give the scream queen, performed right here by Olwen Fouéré, the triumphant return she deserves.
It isn’t simply Sally who will get brief shrift: Director David Blue Garcia’s “Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath” feints at social commentary on college shootings, gentrification and racism. Nonetheless, the strategy is simply as refined as Leatherface (Mark Burnham) bashing somebody’s head with a mallet — and never practically as efficient.
The enduring country-versus-city theme of the unique stays, however this time, it’s not hippies who enterprise into rural territory with lethal outcomes. Austin-based influencers and their pals (Sarah Yarkin, Jacob Latimore, Elsie Fisher and Nell Hudson) see alternative in a Texas ghost city, however their arrival displaces a longtime resident (Alice Krige) and the hulking, disturbed man (guess who) in her care.
An ingenious first kill units a typical that the film can’t match within the dozens of fatalities that comply with. Leatherface’s relentless carnage is concurrently an excessive amount of and never sufficient, with every successive homicide incomes much less of a response. Extra blood? Shrug. This can't be a wholesome method to really feel, however “Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath” by no means evokes the worry that was the hallmark of the unique and settles just for disgust on the quantity of viscera. The 1974 movie was a nightmare that felt too near actuality, however that is merely disagreeable — and never in a great way.
‘Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath’
Score: R, for sturdy bloody horror violence and gore, and language.
Operating time: 1 hour, 23 minutes
Taking part in: Accessible Feb. 18 on Netflix
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