The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Year: 1994

Director: Kim Henkel

Written by: Kim Henkel

Threat: Psychopath

Weapon of Choice: Chainsaw

IMDb page: IMDb link

      The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Other movies in this series:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Rish Outfield's reviews
Insultingly bad. Hey, I like skin flicks as much as the next guy, but I consider this film to be nothing more than sick, non-titillating pornography. The only high point is when a victim is run over by a truck about 800 times, but I digress. What a shame that Mathew McConaughey and Rene Zellweger were a part of this disgusting waste. Still, it's possible to recognize the talent of both of them even in this. It included dialogue that was so bad it hurt to hear it.
A friend and I rented this and One Dark Night one afternoon and regretted it. I mean, One Dark Night was really bad, but it was frigging On The Waterfront compared to "Texas Chainsaw 10" or whatever. Since I saw it without tyranist and told him I'd lend it to him if he wanted, though I advised against it. It was, in both my estimation and that of the guy I saw it with, one of the worst movies we'd ever seen.
I'd Recommend It To: Quite the contrary--I'd advise against it.

The tyranist's thoughts
You know, I'm not sure that the idea that started this series was a good one. I'm really not sure that making more than one movie was a good idea either. But, I know that making a fourth entry in the series was an especially bad idea. This movie is terrible in almost the same ways as Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers is. It has the same terrible lack of foresight, the same twisted plot conventions that don't belong and don't make sense anyway. Well over half of the movie involves someone or other chasing Renee Zellweger's character around while she screams really loud. Oh, and while I am on the subject, if you liked her in Jerry Maguire, you still don't need to see this movie. Matthew McConaughey plays that bad guy (not Leatherface, but the main sicko) and does a fair job considering the inane plot and terrible dialogue that he was saddled with. There are several other characters, but as none of them are played by someone even a little famous or made even a little memorable, I won't go into them. One last note. If you get to the end of the movie and you here yourself saying, "huh?" repeatedly, that is to be expected. About sixty new plot elements are introduced in the last ten minutes and not one of them makes sense.
By the way, there is nothing appealing or graceful about Leatherface twirling around on a dirt road with his chainsaw. It just hurt my head to think about.

Total Skulls: 25

Sequel skull
Sequel setup skull
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears skullskull Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise skullskull
Bad acting skull
Bad dialogue skullskull
Bad execution skull
MTV Editing
OTS skull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked skull
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location skullskull
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower scene
Car stalls or won't start skull
Cat jumps out
Fake scare skull
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
What the hell? skullskull
x years ago . . .
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask skull
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood hits camera
Poor death effect
Excessive gore skull
No one dies at all
Virgin survives skull
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots skullskull
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending skullskull