Netflix's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is Hilarious | Explained

[@AmandaTheJedi]

So much laughing, so much yelling, the best I could have hoped for in the most confusing way

[@amandeep87]

Ok, before I watch... just a comment that you should really do a 500k subscriber special! On to the video now!

[@wurdnurd1]

No joke, it was watching this video that I realized I completely thought Tobe Hooper and Tom Hooper were the same person. I was understandably impressed by Hooper's change in genre, and it brought a whole new understanding to Cats...

[@meganmichaels9510]

You're truly hilarious

[@TalentCaldwell]

Such a GREAT reaction here @26:50 from Amanda! “I love it!”

[@aidanoneill3730]

@@TalentCaldwell sounded like she was singing lol

[@everforward5561]

It feels like they just want to turn every killer into Jason. Every killer should have their "thing". Jason is a tank who just walks through anything you throw at him. Freddy is an ambush hunter who finds you at your most vulnerable. Pinhead is an eldritch demon you have to bring deliberately. Michael is a stalking predator who will go after you just because you're in his path. Leatherface is a tragically malformed, mentally stunted human driven to be a killer by his family. When you make them all supernatural tanks, it puts them all in the same niche.

[@matman000000]

I'm glad someone else noticed this. The filmmakers have no idea what made the originals iconic and it makes these new movies so interchangeable and pointless.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Those are absolutely excellent points to think about.

[@ruekurei88]

Well, those are the really popular ones. There are loads of supernatural-ish slashers in 'human' form. Those guys(franchises) are like, over 40 years old now. My favourites are that thing from Jeepers Creepers, Chucky, Candyman and those dolls from Puppet Master.

[@LucasOliveira-rc2jf]

THIS. You said everything I feel. My distaste for Halloween Kills comes from this. I didn't want to see a Jason movie, I wanted to see a Halloween movie, but well, I guess Michael Myers is the literal incarnation of evil now (I see how you went away from the supernatural aspects of the sequels that you ignored producers, as you said you would). Edit: a word

[@ToruKun1]

That is so true. In the original movie, Leatherface doesn't WANT to kill all those kids who keep showing up at his house, he does it out of survival to protect the privacy of his (abusive) family who resorted to cannibalism after they lost their jobs at a meat-packing plant. The scene where he's sitting by the window facepalming 'cuz he knows he's gonna get in trouble for letting strangers trespass says it all.

[@wagnus1923]

I just hated how Leatherface didn't act like Leatherface at all. He's not a slow methodical killer like Meyers, he's a giant man-child that throws tantrums and grunts and relies on his brute strength. The movie was bad but the assassination of his character was by far the most brutal death in the movie.

[@gemstar7286]

The creators & writers are all this tiresome sequels , & prequels and reboots seem to always fail.

[@OneTopic]

damn. the feral hogs joke got the loudest unearned snort from me.

[@payt00n]

Woah hey One topic, love ur video :)

[@TheBardInBows]

that HAS to be the reference though right!? The minute he said that I was like "ah, so memelords wrote this" and took that energy with me through the entire film watching experience.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@The_Bard_In_Bows Maybe. Probably would of stood up better if he had a AR-15 pistol on his hip instead.

[@danynes4710]

Only problem is anyone using that to defend a simple handgun has never seen a feral hog. Hand gun ain’t gonna do it.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@danynes4710 Yeah, I had to assume it wouldn't of worked for shit.

[@symonew33]

I saw people on twitter making fun of that “Try anything and you’re cancelled bro” moment but nothing could have prepared me for the fact that that moment came AFTER he killed one of their friends and threw his head on their bus….what more could he “try” sir?? 😭😭

[@rashotcake6945]

I could see some Boomer laughing his ass off at that scene like, “haha young people are so stupid”

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@rashotcake6945 Yeah.

[@ruekurei88]

@@rashotcake6945 I think this entire film is boomer bait. Like the movie has some kind of idea of the type of people who watched and loved the first movie and crafted a movie for that perceived audience, 'middle-America down to earth types and values' VS 'PC Woke Gen Z types and values'. While trying to mooch off Halloween success in creating a like villain. It's so transparent and shameless. But you know, corporations and executives are gonna corporate and umm, do executives shit.

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

Yes! Sir, he's been canceled since 1974. Where have you been? 🤣

[@princeapoopoo5787]

That line would have been stupid no matter what, but if they wanted to make it even the slightest bit effective, they could have just had Leatherface be a bit of a bully, not tearing through someone like a knife cutting butter.

[@JackedThor-so]

This movie was so well marketed I... didn't know it existed until, like, a day ago when scrolling through Netflix on my day off.

[@levhen]

welcome to netflix, enjoy your stay

[@Cheerstothewildones]

That’s literally exactly how I found it, I originally went on to watch tinder swindler

[@SuperLadyDanger]

I saw the poster/promo image when my Netflix “screensaver” popped up. I wasn’t even sure if it was a movie or a mini series!

[@snakesnoteyes]

This video is how I found out it existed

[@wildwesley9328]

I didn’t know it existed until I saw the thumbnail for this video

[@RockyGems]

You're right, the most unrealistic thing about this movie is people under 40 being able to buy property.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

It often seems that way, but my couson bought a house at 24 less than 5 years ago, so I don't know.

[@ApequH]

@@KeybladeMasterAndy 5 years ago the houses where a lot cheaper (at least where I live)

[@Grabthar191]

I think a famous influencer might do it, like someone within the ballpark of pewdiepie, or some of the other big channels. I don't know if tik tok monetizes but there are OF thots that make obscene (pun intended) amounts of money. Although Amanda I think points out that their "likes" aren't something in the realm of a high end "influencer".

[@RockyGems]

@@Grabthar191 Exactly, these are more likely just your run-of-the-mill rich kids.

[@JohnnyPaisan]

Have you seen how much money 15 year old tiktokers are making now? It's a new era.

[@Emh19]

"I was meant to die in the school that day, so death followed me here" Ma'am you got the wrong horror franchise there.

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

I see what you did there 😏

[@QUITUTINCIPICTURES]

Final Destination pun, I LOVE IT 🤣

[@loki1456]

We love a good Final Destination reference 👏

[@gemstar7286]

@@QUITUTINCIPICTURES Those movies were better , but the deaths got more and more stupid.

[@blitzvalentine363]

@@gemstar7286 I think the kills got better, but the movies got worse since they just needed characters that needed to he killed, so they didn't put any effort into their character

[@shikuthetempest]

The "killer comes back in the end" twist was so predictable and yet it was still somehow shocking just because it was absolutely bonkers. The one girl screaming bloody murder as the car sloooowly drives away lol

[@kimbooley90]

Leatherface straight up Shamu'ing his ass out of the water at the end was fucking hilarious.

[@ntmetroid]

I was in tears laughing at that moment. It helped that melody was insufferable.

[@thelandlockedkaiju4820]

it was shocking to me only because of how explicit they were making it that Leatherface was not only dead but straight up overkilled. Shot with buckshot to the center mass four times, chainsawed to the face, and lungs absolutely completely filled with water. The shock was in how that shows the movie hated its audience just as much as it hated its characters, because that was definitely shot specifically to piss me off. Like, I know the trope, the killer is supposed to get one last kill in and be around for the sequels. But this was especially dumb. It's cool when Jason does it, but Leatherface is just Some Guy.

[@JM-yx4ew]

They subverted expectations by not making him grab one of them by the ankle while they casually stood next to that random ass crater he fell into for like 20 minutes instead of booking it.

[@TheLostOne156]

oddly enough if they had their seatbelts on she would have been fine

[@TheTonyRedgrave]

It's amazing that Leatherface is literally in his mind 70's based on Gunner Hanson being 26 in the original movie. These senior citizens could beat the greatest athletes without taking a breath

[@hierophantpurple5163]

He and Michael Myers are old men causing havoc lmao. I see people on tumblr call him PeePaw Myers 😂

[@jazzycat8917]

@@hierophantpurple5163 lol forget him and Michael, Jason Vorhees was both old and DEAD and was still up prancing about causing shenanigans

[@Monie71793]

@@jazzycat8917 💯😩🤣🤣

[@JohnDoe-sl6di]

He could play liner backer for an nfl football team

[@deacongowan117]

On top of dropping a chainsaw on his leg.

[@tomlawal7991]

My grandmother was figuratively dying throughout this movie, she said something interesting which was why do these women from the original movies always come back Kill Bill Style as if they wouldn’t be traumatised to see Leatherface again let alone kill him

[@WinterFogFilms]

Because feminine revenge against the men who traumatized them is Fucking Righteous

[@tonypeppermint5329]

That could of at least be a nice addition onto Sally, a woman who became a Texas Ranger and could probably get guns that could rip Leatherface and his home apart but is scared to go back due to his threatening appearance, even if she was looking at him through a sniper scope.

[@TalentCaldwell]

It honestly makes ZERO sense in the new Halloween movies. Laurie Strode spent 40 years staying in the same town she was traumatized in just on the hope that one day Meyers might break free so she could Home Alone him. And not just her but EVERYBODY who ever grew up in Haddonfield still lives there 40 years later. 40 years after a single night of random violence that left 5 people dead and the perpetrator caught and incarcerated for 4 decades. The ENTIRE town, but Laurie especially, still feel tormented somehow by a mute locked away in a prison the past 40 years?! It was one night, yet they all behave as if they’ve lived through all of the sequels that no longer count.

[@kitnal4143]

@@WinterFogFilms is it righteous when they get killed in the most anti-climatic way possible.... oof

[@WinterFogFilms]

@@kitnal4143 oh idk I haven't seen this particular movie, it looked bad lol

[@stucrew7232]

Some thoughts I had, "Who buys a whole town?" "How do you survive that?" "That's not how a chainsaw works." "No, seriously, that's not what a chainsaw does." "Aim for the head, dum dum." "Wait, really? Yeah, they did that." What a silly movie.

[@GingerZombie29]

Chainsaw goes through a metal pipe no problem. Yeah, okay. Sure.

[@SquirrelNutkins]

Re: who buys a whole town. Kim Basinger.

[@ApolloXtatik]

@@GingerZombie29 Yes, chainsaws can cut through metal.

[@abhrntcrtre]

@@ApolloXtatik Some not all and is vastly inefficient vs shit actually made for cutting metal

[@Nixeu42]

@@ApolloXtatik Needs to be made for it. Otherwise, a steel pipe is going to beat a chainsaw. And it will produce a lot of sparks. Probably won't be quick, either.

[@csziel2581]

There's something about the way Amanda is handling her microphone that gives the impression of a reporter trying to describe what's going on in a hurricane... which seems fitting, really

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

She made fun of a guy wearing a gun in a town where a serial killer was never caught. I would be sticking to him like white on rice.

[@space_pollution]

Also, they’re in Texas, where it’s very common and normal for people to be walking around with guns on them… what did she expect?

[@jon85753]

I mean, a serial killer was never caught in that town. Like Amanda said, why would you ever assume a gun was a good option? Were those guns just recently brought into that small Texas town? Seems like something they'd have during the original or during the interim period. Like, did the statute of limitations expire. Except, it's in Texas, and there is no statute of limitations for murder in texas.

[@theroachden6195]

​@@jon85753still better to have the guns and not need them.

[@LEVIticusPHENOM]

This movie has the most unrealistic thing I’ve seen in a horror movie in a bunch of millennials or Gen Zers buying up a ghost town You mean to tell me they found affordable housing? In this economy?

[@soupoup]

@@justheretocommentokdontwan685 true

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Wait.... When did [almost-anything in ]the "horror" genre ever even become particularly _realistic_ to begin with, though? 🤔 😅🙃🤣🤣

[@LEVIticusPHENOM]

@@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 I can totally buy zombie campground killers, demons stalking my dreams, cosmic horror in the cold, crazy shit in Texas, encounters with extraterritorial life, crazy cults, & so much more I just can’t buy people my age getting affordable housing unless they have rich parents lmfaooooo. That’s way too much for me to believe

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

@@LEVIticusPHENOM 👀 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻😁

[@JM-yx4ew]

I mean, if the housing is so far in shambles that it would be truly uninhabitable and there is zero infrastructure for dozens of miles sure, they could maybe afford it, if it’s not been bought up for seasonal air bnbs anyways.

[@Malik_Maverick]

The issue with today’s sequels/reboots/requels is that studios oftentimes have contracts for film rights for so long and if they don’t regularly push out a movie related to the IP, they lose the rights to it. This movie felt like that. That the studio realized its timeline was running out and it wanted to ride the hype of Halloween and Scream but was clearly rushed and poorly executed.

[@TalentCaldwell]

There’s another side to that though: when the IP rights become up for sale and the new buyer wants to start up their own new trilogy of films. That’s actually what this was. You can usually tell when an IP has moved to a new owner when there is a new reboot/requel/remake/next generation or sequel that ignores other sequels suddenly announced.

[@pulpficti]

It Can't really ride the hype of Scream. The movie came out weeks ago. Halloween yes, even with their version ofLaurie vs Michael

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

At this point I'm ready to say it... Making a sequel/remake/reboot/prequel/spinoff/franchise should be punishable by death. I don't care if some sequels are good or even better than the original, I'm so sick of Hollywood studios with billions of dollars refusing to invest anything into new ideas. I don't think I've seen a high budget movie from a big studio since my ex convinced me to watch The Force Awakens in theaters, I can't bring myself to care. It's sad that the movies sometimes made for over 500x less than what major studios make offer better writing and even acting. It doesn't cost much to write a good script, all you need is food, shelter, maybe a laptop and time. No excuses.

[@Goldman200]

In this case, Lionsgate and Millenium Films lost the rights after Leatherface (2017). This new one was produced by Legendary Pictures.

[@araneljones]

FYI, a local nurse was killed in her patient's front yard by feral hogs. They're seriously a problem in rural Texas. I'm more near Houston than whatever the hell this town is supposed to be. So yeah, between the hogs and the gators, a gun nearby isn't a bad idea.

[@fluffyfish2607]

ok, thank you, I thought I was growing crazy. I don't know if I wasn't scrolling far enough down, but I didn't see anyone mentioning this

[@angelicvega7040]

I love how the OG survivor told the New Girl that she needs to kill him otherwise he’ll keep coming after her, meanwhile Leatherface doesn’t even remember HER (the OG girl) lmaooooo

[@mizstories9646]

Okay it was hilarious watching Trixie and Katya reacting to this movie, now I get to watch Amanda talk about it. Thank you to this movie for leading to a lot of great content!

[@doedarling1215]

They did a Bailey sarian react to it on Netflix watch too

[@stumbling_]

Trixie and Katya are the only reason I know about how weird Netflix originals are

[@yel.karunungan]

Literally watched the movie so I can relate to Katya and Trixie, 😂

[@Bubbles603]

Trixie and Katya's show are better than most Netflix originals those queens have great chemistry

[@hope-cat4894]

Check out Swell Entertainment too. I just finished watching her review.

[@jessicawest8190]

The only scene I "liked" was the sunflower scene, but it also deeply disappointed me. It was the only part of the film that I felt it utilized the arid Texas Gothic aesthetic, and the character actually acted in ways that were reasonable (playing dead etc.) But there should have been a REAL chase scene! Have the blonde girl run through the dried up sunflowers, have us root for her and think she might just make it, have her get to the edge and see the gas station and then letherface yanks her back. Like I said, they had everything there to have a genuinely cool scene but nah. They just have her get choked out in the passenger seat. Wasted potential.

[@matman000000]

I was disappointed and surprised when I found out the trailer edit of the sunflower shot was better than in the actual movie. In the trailer, it seemed like a great reveal of a killer before he starts chasing his victim, but in the movie it seemed pointless, just a way to end the scene.

[@gemstar7286]

Only scene i like was when one of the character's moved the mirror to try and warn the Texan guy , of Leahter face hiding behind the door . Not that it made much difference .. as he got brutally killed still .

[@michelcomenta]

That old woman was supposed to be the heroine 'cause she was Leatherface's only survivor, but still they thought it'd be better if she appeared to die in a terrible way. Justice for truck-gun guy who was a really nice guy and hot as hell. He deserved better!

[@filmfangirls9163]

I think instead of bringing back Sally, they should have just had some fun and brought back Stretch. They had some very interesting history 🤣

[@ArloTheDuck]

To be fair, they shouldn't have even brought back Sally because Marilyn Burns passed away a while ago

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@ArloTheDuck agreed.

[@mischiefmanaged8008]

I wanted to see her, truck guy and the younger sister team up and actually kill him to subvert the "final girl" trope and have an actual group surviving, or even let her be only survival but after they all at least had a better chance at fighting and giving us a chance to actually care about them

[@carlyytheresaa]

He was the best character in the whole movie I was messed up when leatherface got him.

[@SunnysFilms]

"the most intense game of stop-hitting-yourself I've ever witnessed" got me laughing so hard.

[@Scheilo66]

Yep, this is perfection.

[@leia3772]

When she picked up the cowboy hat I screamed so high it was subvocal. That was the last straw for me and this shitty movie. You do NOT get to pass the mantle of final girl to someone new. And also Leatherface would have to be at least 70. Sure is spry in his old age.

[@Petaurista13]

"She hates guns because her sister survived school shooting" It would be more understandable if they didn't cause old lady to die after calling cops to evict her from house she rightfully owns.

[@TheBardInBows]

Yeah I had a great time watching this disaster. Honestly, you could have replaced the, shall we say, delicate education event, with a car crash where a bunch of her friends died but she was left alive and you could get the same themes of survivor's guilt with that character. Also despite the fact that Sally was super underutilized, I'm very on board with kick ass horror movie heroines being 45+ years old now.

[@Brubser_Jr_Reloaded]

Seriously that school shooter flashback scene was so unnecessary and in poor taste

[@Wraiven22]

"Delicate education event" is quite the way to word that 😂

[@ArcAngle1117]

Or have her have been a kid who accidentally shot another kid with a gun. Similar tragedy but very different in... Potential for harm in doing it wrong.

[@ruekurei88]

I was wondering about that and that woman's advice at the end. I was thinking if it was some low key way of making a statement on school shootings, in that the kids should stand up and fight back against the shooters. It's entirely idiotic, but the vibes that the movie is giving me is that it would be dumb enough to try to make that statement, but not dumb enough to blatantly make it.

[@paytonyoder1260]

Favorite moment has to be on the bus when everyone pulls out their phones to record and that one guy says, “if you do anything you’re cancelled” or something along those lines. Like he thought that would actually make the killer walk away and leave them alone.

[@rustyshackleford6633]

I literally cringed into a ball and almost turned off the movie at that point. Glad I didn't though cause the bus slaughter was the best part.

[@baileylanore]

I find it absolutely hilarious that they didn’t even bother giving Dante’s girlfriend a name because her entire role in the movie is to die. But yeah, this movie was a whole bunch of nothing. I don’t think I’ve ever yelled so loud at a movie as I was when Lila was closing the distance in that warehouse. Plus Sally was a complete idiot. Shoot the crazed killer with the chainsaw, not waste time trying to get him to remember you

[@stephaniefong8264]

I also found it hilarious immediately when the subtitles only refered to her as "Dante's Fiancée."

[@baileylanore]

@@stephaniefong8264 that was the moment I’m like, “yeah, she ain’t final girl material. So why even bother?”

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

They did. Her name is Ruth.

[@baileylanore]

@@DrGregoryHouseIT where do they say her name? I don’t recall them ever saying it out loud

[@lunavioleta001]

She was always an idiot. Franklin was the only one with sense in the original.

[@nicoleg6284]

Anyone else got weird vibes the director just hated millenials/ gen Z especially during that influencer massacre? Lol this movie was a mess and came across as diet Halloween

[@davidmurray3542]

Yeah, that's the vibe I got.

[@gemstar7286]

That scene turned into some bizarre cringefest , it was like a bad parody of horror movies. Milleniels/genz also seem to be written in movies as idiots now .

[@heatherduke5410]

The thing that really stuck out about the Texas Chainsaw 3D one is that they really screwed up the math, because it was set in present day. Meaning Alexandra Daddario's character would've been much older over than she was in the movie, which is college aged(since she is supposed to be a baby from the seventies when the family was taken care of after all the murders).

[@tjfrizzi5965]

Yeah I'm going to guess the creators did that at the last minute changing the date to present time. Then they thought movie watchers would just ignore the timeline snafu. Or they just didn't care basically.

[@heatherduke5410]

@@tjfrizzi5965 Yup. Because honestly, if you watch any review of the movie, they bring up that the creators really screwed up the math. It's kind of funny, actually.

[@LaineyBug2020]

I've never actually watched any of these movies. I saw a clip recently of the original with the final girl running to the truck. Then I realized the boyfriend I had during 07 may have been a little weirder than I thought. He was always trying to find me the perfect outfit of white flaired hip hugger pants and a purple tank that looked just right. Could never find the right pants. He said he liked the way women looked in white flaired hip hugger pants and purple was just his favorite color. It's also exactly what that original final girl was wearing. Glad I noped out of that relationship pretty quickly for other reasons.

[@LaineyBug2020]

@Jo Ray lol, I am now! I was only with him for about 6 months. It was just a bit of a shock to see that clip and have several things sort of clink into place in my memory! Now, thankfully, I can just laugh about it!

[@CP-ir3ft]

@@LaineyBug2020 glad to hear you're safe!

[@danicakelly2242]

Fridge horror is my favorite horror trope, but here in real life its making my skin crawl. I mean there's red flags and then there's obsessing over the final girl from TCM to the point of desperately trying to dress up your girlfriend like her.

[@mcpugh]

The “Kill” cursive painting is amazing and I want it in my house.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Yeah.

[@shreddedyeet]

Where do I get

[@grizzlygoldman]

Full set says Kill God

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

This is a “I’ll watch when I need to pull a movie out of my butthole for a family horror movie night” kind of film. Probably after I watch the second and third fear streets

[@roderickrobinson1375]

Fear street is a masterpiece compared to this

[@avencree]

It really just looks like Netflix saw the success Halloween 2018 and thought, "We can do that. But smarter!" And proceeded to do neither of the those things.

[@Hellohellonada]

You got an audible laugh out of me and a dog looking at me concerned.

[@avencree]

@@Hellohellonada Apologies to your pupper. I’m a general menace to my cats with my laugh.

[@Hellohellonada]

@@avencree luckily my cat is almost completely deaf so she was not bothered

[@NHG97]

Netflix didn’t have any involvement making the film they just bought it and put it on there

[@AyresForceOne]

This movie lets you know in the first 3 minutes "Oh, this is gonna be terrible!"

[@pizzamassacre]

Lol yeah

[@riakun]

The sunflower scene and that guy adding all the extra faces is inspiring. 10/10

[@katherinebean5033]

Hi Texan from a rural area.Wild hogs are are actually very destructive , they damage crops, impact timber and tree resources, carry lots of diseases and more. They do about $400 million in damages annually.

[@patjacksonpodium]

I am on board pretty much 100% with your analysis. The one thing though that I can't help but dwell on is how upsetting I found that last scene to be. Having the sister decapitated 12 seconds before the end was just...ugh. It was so mean and hateful and senseless. And I can't get it out of my head. I don't know if that's a point for or against the film. I mean they went there, god bless, but it was so against what I wanted. (Also, why the hell is every slasher villain an immortal superhuman? Can we finally stop with that crap?)

[@mayhit]

Strongly seconding this! I haven't even seen the movie, only Amanda's review of it, but when she described how it ended my entire brain just rebelled at the very idea of it. And I don't know if that's because it's a bullshit ending, or if it's just that I'm not cut out for horror movies. I think it's a bit true that I'm not cut out for horror movies. I will often end up railing against grim horror movie endings, even when I can rationally acknowledge that they were narratively fitting. But in this case, I get the impression the narrative was a complete bait and switch. Like, they actively set up this survivor-stands-her-ground arc (which sounds like it was extremely badly executed, but still), and then at the last moment as the final piece of the picture is settling into place, they massacre (heh) the entire arc. Oh, you thought we were saying something here? You thought there was some kind of meaning here? Nope, no meaning! Pure sadistic, meaningless slaughter! From what I can tell, the ending doesn't feel like it fits the movie. Which hypothetically _could_ be it's own kind of thematic point, _if_ the writing were better. But I don't get the impression the writing came within a hundred miles of where it would've needed to be for that to work.

[@hanonondricek411]

​@@mayhit I agree. The problem with this movie is TCM is a nihilist narrative. Nobody's coming to help. There may be cops but they are ineffective (RIP Sally) or may be just as crooked as the maniacs. The bus massacre is a tour-de-force and exactly what it says on the tin - but I don't care about those people beyond "ow that looks painful..." And I'm not rooting for Leatherface _as we should not be._ The original was terrifying _without_ showing actual gore just based on the tone. This reboot somehow wants the audience to cheer the kills and chuckle at the social commentary and that's directly wrong. And the ending - probably one of the most gruesome and disturbing kills - it's actually a masterpiece effect shot how it doesn't cut away and it's _so_ matter of fact with no horror movie frosting: You liked this character and are glad she made it? Watch them saw her head off - end credits. It's almost French extremism which has a lot in common with the original TCM. As much as I hate the ending, it would have made more sense tone-wise if _Lila_ were the one pulled out of the car at the end. Melody racked up the most final-girl points and it's actually makes more nihilistic sense if Leatherface takes her sister from her (who by movie logic *should be* guaranteed plot armor via the flashbacks and parallels Leatherface losing his loved one) instead.

[@Spencer1Anne]

Yeah, I didn't watch the movie, but what she's showing of the ending in the review is horrifyfing and made my skin crawl. Like getting her head sawed off while screaming and her sister watching and screaming? Awful. Not fun.

[@hanonondricek411]

@@Spencer1Anne Yes it’s awful and is very exploitive of the audiences emotions and feels unfair after killing Sally and faking a modestly happy ending.

[@cassandrahill6153]

I was kinda happy when the sister got killed. I hated all of the main cast and was rooting for Leatherface

[@battypanic]

the one thing about this movie that really got me was that instead of chainsawing leatherface with the literal thing that he has killed multiple people with and ensuring that he is dead she just uppercuts him and is like "that's probably good enough"

[@effarig4017]

The set-up for the ending with the Tesla auto-drive and the opening of the sun roof for no reason. I can't get over how awful that is .

[@solaceskies1]

It was more like how could the characters be so dumb and what was the point of adding this last kill tbh.

[@matman000000]

Also how long did they sit around after defeating Leatherface? It was pitch black when they entered the building, but bright morning when they got to the car and the sun was pretty high up. What happened in those 2-3h?

[@thevirginmarty9738]

Apparently, Leatherface has Wolverine's regeneration and Nightcrawler's teleportation.

[@lovexjaymes]

I was shocked by the genuine laugh that came out of me with that ending. Who the hell does THAT when you’re exiting a town you literally almost died in?!?! HILARITY! 😂

[@TalentCaldwell]

Isn’t Leatherface like 80 years old by now?! 1974 was 48 years ago.

[@DefinitelyNotCursedPen]

"Try anything and you're canceled bro" I am dead. I was holding up without laughing and then... This line.

[@1997residente]

Ironically, there is a 50th anniversary of The Godfather and a shitty remake of Texas Chainsaw massacre ... "Look how they massacred my boy"

[@ozla3489]

Every time a movie tries to introduce influencers/social media into the plot, an angel falls. No but really, it’s becoming so common and it always take a bad movie and makes it worse. It’s always so poorly done and nowhere based in reality. Even the way parasocial relationships are written and portrayed are always so cringe and completely unfounded. It’s like a 50 year old man wrote what he thinks the Internet and influencers are like in our day to day lives. Because it is written by a 50 year old man lmfao

[@Domek971]

Not just movies, games too. Check out borderlands 3

[@tristanhartup4936]

Someone else said this before in another person's review of this movie, this movie's biggest issue is that it doesn't know what it wants to be, there are parts where it seems like it's trying to be a worthy follow-up to the original, but other times it feels more concerned with being a satire of modern America and internet culture.

[@pineapplexandra]

My friend and I watched this when it came out and we were losing it the entire time. I don't know what that says about us either, but it was a hilarious movie. A lot of the actual kill effects were fun too. 10/10 Looking forward to the sequel announcement.

[@jewelsdragonfly]

That confrontation scene in the movie was so bizarre. He just walked away with the shotgun pointed at him and she didn't pull the trigger!

[@stevegeorge6880]

As a horror movie fan and influencer, one who is both an audience and a potential star, they really should have tapped you for ideas on this.

[@makaveli4205]

The 80s was the horror decade. Nothing will ever come close. I grew up in horror section at the VHS rental stores. Miss those days.

[@Happymali10]

They had to "greek" the Tesla (make it "unrecognizable"), but they were at a level of don't care that they literally just put some silver tape that any grip has lying around on the steering wheel to cover the badge.

[@clare2727]

Watched it with my best friend the day Netflix released it and she hadn't watched any of the previous movies and it was single handedly the funniest experience, we agreed that the ending was absolutely iconic and solidified that the Tesla was the best character in the movie.

[@CommissarMitch]

"Try anything and you're cancelled bro" It sounds and feels like such a boomer thing

[@SaRENRampaiger]

nah. more like Gen Z/selfie Millenials to me.

[@eliseduda2948]

right?? this entire movies feels SO much like it's through the lens of how boomers think the world works

[@peenprincess]

@@SaRENRampaiger no, that’s how boomers THINK millennials & gen z talk.

[@christinemccullough8765]

@@SaRENRampaiger You also sound like a Boomer.

[@BrotherAlpha]

1:30 ... You know a franchise has issues when you can get laughs just by saying all of the instalments and their connections to each other.

[@Hellohellonada]

But hey, Matthew McConaughey was in one of em with Renée Zellweger.

[@simi_xd4990]

19:13 "What ever happened to the good old days of people just being cannibals?" that's it, that's the best line I EVER heard!!

[@msimms1917]

i didn't hate it. But i also didn't expect literally anything from it, so there's that, lol. Definitely laughed a lot, suspended disbelief a lot, and enjoyed the bloody kills.

[@aaronnerswick2223]

okay ill be honest i'm a huge fan of the texas chainsaw franchise but i see where you're coming from. i liked it coming from me being a huge slasher because the gore in it was fantastic but as a movie standpoint writing acting etc, it was a mess. i felt bring back the original character from the original and just killing her off was in a way a middle finger to the audience. i will say also that i think the 2003 film is fantastic and i prefer it over the 1974 and i think its one of the greatest reboots in film. i felt the 74 version was just a bit of a snuff film but the 2003 has a ton of suspense and i liked how we saw the backstory and the family of leatherface and it was so tense throughout and R. Lee Ermey in a way was more scarier then leatherface in my opinon. overall the 2003 is by far the best film in the whole series.

[@courtneyallison4955]

I've never wanted to watch a movie less lol. Your commentary is hysterical. They took every rural stereotype they could think of and packed it into this awful movie lol.

[@christianwise637]

"If you pay homage, you've made a good movie." I see the makers of this film graduated from the "J. J. Abrams school of sequel-making". Honestly, this film sounds so crass and tasteless in how incompetently it handles its subject matter, I'm not sure whether to find it hilarious or offensive (or possibly both)

[@Monanged]

For me this movie was a boomer's representation of what millennials are in their eyes. The characters are so "edgy" and annoying, like a blown up and exaggerated version of us and it annoyed me. It really felt like the people that made the movie hates young people and wants to show how ridicule they are in their eyes

[@cyclingweakly3627]

Given where the original film lands in the timeline of horror, I honestly feel that a lot of the tropes that became standard in its wake were introduced to rationalise its visceral, non traditional narrative and provide audiences with a sort of yellow gothic for subsequent slasher films. Villains had narrative rules, the genre had unspoken rules, therefore any story housed a rational outcome to non rational things. As long as film makers trade on that cinematic literacy, particularly in the post Scream and internet landscape, there can never be a true sequel to Chainsaw and nor does there need to be.

[@batatadocecomketchup]

Netflix makes a comedy series* Amanda: not that funny Netflix makes a horror movie* Amanda: ha, hilarious, best laugh I ever had

[@tmntaddict]

***Netflix❤❤ Thank you for clearing up the timeline because I couldn't figure out why this was called a sequel. The only part I thought was "awesome" was Leatherface's silhouette on the corner as the bus passed. Otherwise the cliches need to...just....go away(although I was shocked no one tripped). I guess this movie was really the first one to have a massacre because even the director said about the bus scene, "the massacre starts." For a franchise inspired by Ed Gein, this film gained overall nothing.

[@stucrew7232]

The Timeline is a total mess.

[@itwasok]

the "try anything and you're cancelled, bro" is almost as bad as the "You can now kiss each other... or do whatever will get the most likes on Instagram" from the last episode of 'Just Like That' Disappointment all around.

[@MFBooks-gy5nz]

Something that I found funny was before the fiancé was killed, the subtitles referred to her as ‘Dante’s fiancé’! she mattered so little to the story that even the subtitles were like ‘eh like you even remember her name!’

[@HappyKat-wc4ld]

I have never watched any of these movies but I still screamed no when he ran through the old lady with the maniacal laugh 😵 I am so glad these horror movie reviews exist since I am interested in the stories but can't handle watching them without added humor and censorship 😂

[@yirico92]

I always love watching your movie commentary because your thoughts mirror mine almost 100% of the time. This movie was enjoyable for the most part even with all its stupid moments (aside from it having one of the worst endings I’ve ever seen haha). I can even see myself watching it again it was honestly pretty fun with great kills! I still wouldn’t rate it higher than a 5/10 or anything but for a very stupid movie that didn’t need to be made and I had negative expectations for I was pleasantly surprised

[@rouju]

Amanda's "happiness" is contagious I can't help but also laugh ha ha. Thanks for the entertainment in this hard time young Jedi

[@ellenmint]

Ha ha! Hi Amanda, I was one of the people behind the Feral Hog books. Mine was an MM shifter called Hog Wild. My friend did Feral Hogs and we published them at the same time. That shoutout slayed me as I've been watching you for years.

[@spicoli_1117]

I knew I wouldn't like this movie when I saw the word 'influencers' in the Netflix description

[@Julie-ep6yk]

"Where's Sidney?" Exactly Amanda!!! Sidney Prescott best final girl, it's true!!!

[@CrazeeAdam]

It's a shame the last even good Texas Chainsaw Massacare movie was like in 2003. I consider the reboot with Jessica Biel to be pretty good. And everything that came after is just...meh

[@jax_firestorm9689]

I really appreciate that you used the cowboy emoji to cover the decapitated heads. I really, really, REALLY loved it.

[@Kiddo_williams]

I thought I was the only one who found this movie horrible. From the annoying two main leads. Somehow guns are never loaded Somehow leatherface can take shotgun rounds to the body as if he’s Michael Myers. Somehow they thought it was a good idea to rip off Halloween 2018. Somehow the car is turning at the end of the movie. They wasted Sally’s character instead of shooting leatherface she talks to him as if he remembers her. He’s literally a manbaby who just kills. These are examples of why this movie is horrible and I can’t believe I see people asking for sequel to how horrible this movie was. Also let’s not forget the woke social commentary that just doesn’t fit in the movie at all with the poorly developed characters.

[@thrawnsbane]

The car is on autopilot

[@Kiddo_williams]

@@thrawnsbane okay maybe I missed that detail but even then this movie was awful. I mean I find hilarious how old girl is on the roof of the car crying for her sister 🤣🤣🤣

[@SquirrelNutkins]

@@Kiddo_williams they highlighted the autopilot feature quite blatantly at the beginning and the end.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

They could of at least thought about the shotgun rounds better by showing him stumbling about before finally getting offed by Sally. Of course, that would also need producers willing to have one movie and no more movies after. At least with that timeline.

[@Funeral_Attire]

I've never seen any of these movies but watching your reactions to it is amazing. I watched the original Hills Have Eyes and decided I didn't need body horror in my life.

[@NeroTheEmperor]

It was so bad that half way through it i found myself on my phone reading about armadillos.

[@darkdemonqueen]

Ha ha! So glad you’re talking about this. I can’t tell if I liked it or not because slashers usually get on my nerves because the whole premise is usually “stupid people doing stupid stuff to get themselves killed”! Also.... been listening to the mothership podcast!!! So good! 🥰

[@sindelscat9336]

I really hated how they wasted Sally like that.

[@filmfangirls9163]

YES.

[@sindelscat9336]

@@filmfangirls9163 yas

[@payt00n]

I don't find it canon in my book, She escaped to me and got therapy and that's the end of it for me, unbelievably garbage movie

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@payt00n plus didn't the creepy hitcher burn that pictures she was looking at? Did I miss something there?

[@bananatiergod]

They pretty much said "Let's do Laurie from Halloween 2018 but way worse"

[@SuperPal-tr3go]

I think the "Here's your flag" thing was some heavy-handed "You influencers are the real confederates" take. Which... wow. That is quite the take.

[@shayan6291]

I really didn't get that, and if what you said is what they meant to infer then...yikes

[@saganrox6163]

based dixie boy putting urban libs in their place with his chainsaw.

[@3-2bravo49]

@@shayan6291 let us all bow down to your moral superiority. There is a reason that people don't like you. I don't even know you and can tell that you are insufferable.

[@clarakf]

after seeing trixie and katya react to this movie, all I could think about was how I wanted amanda to make a video on it I can die happy now

[@MrBiggles53]

You obviously suffer a lot reviewing some of these movies; but that “I love it!” around 26:50 looked so happy!

[@izabellecfreitas8592]

Watched with my cousin the other day just straight out laughting, bowling my eyes out the ending had me in the projectile tears stage of laughter. Was laughting so hard that we had to watch the end TWICE i wish i could erase that movie from my memory just to watch it AGAIN ten out of ten am thinking of making an account on letterbox just to give it a positive review

[@LinhTran-uk2ee]

I am such a weenie and can’t watch movies like these, but I love the stories and tropes. Thank you for making these break-down videos!

[@Raicheru13]

Carrying a gun for feral hogs isn't totally out of the realm of reality depending on where you live. (This movie is still hella stupid.) My friend installs cellphone towers and he carries a side arm while working in remote areas due to panthers and bobcats. Ended up shooting an aggressive cow because it charged him. Don't underestimate wildlife's ability to f-up your sh*t when it wants. (He made an amicable deal with the cow's owner and we all got an email asking if we wanted steak. It was pretty tasty.)

[@Hessed3712]

That is amazing.

[@stucrew7232]

Yep, I've heard stories about the nasty hogs.

[@1911odisea]

A regular handgun definitely wouldn't stop a charging boar, which are semi-common where I live. Though I suppose a 'feral hog' is something a bit different.

[@ripvanwinkle6449]

I'm a Texan, and wild hogs are fucking dangerous. They can kill your dogs, easy, and if you're not careful, they can kill you too. Just put some bird shot into the thing if you see it.

[@desmondfedaykin8872]

What annoys me most about every Texas Chainsaw movie; real life chainsaw = a saw that cuts through wood faster than a handheld saw, Hollywood chainsaw = magic sword that cuts through anything instantly.

[@shannonlouiseh.9316]

From the second the cast of characters came on, I was rooting for Leatherface. The only one I didn't want to die was the mechanic. I don't blame him for how he acted at first. Those people were awful,and annoying as hell. I thought it was hilarious though. I laughed so hard at the kills,blood and gore .It was crazy,bonkers over the top 😂 not gonna lie I was so glad they all died. Everything else was awful like the people though. Story. Acting. Script. Props to the effects team, they went all out 😂 👍

[@maggiemcfly5267]

I couldn't get pass the first 5 minutes, that influencer girl was annoying AF, not even being aware that she would be killed eventually kept me watching 😂

[@shannonlouiseh.9316]

@@maggiemcfly5267 yeah I understand that. I stuck around bc I really wanted their deaths so so much. I laughed at everything. It def doesn't fall into the scary or great movie category.

[@CP-ir3ft]

Lila survived though

[@shannonlouiseh.9316]

@@CP-ir3ft I know. I was meaning the "town buyers" group. They were the obnoxious ones. Lila was not a part of their whole deal. She didn't want to be there and wasn't demeaning to people the way the others were.

[@CP-ir3ft]

@@shannonlouiseh.9316 ah oops my bad. i hated melody.

[@neptunereturns]

Your review/rant is so chaotic I'm stanning

[@BernardoCantu.]

I couldn't stop laughing throughout the whole film. Nothing made sense!

[@GingerMacLeod]

Thanks for covering this Amanda! TCM is one of my favorite franchises, and even when they’re not good movies, they’re still fun to talk about haha

[@800Ms-k6n]

Let's be real, when Netflix released that trailer, was anyone expecting this to be atleast good? 😂😂

[@grumpysphinx4911]

Lol after I watched the trailer I legit thought I'd dreamed it up the next day, I was like, "That can't be real, that HAD to have been some weird fever dream, right??? Oh my god no, they're actually making this movie 😆" Honestly though I enjoyed it, it was dumb and funny, felt like a nice light watch to turn your brain off to

[@CP-ir3ft]

not gonna lie, i was hyped lol

[@kimberlyterasaki4843]

Why is it so hard for people who aren’t Tobe Hooper to make a Texas Chainsaw Movie?!

[@SquirrelNutkins]

He made the second one too and that was shite. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@fanofeverything]

Wouldn't Leatherface be well into his 70s at this point? God damn he's in great shape

[@jkwellness1639]

After watching this during covid induced insomnia, all I was thinking was how awesome your review on this would be 🤣 you never fail to impress

[@Quiteinfamous]

I’m a scaredy cat so I like watching Amanda ease me in into what’s coming and making me laugh ❤️

[@moxiemaxie3543]

Whats coming? Its a slasher not a real horror movie. You think the leprechaun movie is scary ?

[@belluzinha7004]

The first one was so psychological. Don't know how we got HERE.

[@JackedThor-so]

This is totally unrelated, but I love your new setup! It's so cozy and well lit! 😌 ❤

[@macygriffin1558]

The painting in the back that says kill is quite delightful

[@cygone]

Thank you for giving this monstrosity the skewering it deserved. The funniest video on KZbin that I've seen in a long time. And it's not as if there's a lack of competition. Damn 😭

[@hada__02]

There are like 400% more TCSM movies than I initially thought… I thought only the first two and the new one were a thing. Also why are slasher movie franchise timelines like this?

[@Malik_Maverick]

This movie had soooooo much potential. Gentrification, urban vs rural values, child/elderly abuse, overuse of social media/phones, sisterhood, trauma, school shootings, racism/sexism. They could have made a brutal horror movie (the only real scene that I enjoyed was the bus scene) with well-done social commentary that juxtaposed conflicting sides (not necessarily egregiously “woke” but also not facetiously conservative - kind of a devil’s advocate and “mediator” for both sides). And it’s 2022, why are we not “double tapping/stabbing” our serial killers….?! Has Scream taught us nothing????!

[@lalareal180]

Aint NO ONE WANNA SEE NO DAMN HORROR movie with racism/sexism, sisterhood, trauma, etc SJW teaching points, take that ish over to Jordan Peeles lame movies ... Not in my house honey!

[@jazzycat8917]

@@lalareal180 This comment is incredible because just like the movie its impossible to tell if this a genuine take or a mockery of said take

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@jazzycat8917 Yeah.

[@sanai97]

A mediator? So a coward's film? There's no value in the right. To pretend that we should even tolerate it's a disgusting thought.

[@princeapoopoo5787]

@@lalareal180 Incredible how easy it is to willfully ignore the fact that many successful horror films dip into social commentary. if you're being serious, well, to each their own I suppose!

[@discussioncorner]

27:00 the closest thing thing i can think of is that when he runs her through and throws her into the garbage, the garbage helps with the pressure, keeping her from being completely game covered. gravity essentially.

[@BigZ7337]

Thanks for the video, if you're looking for more stuff to cover, you should check out Shut In. It's a surprisingly good micro-budgeted domestic horror film where a mother is stuck in the pantry causing her little daughter to take care of her baby while her ex-boyfriend's friend who happens to be a meth-adled pedo comes to pay a visit. I think that the way you breakdown a film would make a very interesting video on it. There's also a lot of crazy stuff you could talk about with behind the scenes shenanigans, where the movie was produced by The Daily Wire and is their first attempt to make films outside of Hollywood. I hate that a great film was made by crappy people, but there's a lot of stuff to talk about with it.