{"id":36121,"date":"2023-10-31T22:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T22:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2038081"},"modified":"2023-10-31T22:10:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T22:10:30","slug":"31-days-of-horror-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/31\/31-days-of-horror-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Days of Horror \u2013 \u2018Texas Chainsaw Massacre\u2019 (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remaking a classic horror movie is a fool’s errand.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just ask Gus Van Sant, who faced a critical firestorm for his shot-for-shot remake of “Psycho.”<\/a> Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” do-over deserved every negative adjective hurled at it.<\/p>\n

For every successful makeover – 1988’s “The Blob”<\/a> – we get duds like “The Omen<\/a>” and “Child’s Play<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The 2003 update on “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” didn’t make anyone forget the original shocker. Critics weren’t too kind to the remake, either, giving it a horrific 37 percent “rotten” score at Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

The film may have been unnecessary on paper, but it still delivers what horror fans crave. Terror. Fear. Chainsaws. And a scrappy, relentless “final girl.”<\/p>\n

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That honor fell to Jessica Biel, a then-rising star eager to scream in the grand horror movie tradition. She plays Erin, one of a small group of friends who pick up the wrong hitchhiker en route to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert.<\/p>\n

Didn’t they watch the original film?<\/p>\n

The friends find themselves at a creepy home off the main road, a dwelling where unspeakable horrors await them.<\/p>\n

You know what happens next, but director Marcus Nispel frames it for maximum impact. Nispel can’t outdo the original or recreate the sense of unease it delivered to the movie-going public. So he created a thrill ride with Biel guiding the way.<\/p>\n

It’s hardly an actor’s showcase, but the future star knows exactly what the genre demands.<\/p>\n

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The 2003 version also offers R. Lee Ermey doing what he does best as a dastardly law man – chewing all the scenery he can. The supporting players include a solid Eric Balfour and the typically intense Jonathan Tucker.<\/p>\n

Biel was kind enough to share her audition reel for the film with her Instagram followers.<\/p>\n

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