Tobe Hooper's 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2' takes place a whole fourteen years after the original film, and stars Dennis Hopper as vendetta-seeking Liuetenant "Lefty" Enright, who is some sort of relative to the brother and sister from the first TCM. After an opening murder scene involving two college yuppies, Lefty has his chainsaw-hunting tale published in the local newspaper. In comes Stretch, played by Caroline Williams, a local disc-jockey who just happened to record the whole murder during her request skit. Lefty convinces Stretch to play the tape again, on live radio, in hopes of drawing out the psychos that are responsible. Of course, Leatherface shows up late in the night, and Lefty doesn't. The usual madness ensues, including a pretty rough scene in which a man gets hammered to death. Not much else worth mentioning. Well, actually, the scene where Leatherface puts L.G.'s severed face onto Stretch's face was really funny, for some odd reason. Maybe it was because Stretch looked so hilarious, and that she said, "No, it's wet!" But, come on!! Tobe obviously tried to make this movie soooo different from the first film, and that's more than okay, usually, but it just didn't work for me, and everyone else that I know finds this title to be one of the worst movies...ever. And it is, in my opinion, one of the worst. The set was nice, though. Lots of caves, tunnels, and Christmas lights, and Caroline Williams definitely turned in a good performance. But it's ultimately not worth your time. I'm sorry. I guarantee that the majority of general viewers will not be able to finish it. It's not that I don't support originality, I just think that this one tried to be so different, and it ultimately ended up just making fun of itself.
I do NOT recommend TCM2, unless, of course, you are watching them all sequentially. Other than that I would definitely skip this title. 1/10!
I do NOT recommend TCM2, unless, of course, you are watching them all sequentially. Other than that I would definitely skip this title. 1/10!
