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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 16. -
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Common Sense says
Hard to do worse than this extremely gory mess.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 16 and Under
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Parents need to know that this movie is not recommended for anyone under 17. Yes, kids love to be scared, but the violence here is so disturbingly realistic that it's too much for most older kids (and some adults) to handle. The various murders are definitely graphic (we get to see the flesh rip and the organs exposed) but the suicide scene is so disturbing that several people walked out of the theater immediately afterwards. Violence aside, there's still no reason to see this movie--the story doesn't make much sense, the acting is mediocre at best, and even at 98 minutes, it feels way too long. Bottom line: Save your money!
Read our full review by Common Sense Media Editors
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- Families can talk about the amount and type of violence in this horror film, and some of the more graphic films of today. Do you think it's possible for young people, and even adults, to become desensitized to violence by watching really violent films?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
HAHA
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
good for adults
horrible for tweens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
its all about the violence and the blood and the gore.
this movie is good but you should be 10+.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
its all about the violence and the blood and the gore.
this movie is good but you should be 10+.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
its all about the violence and the blood and the gore.
this movie is good but you should be 10+.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
its all about the violence and the blood and the gore.
this movie is good but you should be 10+.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
its all about the violence and the blood and the gore.
this movie is good but you should be 10+.
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
One of the best remakes in a long time
Ignore my past three reviews because I thought I was reviewing the original movie, but later found out this was the remake. I got a chance to finally see the movie, therefore I'm reviewing. This remake is certainly more enticing, more brutal, and more entertaining than the original. Fans of the original, including myself, will not be disappointed when viewing the original. The acting is well done and the movie is brilliantly directed. A great movie overall. One of my favorite remakes. The movie isn't surprisingly just based on Leatherface. It's a totally different synopsis. A group of teenagers travel to Mexico to get more pot but they pick up a hitchhiker. The hitchhiker then (spoilers) shoots her self (end spoilers). Then they try to call the police or "sheriff" their story and decides to go to a man's house to use their phone to try to call the police. The man agrees and the woman then uses the phone and the sheriff is suppose to arrive in thirty minutes. Unfortunately, the rest of her friends are held captive by the supposed "sheriff" that already arrived. (Spoilers again) Then the sheriff belongs to a psycho family that involves Leatherface (Spoilers end). For sexual content, there is some passionate kissing in the beginning, then they hesitate when Morgan tells them about sexually transmitted diseases. For violence and gore, a guy has his leg chain sawed and you see some blood spray. He then is taken to Leatherface's "layer" where he works, he then is seen in a pool of blood. A man is seen hung on a meat hook. A man is seen in a pool of blood. A girl puts a gun to her mouth and (spoilers) shoots herself. We see the large hole and blood. We see multiple chase scenes of Leatherface chasing after his victims with a chain saw. For profanity, there are at least 40 f words and its derivatives, but they come up abruptly. There are s words, a words, g words, some sexual references/innuendoes, a man makes a reference about a corpse that sometimes it feels "wet" down there. A man jokingly makes a reference about sexually transmitted diseases. For substance abuse, characters smoke and drink. Some discussions about pot. For social behavior, it's bad. A subplot involves Leatherface running around trying to kill people with a chain saw. Another subplot involves a psycho family holding people captive and trying to kill them. For commercialism, there is a chain saw used throughout the film and Leatherface is a big horror icon. I would recommend this film to people that can stomach some bloody kills and I recommend this film to horror fans. There is brief kissing and some sexual references. There are multiple bloody scenes of people being killed with a chain saw. There is profanity throughout the film and there is some drug content. Social behavior is iffy and there is brief consumerism. I rate this movie four stars, iffy, and my concerns are the excessive violence and the profanity. But that's expected in your typical horror movie.
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give it
Awesome flick!
The 2nd one was better, in my opinion. But this remake was definitely good, Jessica Biel did superb in this! She is an amazing actress, one of my faves. Very entertaining, not nearly as scary and gory as the second one, but all the chasing in this is scary enough! Hoyt is hilarious in both, the tea lady is awesome! 3.5/5 from me, fun to watch if you're a hardcore horror fan.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Sorry I'm reviewing the original not the remake
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it
The texas chainsaw massacre is disturbing, scary, and truly a classic
While TCM is overrated they got one thing right: it's disturbing, scary, and truly a classic. Sex/Nudity (On): None; Violence/Scariness (Pause): Most of the violence is off-screen but still intense. A guy gets his head smashed in (you hear a crunch), A girl is hung on a meat hook (the camera focuses on her head), A guy in a wheelchair gets cut up by a chain saw (this act if off-screen); Profanity (On): Just two uses of the b word; Social behavior (Off) there are killers; Commercialism (On) Not really a lot of advertisement; Substance use (On) No smoking or drinking
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
i love it when the hich hiker shoots herself with the gun in her mouth!
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
This is the BEST movie ever!
awesome movie with lots of blood.LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
best movie
this is my favorite movie, it was great - everyone should see it
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
A Very Good Remake
This movie was awesome IF you like very gory, blood-splatering, stomach churning gore. There were very many uses of GD(about ten times a second when the cop is around) and many intensley terryfing moments. I also recomend the prequel which I thought was just as good. A MUST SEE!!!
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
EWWWW....
This movie is so incredibly disgusting! I hated it so much I can't even describe it! -1000 stars! What a horrible, terrible movie! Such a waste of time and money! Ewww. Don't ever see this movie EVER! This movie should have been rated NC-17 for all the violence! Don't watch it!!!!!
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| 100% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
| 100% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
| 100% | of parents say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking |
| 100% | of parents say they notice product placement |
| 100% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
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