10 Underrated Horror Movies From The Early 2000s, According to Rotten Tomatoes
Collider, 08/21/2022 https://web.archive. ... rly-2000s/
Five young friends are on a road trip to go see a concert when they encounter a young woman on the road. She appears to be traumatized. Looking for help, the group runs into the homicidal Hewitt family. They find themselves running for their lives as chainsaw-wielding Thomas Hewitt (Andrew Bryniarski), Leatherface, chases them down.
The fact that the main critique of this film was its goriness despite having the words ‘chainsaw’ and ‘massacre’ in its title is perplexing. Several original film crew members, including cinematographer Daniel Pearl, returned to work on this one. His unsettling camera angles increase the feeling of dread and entrapment throughout the movie. The cast gave strong performances, but R. Lee Ermey’s interpretation of Sheriff Hoyt was unnerving.
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