
Radio DJ Vanita 'Stretch' Brock's open request night is plagued by the annoying phone pranking of two road tripping, party-hard, hoodlums, but things take a disturbing turn when the hoodlums meet their demise at the hands of familiar chainsaw wielding maniacs. With the entire gruesome ordeal recorded on tape, Stretch seeks out the help of a former Texas Marshall who's on a personal quest of vengeance against this family of cannibals. While at first he turns her down, he event... (Full plot summary below)
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Radio DJ Vanita 'Stretch' Brock's open request night is plagued by the annoying phone pranking of two road tripping, party-hard, hoodlums, but things take a disturbing turn when the hoodlums meet their demise at the hands of familiar chainsaw wielding maniacs. With the entire gruesome ordeal recorded on tape, Stretch seeks out the help of a former Texas Marshall who's on a personal quest of vengeance against this family of cannibals. While at first he turns her down, he eventually decides to use her tape to his advantage, asking her to air it during her request block- effectively baiting the cannibals to the radio station where he'll personally deal with them.
Leave your thoughts about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanTCM 2 works because it's a complete original. You never know from minute to minute where it's going to go, and that unpredictability keeps you riveted for every single second. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeNothing says subversive like a good horror film, and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is as subversive as they come. |
| MovieholeClint Morris'Bloody' good fun....Hooper's still the man when it comes to horror |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonA good deal gorier and more disturbing than the original. Certainly it's far better than the soulless 2003 remake. |
| EmpireSimon CrookIn Tobe Hooper’s sequel, the toolkit cannibals are living under a theme park. The mood follows suit, pitched as Evil Deady black comedy. The first third is terrible; the rest judders with abrasive, ultra-demented splatter. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Seems intent on mocking the first film, rather than paying respect to it and sewing a new narrative. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawSociety is restored as before, but it's a society based on victims and victimizers. De Sade rewrites Darwin. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonSuccess of the low budget Chain Saw in 1974 spawned a generation of splatter films which largely have lost the power to shock and entertain. Not so Chain Saw 2. Director Tobe Hooper is back on the Texas turf he knows. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasHooper's abrasive satire on yuppiedom and excess, centering on a brilliantly deranged Dennis Hopper as a Texas ranger looking to avenge the death of his invalid brother, stands out for its unbridled gore and comic mayhem. It just isn't terribly fun to watch. |
| BBC.comJason WoodGratuitously violent, and none too subtle (it lacks the subversive qualities of the original) it's also undeniably funny, maniacally energetic fare with a liberal smattering of enjoyable set-pieces. |