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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Gore Movie Release: 1986 DVD Release: 08/01/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 4 Genres: Horror, Horror Comedy, Slasher Film See Also: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [Gruesome Edition]

Over ten years after making the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper returns to his deranged family of reclusive cannibals for another round of chainsaw chases and non-stop screaming. Hooper brings a real budget this time (having recently directed Poltergeist for Steven Spielberg) and the talents of veteran make-up artist Tom Savini. This means he can make things bigger, louder, and gorier than ever before -- and they are. He also brings a wacky, self-deprecating sense of humor, as if deliberately flaunting Texas Chainsaw Massacre's status as one of the first and still greatest "splatter" movies. The result is an impish take-off on the original film (and contemporary horror movies in general) that elevates its own clichés -- buckets of blood and gore, droll dialogue, the screaming female lead -- to the level of high camp. The movie is loosely concerned with a small-town disc jockey named "Stretch" (Caroline Williams, who does most of the screaming) and an embittered Texas Ranger named "Lefty" (Dennis Hopper). They team up and decide to put an end to the murderous activities of the Sawyer family once and for all (that is, of course, until Texas Chainsaw Massacre III). The real highlight of the film is when Stretch and Lefty find their way into the Sawyer family hideout -- a ruinous, winding abattoir underneath an abandoned amusement park -- and engage in a chainsaw-battle-to-the-death with Leatherface (Bill Johnson) and the rest of the clan. Jim Siedow is back from the first film as the acerbic Drayton Sawyer, the family cook and owner of the Last Roundup Rolling Grill. Chop-Top (Bill Moseley) and Leatherface do most of the movie's dirty work. ~ Anthony Reed, All Movie Guide

Dennis Hopper - Lt. "Lefty" Enright
Caroline Williams - Vanita "Stretch" Brock
Bill Johnson - Leatherface
Jim Siedow - Drayton Sawyer the Cook
Bill Moseley - Chop-Top

Leatherface and his sadistic cannibal family are back for seconds in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Pt. 2. MGM has done a sub-par job on this 1.85:1 non-anamorphic widescreen transfer of the film. Fans will most likely be disappointed at how grainy and dirty this print of the film looks, with its lack of an anamorphic enhancement and a fair amount of imperfections and defects marring the image. The soundtrack is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround in English and sounds decent, if under-whelming. There is a small amount of distortion in this track, though otherwise it's clear of any excessive hiss. With fidelity and dynamic range lacking, this sound mix is bland and very boring. Also included on this disc are French and Spanish subtitles. The only extra feature included on this disc is a theatrical trailer for the film. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide