No resolution, no epilogue, it doesn't even finish the climax. It's disappointing because the few times it tries to scare, it genuinely works, and it makes you wish there was more of it.
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The original was full with some of the best scares in cinematic history, while this film only attempts it once or twice. This film proves that he still had an understanding for good camerawork and sudden thrills, like a scene where Leatherface leaps from darkness in the middle of a 10 minute dialog scene. Tobe Hooper has had a very lackluster career in fact, I might even say he's only ever made one great film, that being the original TCM.
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Hopper later went on to claim that his role in this movie was the worst of his entire career, and I can certainly see why he'd say that. In fact, most of the characters are pretty well written and acted, with the exception fin Dennis Hopper, who is easily the worst thing about this movie and a complete waste of an excellent actor. The character of Chop-Top is also a nice addition to the film, and I found his introduction to the movie where he rambles on about nonsense for 10 minutes while picking at his scalp with a shirt hanger to still be in the same macabre vein as the first. Scenes where Leatherface forces a girl to dance with him while she wears the skinned face of her best friend like a mask are remescent of the nightmare-like trances from the first. To me, the film is certainly tongue-in-cheek and doesn't take itself seriously, mostly with Dennis Hopper's bombastic climax, but it's still layered in horror, darkness, and disturbing imagery. Even years ago I remember the film being much sillier and even slapsticky than it was just last night. Many have expressed negative feelings towards the goofy comedic tone, but I personally didn't feel too much of that in the film. Years have gone by before I finally saw it again for a second time just last night, and while it's certainly not better or anywhere near close to being as good as the original, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 really isn't that bad of a movie. I saw this film in my early teenage years and absolutely hated it.