Review: LEATHERFACE (2017)

I sat down yesterday and watched Leatherface , the prequel to 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and 2013's Texas Chainsaw 3D . I had heard a lot of mixed reactions for Leatherface on social media, mostly tipping the negative side of the scale. Despite retconning the entire series and muddying up the timeline, I am a fan of Texas Chainsaw 3D -- so, yeah, I was a little bummed out when I found it this new one was a prequel to the '74 classic. I had medium-to-high hopes, though, because the director duo previously made a fantastic and tension-heavy film with Inside . And, well, here was my initial tweet regarding my first thoughts... I’m 4 minutes and 48 seconds into Leatherface (2017) and, man, this is a bad movie. — Nick Meece (@nickmeece) September 26, 2017 Yeah, the opening was that bad. However, the film did manage to get a little better. A little. In what I can only argue is a completely pointless and unnecessary film and adds absolutely no