“Leatherface” is the third entry in the abysmal “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” franchise. This one lacks the gritty look of the first and the humour of the second one. As much as I disliked the earlier films, I at least had a certain appreciation for their commitment to their styles but this one just feels uninspired.

A couple from California are travelling through Texas when they encounter a band of psychopaths including Leatherface (R.A. Mihailoff “Licence To Drive”). They must try to survive this terrifying ordeal and escapes the clutches of the killers. It’s pretty much the same as the original film.

Most of the acting in this movie is really unimpressive. A young Viggo Mortensen (“Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”) plays one of the characters. It’s pretty funny to see somebody that would become such a big star appear in a shlock horror flick. The killers are really forgettable this time around. Leatherface spends time playing a little computer game to learn spelling. The first movie at least made him seem somewhat intimidating but the sequels turned him into a joke. Nobody gives a good performance in this movie but then again, the material they have to work with is pretty darn terrible.

“Leatherface” is not the worst entry in the series (it’s certainly not as bad “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation”) but it’s pretty darn awful. It’s not scary and also, it cuts away during a lot of the violent sequences so people that watch these movies for the gore are going to be disappointed. There’s nothing new on offer here, it’s just more of the same ideas you saw in the other films. It’s not the shocking picture that the original was, it’s just a generic horror flick and I cannot really think of any reason to recommend this to anybody.