Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- frantic
- lurid
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a generic, poorly acted franchise sequel with occasional effective 3D scares and a somewhat more unpredictable climax.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Heather's inheritance links her directly to the Sawyer family and recontextualizes Leatherface's place in the franchise.
Heather receives a Texas mansion while uncovering the violence attached to her bloodline and its basement.
The production foregrounds 3D-enhanced jump scares, chainsaw attacks, and blood-driven climactic imagery.
The inherited mansion and its underground basement conceal the terrors driving Heather's investigation.
Films like Texas Chainsaw 3D, and why
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
shares rural slasher conventions, chainsaw violence, family trauma, and an isolated house setting
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
shares legacy-sequel mythology, inherited family secrets, graphic home-invasion terror, and a masked killer
Scream 4
shares a young woman confronting a violent family legacy through a bloody slasher narrative
Movie Details
- Director
- John Luessenhop
- Release Date
- 2013-01-03
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (1865)
Cast
- Alexandra Daddario
- Dan Yeager
- Trey Songz
- Tania Raymonde
- Paul Rae
- Thom Barry
- Scott Eastwood
- Shaun Sipos
- Richard Riehle
- Keram Malicki-Sánchez
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- YouTube TV, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Texas Chainsaw 3D about?
- A young heir investigates a Texas mansion and discovers that her family inheritance is bound to a chainsaw-wielding legacy of rural slaughter.
- What is Texas Chainsaw 3D like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Texas Chainsaw 3D as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Texas Chainsaw 3D violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Texas Chainsaw 3D as graphic.
- What did critics think of Texas Chainsaw 3D?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a generic, poorly acted franchise sequel with occasional effective 3D scares and a somewhat more unpredictable climax.
- Which films are like Texas Chainsaw 3D?
- Films with a similar feel include The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and Scream 4.
- How long is Texas Chainsaw 3D?
- Texas Chainsaw 3D runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch Texas Chainsaw 3D?
- In United States, Texas Chainsaw 3D streams on YouTube TV, Howdy Amazon Channel.
