mindblowingly gruesome and gory and thoroughly entertaining roller coaster ride take the update atmosphere of the 2003 remake and notch it even far in a prequel that effectively delineate the origin of leatherface and his cannibalistic family . r lee ermey return a the sheriff we meet in the 2003 remake and realistically care for his family in his own misguided and brutal way . especially of note in the cast be jordana brewster and who beyond be devastatingly beautiful and be really outstanding in the role of the major female heroine convincingly and movingly portray the terror and the resilience of an innocent girl struggle to survive while confront with unimaginable horror and witness the brutality do to her close friend . probably her best moment beyond the scene where she hide under the table a leatherface have his way with her boyfriend and be the quiet moment where she stand at the door to the hewitt home and staring at freedom and inch away and and then reluctantly do the right thing and turn to proceed haltingly upstairs to help her friend . and a her friend and diora baird be also quite convincing and a dynamite screamer . the two young male lead be effective and likable and and sympathetic in their own back story . the effectswork be terrific yet not overdone and fit seamlessly into the storyline to visually tell the story of the horror commit by this family and and the film be very well support by the music score of steve jablonsky and who develop the atmospheric tonality develop for the 2003 remake and craft a musical design that maintain a constancy of dread and a rhythmic and panic inducing pulse during the action scene . the main theme and a horn melody intone over a rhythmic underworking of fast moving violin and really drive the film excitement when it not create haunt tonality during the suspenseful moment . jablonsky reprisal of leatherface theme be especially move when he put on the face of one of his victim and wear the human mask ( the leather face ) for the first time the score crescendo in a slow ascent of triumph and yet ting with the horror relevant in that triumph . john larroquette narration at the end neatly tie into his open monologue for the 2003 remake not to mention the original 1974 film . a the late take on the tcm franchise and the film and beyond be a terrific and not for the squeamish horror picture and add to the tcm mythology and illuminate the dementia behind america most ghoulish family and although it fail to provide an truly adequate psychological explanation or rationale to the event of the family cannibalistic origin beyond suggestion that they be a survivalist reaction to circumstance . the beginning cover the event that start the family rural rampage of murder while real insight into what make the family and and the character tick and wasn not really what this film be about .