may contain some minor spoiler well kiddy and just get back from take in an afternoon matinée of the texas chainsaw massacre while the beginning and i get 4 word that best describe it represent brutal and gruesome and intense . the film be gory and more unrelenting than it predecessor from 2003. and actually we learn almost from the start and that leatherface isn not the antagonist who get the whole grisly ball of wax rolling and it be his uncle the sheriff wannabe ( play of course by lee remey ) . we be show the would be mother of thomas hewitt ( aka leatherface ) give birth to the deform child right on the floor of the slaughterhouse where she work . she abandon ( well and we be lead to believe it be her ) say child in the dumpster behind the slaughterhouse where he be subsequently discover by a hobo woman and take to his permanent place of residence . from there and we be show snapshot glimpse of his early childhood ( i use this next term very loosely ) development . fast forward to 1969 and where little tommy be now 30 year old and face cover virtually all the time with a dingy blue scarf and and of course he be employ at the local slaughterhouse where he refer to in usually hush tone a retard . all be well until the day when the place be shut down by the texas board of health for obvious and serious health code violation . the little town down in texas be now a ghostville usa because of the plant closing and the only inhabitant leave be the deranged hewitt clan ( sound just like michigan under governor granholm lol ) . during the remainder of the film we see how dear old uncle transform little tommy from a mere butcher of dead animal and into the chainsaw wield maniac we have all come to know and love so well . and a a pleasant bonus and we also be give glimpse into why the sheriff be such a twisted wacko . tcm for what it lack in suspense and it more than make up for with gruesome death and intensity and some gore and sheer madness . wait till you see how the old dude in the wheelchair ( from tcm 03 ) get in that exact condition ( both shocking and hilarious ) . some of the scene do mirror those from the original ( dinner table scene from tcm 74 ) and others from tcm 03. so yes and a little of tcm the beginning will feel like old hat but then again be not talk shakesphere here . i also think many will be surprise at the end of this film . be texas chainsaw massacre while the beginning as good a tcm 74. no . but it do offer one thing i wish the original 74 version have do . we find out exactly why and the family be cannibal and it have nothing to do with have the best bar b que either . this film be a good ( not great ) installment in the series . my only real complaint outside of the lack of suspense and be that we be never really show leatherface mug . i can not decide if that be a good thing or not or intentional on the director part to perhaps keep the mysterious aura of leatherface intact . side note represent i do hope this be the last of the tcm film because i feel there be nothing left of interest to do with this franchise that we haven not already see . bloodstone recommendation represent a good and noteworthy addition to the tcm legacy and definitely worth a look . bloodstone rating represent 8 . 0 .