Giving Leatherface a sad backstory is the dumbest direction yet for the Chain Saw series

Stephen Dorff stars in a prequel to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Not bad, but not really necessary, either.

French directing duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury craft a respectful origin story for the long-running 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' horror franchise with...

Like a lot of long-running horror franchises, “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” series has become a tangle of rehashes and reboots — mostly dire and unins...

Sadly, the makers of Leatherface didn't put enough thought into a sleepy story that could easily be titled I Was a Teenage Leatherface.

The chainsaw wielder from Texas gets a surprisingly effective origin story.

The film is a surprisingly welcome addition to the Texas Chain Saw Massacre herd

Grimy and mean-spirited, this prequel brings nothing to the legendary cannibal's table

This “origin story” is a somewhat mixed bag, but it’s also an earnest and well-crafted attempt at franchise course-correction.

Who hasn’t wondered what the guy from Texas Chainsaw Massacre was like as a kid?

Leatherface is an origin story that attempts to carve new mythos for one of horror's mightiest legends, but ends up leaning on franchise references and bleak...