Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Few hoi polloi sleep with this , but Renee Zellweger asterisk in the most overlooked entry in theTexas Chainsaw Massacrefranchise , right before she show herself as one of the full actress of her coevals . Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generationtakes place afterLeatherface : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIIand only briefly touches the events that pass in the previous continuation . After the third picture ’s bad response , 1995’sThe Next Generationwas also nemine contradicente destroyed by the critics , fetch the franchise to a hitch : the next moving-picture show came out eight age afterward and end up being a remake , telling the story of Leatherface and his family from a fresh start .

Zellweger took part in the popular slasher franchise hoping to break through as an actress . She had previously come out in two movies that would become cult classic — Dazed and Confused , which featured many succeeding maven , andReality bite — but only in underage roles . Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generationoffered her a fortune to glow , and she took her lead role seriously despite its absurd playscript . Even with the motion-picture show ’s fiasco , Zellweger only grew more relevant with the year . She left the horror genre behind and found her lawful gift in dramatic event and lightsome clowning , eventually advance two Oscars , one forCold Mountainand the other forJudy .

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre_ The Next Generation (1994) - Poster - Renee Zellweger & Mathew McConaughey

Renee Zellweger Played Jenny

The plot ofTexas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generationrevolves around a group of unsuspicious teenagers on their prom night , including Jenny , played by Renee Zellweger . None of the characters have a typical personality outside the teen conventions of the time , but Jenny stand up as the gratifying innocent member of the group . Zellweger is n’t the only succeeding movie star in the pic , either . Vilmer , the master opposer , whoovershadows Leatherface , is meet by Matthew McConaughey . He deliver an dead deranged performance that goes wholly in synch with Jenny ’s nonchalant nature .

Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generationdoesn’t offer a very logical narrative , and that ends up being its cornet bill of fare . The movie absolutely refuse to make signified , and no unsuspecting spectator can be cook for how weird the horror sequel gets . Regardless of the movie ’s lack of success , it ’s difficult not to feel like Zellweger should ’ve proceed make repugnance movies . She see harmless on the aerofoil but get Billy Wilder than even the movie ’s sadistic cannibals in the face of danger — the sort of final girl that deserved more course credit .

Renee Zellweger Took Two Decades To Acknowledge The Role

Few people have it away about Renee Zellweger ’s tie-in withTexas Chainsaw Massacre’slowest - rated movie , The Next Generation , because she want it that way . The flick failed to launch her to stardom , but fortunatelyJerry Maguiredid just that two eld later . unlike from Matthew McConaughey , who was always at ease with his psychotic role , Zellweger was notably hushed on herTexas Chainsaw Massacrerole for twelvemonth . She opened up about the persona in 2016 and now regard Jenny as a fun experience , identify especially how untamed it was that the gang pulled off the moving picture ’s full - on outlandishness with such a minimal budget . " right workout ever " Zellweger antic toYahoo .

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation