On Oct. 1, 1974, director Tobe Hooper released one of the first slasher films, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Leatherface, aka Bubba Sawyer, was the first face of a new horror genre. But after 48 years, Hollywood should let this cannibal retire from the meat industry.

Way back in the 1986 sequel, Bubba and his family appeared to be killed by the sole survivor, Vanita. It seemed like the end of the series. But soon enough Bubba came back from the rubble of his concrete death trap for more in a third movie – followed by the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh.

Now Netflix has arrived with an eighth movie, again named The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It is all blood, but no bite. Bubba has an adopted mother in a ghost town he’s not even from; it doesn’t help that this lacks an explanation. How did he meet this random woman?

And there is this problem that dates to the third movie: If he survived his death from the second movie, why didn’t his brothers? 

Unlike the first movie, this installment is bloody and full of gore to the point it’s boring. It’s predictable when people are going to die, the blood is excessive, and overall the movie is difficult to enjoy.

Bubba has no motive to kill other than his foster mother dying, but he takes it out on the townspeople who have nothing to do with her death. At least in the first movie, he killed for his family’s safety.

Another problem with this movie is that it tries too hard to use “Gen Z” slang. When Bubba kills some people on a bus, others rush onto it, pull out their phones and start live streaming and recording him. “You’re gonna get canceled for this,” they say. 

Typically, when something traumatic is brought into a movie’s storyline, the main character overcomes that trauma. This movie uses very serious topics like school shootings just for the sake of shock value. Using something horrific just for shock value doesn’t sit well with people.

Meanwhile, this movie tries to be too politically correct, including a reference to Black Lives Matter that has no part of the plot. 

This Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie might be good for those who don’t know the series. Those who happen to like the original film should skip this new version to avoid being bored.