I have to say this one looks... ick.
The first one was great due to the camp factor, which it had in spades. Had several of those nice moments that make you jump. And, of course, it was original as hell for the time. The also went through the van load of kids like Oprah with a bucket of KFC.
The new one looks to have slicked things up, naturally. Not sure if it'll be able to replicate the tension and trills of the original, but with Hollywood today, I doubt it. The scene where Leatherface opens the door and grabs the first of the kids gave me a good jump! Of course they Politically Corrected the group of travelers and the killers. (Who else groaned when they saw the female hitchhiker?)
Can't say how it'll be right now, but based on 75% of recent remakes, I think it'll just serve to remind us why the original was so damned cool.
-- Jack
There is no audience for this film, because retarded monkeys don't have money.
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL, on Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd