Okay, I know what you’re thinking: What’s with the over-abundance of remakes and everlasting additions to horror series?

But before I get to the “meat” of the story, I must first declare that “Texas Chainsaw 3D” is not a remake.

Despite being the seventh installment of the “Texas Chainsaw” franchise, it can actually be considered the first official sequel to director Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic, believe it or not.

“TC3D” kicks off with a flashback to the acclaimed original, reminding audiences of the nightmare Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) and her friends endured after stumbling upon a family of cannibalistic sadists. Immediately following this brief retrospect, director John Luessenhop initiates his vision of the story right where Hooper’s left off.

Enraged by the tragedy of the butchered teens, rowdy locals take justice in their own hands and scorch the Sawyer house to the ground, ridding society of the infamous abysmal family, or so they thought.

Years following the appalling event, the story shifts gears and spotlights Heather Miller (Alexandra Daddario), a young woman flourishing in the art scene and trying to make ends meet. Learning that she inherited a house in the small town of Newt, Texas, after her grandmother’s passing, she was destined to take a road trip to her prized possession with a few friends. Little does Heather know the house is not her sole inheritance, but a dark secret that lurks in the estate’s dreary cellar.

The evolution of Leatherface has seen many different “faces” and statures. The portrayal of the chainsaw-wielding maniac by Gunnar Hansen, who carried his character to forever become a horror icon, relied much on implied violence to stimulate the mind. But with Dan Yeager portraying the older, yet most brutal antagonist among the series, “TC3D” is, hands-down, the most aggressive in on-camera imagery to stimulate the feeling of nausea.

Daddario can be tagged as employing the most credibility within her character as compared to the protagonist pack. With the casting of Trey Songz and Tania Raymonde to emphasize the “sleaze” factor of the film as the greatest downfall throughout, only does their roles shed a bit more excitement when they become tallies on Leatherface’s board of victims.

“TC3D” can be deemed as unorthodox to the rest of the franchise’s following. Luessenhop certainly spins the story’s finale to establish a sense of sentiment, as well as suit the phrase “the saw is family.”