It was neat to see the setup for the one that came before it (how the guy lost his legs, why the town is so empty, etc.). It's not really a "prequel" but more the other first half of a two-part remake of the original, since it had a elements and scenes directly inspired the the original (the girl jumping through glass, the creepy dinner scene). The whole movie was definitely nastier than the one before. Especially Leatherface becoming Leatherface. The sad part is it seemed like Leatherface just wanted to be normal but his crazy uncle made him do all that stuff. There's a lot of scenes where Leatherface seems to be having morality struggles...but they don't last long, lol.