48 years since the original, 19 years since the reboot and sandwich in 2 prequels for some flavor. Yes, another Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This time, Netflix is trying to bring Leatherface back from the dead…maybe Chop Top too, I doubt it. This is the 9th film in the franchise and all of them are pretty much the same. It’s the usual charcuterie board of horror: A group of teens end up at a remote farmhouse filled with cannibalistic, demented Texans. Cut, arrange, eat.
This time around the teens have been modernized to be “influencers”, which is not the worst thing in 2022. Apparently Leatherface has been hanging out in a ghost town for almost 5 decades. That’s unfortunately what happens when you slaughter everyone around. Ol’ Face has gotta be near 80 years old at this point, but still as spry and bloodthirsty as ever. From the trailer, it seems like he’s a bit more like Michael Myers with some supernatural leanings instead of just a big berzerker swinging a chainsaw or occasionally a heavy hammer.
Hey, if you like horror movies and the icons of the genre, you’ll like this and you’re already interested in seeing it. Hell, I’m interested in seeing it now that I’ve watched the trailer a few times and I don’t have to shell out any extra money for it. Free Horror in the gory days of late February, why not?!
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre debuts on Netflix February 18th.
