Ever since the plot details for the next installment in the Leatherface saga were announced, I have been very excited and supportive of the film. There's been a lot of hatred hurled towards it already, which is natural for any new installment in any beloved franchise, but I have personally yet to see anything about the movie that's not worth being excited about (aside from the 3D aspect, but no one's gonna force me to watch it in 3D). I absolutely love the idea of a direct sequel finally being made to the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a totally ambitious and ballsy move that I can't help but fully get behind. I dig each and every film in the Chainsaw franchise, for different reasons, and I think it's so cool that all these years later, we're finally going to be fed a continuation of that original story that we all know and love. Oh and that poster is fucking awesome. And it's got Bill Moseley in it. Which is also fucking awesome.
While details have been kept well hidden under wraps throughout the year (it wasn't until last week that we even saw the first screen grab!), the trailer for the film, now simply titled Texas Chainsaw 3D, finally hit the net this morning. I'm sure you've already watched it by now, but here it is for those who may have missed it, along with my early thoughts on the film, now that we've actually seen footage from it!
First thought? Remember when that movie called The Thing came out last year, and we were all promised it was going to be a prequel to Carpenter's movie, but it was really just a cleverly disguised remake of that movie? That's kinda how I'm feeling about this one right about now. Chainsaw 3D looks to me like it's more or less another remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, only going around wearing the flesh mask of a sequel to the 1974 flick, as a way of luring in and enticing all of us hardcore fans of that movie, and avoiding the fan hatred that comes along with anything dubbed a 'remake'. Judging the film solely based on this 2 and a half minutes of footage, which of course isn't really all that fair, it looks to be more of the same type stuff we were given with the Chainsaw remake and its prequel. In fact, it almost looks exactly like the awesome 2003 remake, only with a different cast.
The main thing I was most excited about in regards to this movie was the promise that it would pick up right after the final moments of Chainsaw '74, and I was hopeful that the film would entirely take place back in the 70's, right after those events. But it looks like the movie is going to jump ahead to the present day after what will probably be a brief set in the 70's intro, and essentially from there turn into nothing more than another Chainsaw flick, with a different cast of characters coming face to face with Leatherface and his big ass chainsaw. Meh, not the vibe I was expecting from this, though I guess the film I had built up in my head for the past several months was a little too good to be true. I guess I knew I was expecting way too much fan service from this one, but the trailer doesn't even indicate in the least that this is the 'direct sequel' we were promised, which makes me sad. Unless of course by 'direct sequel' they meant 'a remake of the remake'.
That being said, I personally am a big fan of the Chainsaw remake, and I dug the prequel too, so I'm still totally on board for this one. It may not be exactly what I was hoping for, but I'm always down for some good old fashioned slicing and dicing action, courtesy of my main man Leatherface. So color me interested and still a bit excited, just not as excited as I was before watching this trailer. What else is new though?
Leave a comment below with your thoughts on the trailer!
**Back in June, I interviewed Dan Yeager, the man who is playing Leatherface in this film. Head back in time to check that out, if you missed it!**
11 comments:
I agree. Another glossy sequel/remake, but I'm still on board. I'm a glutton for punishment it seems, but those few peaks of Leatherface and the carnival got me grinning.
Well, one must remember that the remake was meant to be in 74, so bringing it into the 21st century can be a kind of fun thing. The only problem being that that would make leatherface, like 60 years old. We will see.
Looking forward to "Leatherface in space in 2017", it's bound to happen :P
Yea, I'm really wondering how they're gonna work out the whole time line here. Like you said, Leatherface has gotta be pretty damn old at this point, if this movie does in fact take place in the present day. Gotta be more to all of this than meets the eye, but I guess we'll just have to wait till January!
Looks like just another flashy turd, so common in the genre these days: all flash and no substance.
Also, this is literally the fourth time they have rebooted this franchise.
Snore....
Maybe this'll turn out to be Leatherface's son? l'm all in, nonetheless.
Sounds a bit bait and switch now...still, Leatherface has fared considerably better in retrospect than his slasher brethren. The Nightmare remake was pretty despised (though I still appluad Jackie Earle Haley), lots of fans were divided over Rob Zombie's Halloween installments...Jason came back from space alright, but it still felt like every single Friday the 13th ever...almost like "F13 For Dummies". Hey, at least it isn't that Hellraiser abomination that surfaced last year.
what is the point, it looks great visually... but why another telling of the same story. the jessica biel version was one of the best remake films [i think]... that has graced the screen in a very long time. why don't they do more cross over films that are remakes like say... texas chainsaw: footloose, now there is a trailer i would love to see.
now on a side note: i am totally in love with Alexandra Daddario, don't tell my wife!
Thomas - I'm kinda thinking there's gonna be some twist like that. Where this is a Leatherface copy cat or something like that. Just the vibe I've been getting. Like I said, looks like there's gonna be more here than meets the eye. But who knows.
It should probably be said, also, that TCM2 is a already a direct sequel to the original and that one's already pretty awesome. I don't really get how they're touting this new one as the only direct sequel when it already exists.
Well, it's hard to consider TCM 2 a direct sequel being that it goes in such a wildly different direction from the first one, and takes place so much later. When they say 'direct sequel', they're referring to the fact that it actually picks up right after the events of the original.
What the fuck?? Ugh. This looks exactly like the remake in every way...I hate people. And I hate that it's modern day. And I hate that even though it looks like dog turds, I'll still rent/download/own this poop fuck.
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