After nearly 50 years since the original, Leatherface returns in Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
The newest entry in the horror franchise follows Melody (Sarah Yarkin, Fort Salem, Happy Death Day 2U), her sister Lila (Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade, Castle Rock), and their friends Dante (Jacob Latimore, Detroit, The Maze Runner) and Ruth (Nell Hudson, Outlander, The Irregulars), who move to Harlow, Texas in hopes of kickstarting their new business venture. Things take a turn for the worst when they disrupt the 60-year-old serial killer’s home (Mark Burnham, replacing the late Gunnar Hansen), provoking him to begin his murderous rampage anew. Olwen Fouéré (Mandy, Beast) also joins the cast as Sally Hardesty, the only survivor of Leatherface’s killing spree from the original film. She replaces the late Marilyn Burns.
Much like 2018’s Halloween did for its own franchise, Texas Chainsaw Massacre looks to ignore all the sequels, prequels, reboots, etc. and serve instead as a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original 1974 slasher. This entry has been produced by Fede Alvarez (director of Don’t Breathe) from a script by Chris Thomas Devlin, and directed by David Blue Garcia. Garcia was hired late on after previous directors Ryan and Andy Tohill were fired from the production a mere week into shooting.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre releases to Netflix February 18th. Watch the trailer below:
