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It’s now been three years since Netflix premiered Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a “legacy sequel” to Tobe Hooper’s original horror classic that arrived on February 18, 2022. Now, fresh rumors have begun to swirl that the franchise may be revving back to life for a new installment.

Deadline reports today that studios are knocking at Verve’s door; the agency has repped the rights for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series since 2017. While nothing has been officially set in motion just yet, the names showing interest in the IP have us intrigued.

The outlet reveals that Strange Darling filmmaker Jt Mollner and producer Roy Lee are at the forefront of the conversation around reviving the franchise, with in-demand actor Glen Powell, star of the upcoming Running Man reboot, interested in reading Mollner’s script for a possible star vehicle and producing role. Lionsgate and A24 are also reportedly said to be eyeing the IP for new features.

‘Heart Eyes’ continues horror’s successful tradition of terrifying tales and extreme slashers that take advantage of the year’s most romantic holiday.

Holidays can be a wonderful time of unity where friends, family, and loved ones come together, whether they subscribe to the entrenched tropes of these seasonal customs or have created their own. Holiday horror films have become one of the genre’s most cathartic traditions. This subversive brand of horror started to find its footing during the ’70s through movies like Silent Night, Bloody Night, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, and of course — Black Christmas and Halloween.

The tongue-in-cheek nature of Christmas horror movies have helped make these the most popular holiday horror sub-genre. There are close to 100 Christmas horror movies, but this hasn’t stopped other holidays, like Thanksgiving, April Fool’s Day, and even Independence Day, from also leaving their mark on the horror genre.

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Step behind the scenes of horror history as Dinner with Leatherface unearths Gunnar Hansen's untold story and the enduring terror of Leatherface.

JoBlo has unveiled a thrilling first look at Dinner with Leatherface, an upcoming documentary that delves into the life and legacy of Hansen—the unforgettable actor who gave life (and terror) to Leatherface in the groundbreaking horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Directed by Michael Kallio, this spine-tingling deep dive is set to be a feast for horror enthusiasts everywhere. Watch the trailer below.

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A new slasher movie killer arrives in February with the potential to become as iconic as Jason, Freddy, and Leatherface.

The newly released trailer teases a film brimming with rare, never-before-seen content and compelling interviews from horror royalty, including Bruce Campbell, Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th...

When renewing Monster for a third season last October, Netflix’s official release did not include any mention of when the next season would arrive which made many fans think there could again be a two-year gap between seasons; however, it seems that will not be the case.

In a letter to its shareholders released on Jan. 21, Netflix included many forward-looking statements including a look at the year ahead in which they promised to deliver an amazing slate for members. The letter not only touted many previously confirmed titles coming this year including new seasons of Wednesday, Stranger Things, Squid Game, and You, but also confirmed the next installment of Ryan Murphy’s Monster is also among the shows set to be released in 2025.

That’s right, Monster season 3 is slated to be released in 2025!

So why is this so surprising? Well, the first two seasons of Netflix’s Emmy-winning...

Gun Interactive’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is getting a massive new update for the holidays, with IGN revealing a new Map, new Survivor, and new Family member coming soon.

On December 12, horror icon – and Chainsaw franchise star – Bill Moseley joins the game as Family member Bones, with Scream icon Skeet Ulrich as a Survivor named Wyatt!

Like Barbara Crampton, who previously joined the video game, Skeet Ulrich has never actually appeared in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie, but Scream fans are sure to love playing as a survivor featuring his likeness and voice. But it’s Bill Moseley’s introduction into the game that’s the real treat for horror fans, as Moseley of course played Chop Top in Tobe Hooper’s sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, and later popped up for a brief appearance as Drayton Sawyer (aka “The Cook”) in the 2013 sequel Texas Chainsaw 3D.

How can a lifelong horror fan have never seen The Texas Chain Saw Massacre? It's paradoxical, I know especially since I count John Carpenter's Halloween and Wes Craven's original A Nightmare on Elm Street among my all-time favorite (and most formative) movies. Released four years before the former and a decade before the latter, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is often credited as fathering everything we associate with the slasher sub-genre. At the least, director Tobe Hooper's controversial venture helped popularize the style, tropes, and concept (beautiful teens meeting gruesome ends at the hands of hulking serial killers) enough for later imitators to saturate the market.

Everyone has an opinion, and whenever some kind of definitive list is released, it's the subject of a lot of criticism. Some of the most vocal fans out there are horror fans, so if anyone chooses to make a list of the best of the best of the genre, it's going to be picked apart with a fine-toothed comb. One such list has emerged just in time for spooky season, and let's just say that fans are howling with disagreement about the final results.

Variety recently released its list of The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time and gave the number one position to 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Most horror fans were thrilled to see the horror classic at the top of the list, with Vulture and Fangoria's Brandon Streussnig agreeing by saying, "Not only for horror, but maybe one of the five best American films ever made,...

Pike-y perfection.

After closing out September with a re-do of Jennifer’s Body (listen), a film we covered in one of our earliest episodes, and a discussion of Jonathan Glazer’s controversial Birth (listen), we’re continuing our theme of Anniversary/Diva Worship with a look at David Fincher‘s Gone Girl (2014).

Gone Girl sees Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike), the inspiration for the beloved series of “Amazing Amy” children’s books, go missing. The prime suspect is her husband Nick (Ben Affleck), though he is as shocked at his wife’s disappearance as the police are.

As the days go by and more clues are unearthed, it becomes clear that Nick isn’t honest as he seems, and that the marriage he had with Amy may not have been as blissful as everyone thought.

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A third season of Netflix's Monster series is in the works with Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam playing notorious murderer Ed Gein. The season will follow previous seasons that explored the stories of Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez brothers.

In an interview with Collider, series co-creator Ryan Murphy explained why Gein was chosen as the real-life killer who serves as the focus of the third season of Monster. He shared that the idea came from discussions with co-creator Ian Brennan, as the two realized that Gein was essentially the first American serial killer to be turned into a "crazy celebrity" of sorts. Murphy pointed out how Gein's crimes influenced several celebrated genre films and he was intrigued by telling the story of how the "Butcher of Plainfield" came to be.

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There are a ton of iconic horror franchises celebrating major anniversaries in 2024. However, none have been as important to the genre than Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The 1974 grindhouse slasher has spent the last 50 years instilling terror in genre fans everywhere. Leatherface has put some extra energy into his infamous chainsaw dance to mark the blood-soaked occasion too. That included new apparel collections, 4K editions and action figures. Now, in addition, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is coming back to theaters this Halloween thanks to Dark Sky Films.

One of the horror genre's most notorious films is returning to theaters this October to celebrate its 50th anniversary. First released in 1974, Tobe Hoopers The Texas Chain Saw Massacre traumatized a generation of moviegoers with its tale about a group of young adults who find themselves at the mercy of a family of cannibals, including the infamous Leatherface (portrayed by the late Gunnar Hansen), who has become an iconic figure in the world of the macabre.

Per Bloody Disgusting, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre will return to theaters next month courtesy of Dark Sky Films with a 4K restoration that was lorded over by Hooper before his death in 2017. To go along with the re-release, a new synopsis touting the movies storied history has also been unveiled, as well as a brand-new trailer created by the incomparable Mark Woollen, the same person behind the trailers for such hits as Rebel Ridge,...

Five decades after terrifying filmgoers for the first time, Leatherface is heading back to the big screen. In honor of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024, the iconic horror film is getting a special re-release for the spooky holiday season.

In October, a 4K restoration of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre previously supervised by late director Tobe Hooper will be screening in theaters. It will mark a great opportunity for horror fans who may have never seen the film on a big screen before to experience the influential movie in an all-new way. For the first time in 50 years, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has also been given an all-new trailer to promote the re-release. The video, along with a new poster made for the re-release, can be seen below.

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Charlie Hunnam has taken on some killer roles over the years, from Jax Teller in Sons Of Anarchy, to Percy Fawcett in The Lost City Of Z, to Ray in The Gentlemen — heck, the man even played King Arthur, the titular role, in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. Now, after a jaunt to Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon, Hunnam is lining up an actual killer role — a serial killer one, in fact. Per Deadline's reporting, at the premiere of Netflix's Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story on Monday, showrunner Ryan Murphy not only unexpectedly announced that a third season of his true crime anthology series is in the works, but that Hunnam will star in it as infamous murderer Ed Gein.

Originating with 2022's Evan Peters starring Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, prolific TV creator Murphy's show tackles a different real life monster with each new cycle.

At this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, we were lucky enough to catch up with directors Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott about their new horror documentary, Generation Terror, which had its world premiere at the event.

Immediately after the screening, the pair granted us the following interview about the documentary, and fans of their work will definitely be interested in hearing what they have to say. Appleton and Escott are already an established duo, as they previously co-directed another horror documentary called The Found Footage Phenomenon, which examines the found footage subgenre. While Escott individually helmed a documentary about the popular Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise called The Legacy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Appleton individually helmed a documentary about filmmaker David Hamilton Grant called Damaged. She also previously co-directed a feature length documentary about Japanese horror called The J-Horror Virus alongside Jasper Sharp.

Generation Terror examines the horror genre throughout the 1990s,...

Major spoilers for "Strange Darling" follow.

Director J.T. Mollner's indie horror flick "Strange Darling" has finally opened in U.S. theaters with the wind of good publicity at its back. In a fascinating career pivot, "Strange Darling" was shot on 35mm film by actor Giovanni Ribisi making his debut as a cinematographer. Then, there's the promise of a twist in both the film's marketing and reviews.

"Go in blind" is easy criticism when a film anchors itself with a twist but "Strange Darling" earns that rave. The film is introduced as a story told in six chapters, but those chapters are presented out of order. Mollner banks on his audience's genre and gendered expectations as he assembles the movie's puzzle pieces together before their eyes.

So, what does "Strange Darling" appear to be about? A young woman, "The Lady," (Willa Fitzgerald) is fleeing a man, "The Demon" (Kyle Gallner...

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre inspired countless rip-offs that shaped the horror genre for years to come. Some films, like The Butcher, failed to capture the essence of the original, lacking in quality and innovation. Standout movies like House of the Devil and Wrong Turn successfully paid homage to the iconic Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was among the most influential horror movies ever made, and in the years since its release, there have been countless imitators and copycat movies. Director Tobe Hooper created a new type of horror as he depicted the unstoppable serial killer Leatherface, which would signal the dawn of a new era of over-the-top violence and the use of power tools as a murder weapon. While some rip-offs of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre were blatant cash grabs, others truly added to its concept and led to movies that could be enjoyed on their own merits.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper’s enduring horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Neca is joining the celebration with two new Leatherface figures.

The two figures are on display at San Diego Comic-Con this week, and we have the website ToyArk.com to thank for the below photographs that were snapped on the convention floor.

Set for release in Quarter 4, 2025, Leatherface (“Killing Mask”) and Leatherface (“Pretty Woman”) represent the slasher maniac’s two most iconic looks from the 1970s horror classic.

It looks like various accessories will be packaged with the figures, including bloody chainsaws as well as an armadillo, a sledgehammer, and a plate of questionable-looking meat.

Stay tuned for more details from Neca in the coming months.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper’s horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Dark Sky Films continues their year-long celebration by bringing an appropriately themed barbecue food truck to Sdcc this weekend.

Dark Sky Films continues a series of year-long fan events by partnering with local BBQ food truck operator Up In Smoke BBQ to create an official popup homage to the film’s iconic “We Slaughter Barbecue” roadside store at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, the world’s largest pop culture event in the US. The food truck will be located in Comic Con’s Petco Park Interactive Zone, a no-badge-required event area across from the San Diego Convention Center.

Offering a bespoke menu of Texas Chain Saw Massacre victim-inspired offerings, each food purchased will come with a San Diego Comic Con-exclusive collectible button. Limited quantities available.

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The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are back this year and bigger than ever.

Once again airing on AMC’s Shudder, the 2024 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards has shifted the annual awards show’s shift to October; as such, the window of this year’s eligible horrors is an expanded one, encompassing all of 2023 and the first half of 2024. That means a much bigger selection of horror titles to pull from, and with the expanded categories this year, that means a massive list of 46 nominees. They even have a new category this year: Best Video Game.

Here’s where you come in; Fangoria needs your vote to decide on the winners! We have it on good authority that some of the categories are extremely competitive right now. And voting happens to be officially open for the awards show.

Participants can cast their votes via the official Fangoria website at www.fangoria.com/vote/. Voting...

In the late 1970s, two subgenres of horror began to take off, with both slashers and grindhouse pictures marking a change in the genre. Thanks to films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Black Christmas, and Halloween, movies about knife (and chainsaw) wielding killers gave audiences a more realistic type of fear, after the domination of fear fests like The Exorcist and The Omen. The '70s also marked the rise of grindhouse, low budget movies which might have been campy and filled with bad acting, but which were effective thanks to their gritty rawness. In 1979, director Abel Ferrara found a way to tap into both subgenres with The Driller Killer. Ferrara had made his name as a director of adult films, but with The Driller Killer, the future mastermind behind critically acclaimed films such as King of New York, Bad Lieutenant, and Body Snatchers, got to tell a story about madness,...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for MaXXXine (2024)

MaXXXine pays homage to '80s slashers while weaving in nods to Hollywood history & pop culture. References to silent film star Theda Bara, Buster Keaton, and Giallo films add depth to the story. The film's setting in 1985 allows for an exploration of entertainment ethics and the dark side of the industry.

While MaXXXine includes a lot of nods to its predecessors X and Pearl, director Ti Wests 80s-set slasher also features a plethora of references to famous movies, people, and pieces of Hollywood and horror history. Pearls iconic ending was always going to be a tough act to follow, but Ti Wests follow-up to 2022s psychological horror is a fitting end to the trilogy that began with 2022s X. While X was a 70s-set homage to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Pearl was a Technicolor nightmare that subverted the Golden Age of Hollywood,...

Can you believe it’s now been Fifteen Years since Jason Voorhees last appeared on the big screen? Arrow Video is celebrating that sad anniversary with some great news, bringing the 2009 remake of horror classic Friday the 13th to 4K Ultra HD this September!

The release is scheduled for September 17, 2024, and it’s up for pre-order now.

Arrow Video previews the upcoming release, “In 2003, director Marcus Nispel made a lasting impression on horror fans with his box-office-topping remake The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Six years later, he turned his camera to another slasher icon, none other than the hulking masked killer Jason Voorhees, in his gore-soaked remake of Friday the 13th.

“Nispel’s taut direction and the stunning cinematography by Daniel Pearl – whose credits include the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre as well as the remake – bring a fresh and terrifying new perspective to the infamous hockey masked maniac, sure to...

Engulfing audiences in a cinematic world where the line between reality and make-believe become blurred is the stuff movies are made of -- but what happens when the movie becomes so visceral, we start to question its truthfulness?

Horror films in particular can walk that fine line of clever filmmaking and creating an unsettling, nagging feeling that what we're watching is someone's actual terror. Many of these films use the pseudo-documentary/mockumentary style to disarm audiences, conflating a typically non-fiction setup with entirely fictional elements. Meanwhile, others rely on crafty marketing campaigns to stir up curiosity, suspicion, controversy, or all of the above. Whether a movie informs audiences that the story ahead of them is based on true events or the director opts for frenetic handheld camerawork, there are some movies executed so well that movie-goers will debate their authenticity long after the credits roll.

A subgenre that has existed for decades,...

Spirit Halloween unveiled their 2024 animatronic lineup, featuring fan favorites from iconic horror movies like Halloween and Scream. New additions include Art the Clown, Deluxe Ghostface, and an online-exclusive Michael Myers with realistic stabbing motions and sound effects. The Art the Clown animatronic from Terrifier 2 stands 6 feet 2 inches, and plays a melody of horn blowing sounds for a terrifying experience.

The premiere destination for all things spooky, Spirit Halloween, recently unveiled its lineup of 2024 animatronics, which include fan favorites from Terrifier 2, Halloween, Scream, and Tim Burtons Corpse Bride. As the nations largest Halloween retailer, Spirit Halloween stores begin popping up around the country as early as July in some locations, so fans have plenty of time to get ready for their October 31 festivities. Though, to be honest, wed have no qualms about displaying the new lineup of animatronics all year round.

Spirit Halloween unveiled their new lineup of 2024 animatronics...

Hitchhiker mains will be happy to hear that Gun Interactive is bringing a brand new Hitchhiker cosmetic into The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, officially announced this afternoon.

The new skin is titled “Hitchhiker Claymore Outfit,” arriving June 25.

Gun explains to Bloody Disgusting in a statement today, “We felt that inside the Hitchhiker’s known canon, a Vietnam War era patrol jacket would be a great fit for him. And being a character with such an affinity for traps, the name Claymore just made sense.”

A core member of the Leatherface family, the Hitchhiker was played by Edwin Neal in Tobe Hooper’s original horror classic. Neal returned to voice the character for the video game.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is available on Playstation®4, Playstation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, as well as Game Pass on Xbox and PC.

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Warning: the following contains major spoilers for In a Violent Nature.

Most seasoned horror fans have seen their share of slashers. From massive franchises to indie gems, this particular brand of scary movie follows a final girl and her friends as they’re terrorized by a masked killer with an ax to grind. Arguably originating from classics like Halloween and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the sub genre was codified in Carol Clover’s “Her Body, Himself” which opens Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film, an academic study of the genre. This landmark essay coined the term “final girl” while identifying four additional slasher components. Clover summarizes “the killer is the psychotic product of a sick family, but still recognizably human; the victim is a beautiful, sexually active woman; the location is not-home, at a Terrible Place; the weapon is something other than a gun...

Theres a relatively shaky history of horror prequels, but Ti Wests extraordinary 2022 psychological horror film Pearl is a well-developed origin story for the titular character that Mia Goth portrayed in 2021's X. If X is an extended tribute to classical slasher films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Psycho, Pearl is a haunting exploration of the Golden Age of Hollywood that refuses to look at the past with rose-tinted glasses. Bold, inventive, and surprisingly emotional, Pearl is the type of inventive horror film that the genre desperately needs more of. While Goths performance was worthy of an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, Pearl also featured a stand-out performance from David Corenswet.

Bridgerton Season 3's most unanticipated character arc absolutely belongs to Jessica Madsen's Cressida Cowper, whose temperamental mean girl ways are slightly reforming. But what's more unexpected about Madsen is her under-the-radar role in a notorious horror franchise that made a significant impact on its legacy. Before donning her lingering snarl with shiny jewels, tight curls, and ballgowns, Madsen played the unpredictable psychopath, Clarice, in Leatherface (2017). Clarice becomes one of the key contributors to the birth of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's legendary killer, Leatherface, whose villain origin story is chronicled in an ambiguous manner in the 2017 film. This ambiguity leaves us wondering which one of the escaped psychiatric facility patients actually becomes the chainsaw-wielding killer, with Clarice herself in the running. But the most exciting part about Madsen's character is really how she was created, from her inspiration to Madsen's interpretation of this manic pyromaniac.

The team over at Gun Interactive has announced today that some fresh cosmetics are coming to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game, part of a free collection for Level 99 players.

Gun details, “We are excited to unveil our free Level 99 Blackout cosmetics on April 30th for both Family and Victims! If you’re already at level 99, the Blackout cosmetics will be automatically unlocked for you after the update. Thank you for spending so much time in Muerto County with us!”

Additionally, “For our Leatherface mains, you’ll be able to show off your skills with an all black chainsaw skin called Oil Slick.”

You can preview the chainsaw along with the Cook and Julie’s “Blackout” outfits below.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is available on Playstation®4, Playstation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, as well as Game Pass on Xbox and PC.

Horror underwent a radical change in the 1970s and early '80s, as religious tropes and monster movies gave way to more human threats in masks, creating the rise of the slasher. While many credit Halloween for this boom, it actually began before John Carpenter's 1978 film. The year before, Wes Craven released The Hills Have Eyes which, while not exactly a slasher, carried many of its tropes. A few years before that, Tobe Hooper pulled the cord and unleashed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and the frightening Leatherface out onto the world. Going into the 1980s, a new slasher was coming out every week, starring either a man in a mask or a giant hulk chasing teenagers through the woods. 1980's Friday the 13th did it best, leading to a game-changing franchise, but while this was being made, another horror movie was preparing to unleash another killer in the woods.

Fifty-one years ago, director Tobe Hooper and his cast and crew spent a blisteringly hot Texas summer working to bring us one of the greatest horror films ever made, the 1974 classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (watch it Here)… and to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the release of the film, legendary drive-in critic and movie host Joe Bob Briggs is writing a book about the making of it!

During an interview on the Mistress Harley podcast (note: that link is for adults only), Joe Bob revealed, “I have just signed a contract with Dark Horse, which is mostly known for their comics, but they also do books. (With Dark Horse) I’m gonna do two books: we’re gonna reprint Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In, which is my original reviews … and then we’re gonna do a 50th anniversary book that’s the entire back story of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

"It's just as terrifying as being there." Dark Sky Films is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper's classic horror The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which first opened in fall of 1974. A classic that changed horror cinema forever! It has been remembered many, many times before already, but now it's time to for is proper golden anniversary. There's even a whole book about its cultural impact called The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation. MPI Media Group and Dark Sky Films are planning a year-long celebration - kicking off with a premiere at Texas Frightmare Weekend in May, along with tons of screenings in theaters leading up to October, plus a brand new 4K Blu-ray drops as well. "The special edition collector's set will be housed in a custom created box shaped as a chainsaw that will feature iconic sounds from the film when it is opened.

New Line Cinema's history is rooted in horror, especially the iconic slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street. Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, and Jason Voorhees are top-tier slasher icons under New Line, but there is potential for reboots of Critters and Alone in the Dark. With Hollywood's focus on '80s properties, New Line could bring back slasher classics like Critters or create new hits, as they did producing Evil Dead Rise.

New Line Cinema, "The House that Freddy Built." And, eventually, the house behind Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But, still, it was horror that laid down the bricks that Sam and Frodo would traverse to toss the ring. Specifically, slashers, when they handled the United States re-release of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. They also dealt with the distribution of Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead.

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The slashing that began with “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” will continue in Max’s upcoming “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School,” and Cosmopolitan unveiled first look images at the upcoming second season that promises to go bigger and badder on the slasher sequel mayhem.

“Pretty Little Liars: Summer School” is set to return later this Spring on Max, with first look images below.

Co-Creators Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (“Riverdale,” “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”) and Lindsay Calhoon Bring (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”) co-executive produced and wrote the new series.

Season 1 picked up 20 years after a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in present day, a disparate group of teen girls — a brand-new set of Little Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin committed by their parents two decades ago…as well as their own.

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When Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre came out in 1974, it was unlike anything audiences had ever seen before. There were outliers, like Psycho and Peeping Tom in 1960, but horror five decades ago was often gothic and centered around monsters, before a wave of religious horror, thanks to 1973's The Exorcist, caused that subgenre to have its moment. This was still a couple of years before Halloween would popularise films about masked men wreaking havoc on innocent people. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was a hit, but a controversial one, as many complained of the film's excessive gore. The controversy speaks to how effective the atmosphere was, for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre actually has little of the red stuff, but makes us think it does with closeups of violence just off-center.

In the wake of revealing that horror legend Barbara Crampton is joining the game as a new victim character, the team behind The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game has announced tonight that the brand new Free Map titled “The Mill” will be launching on March 28!

Gun Interactive teases, “Enjoy a closer look at The Mill where players will be able to scramble up multiple floors, traverse through a Ghost Town, or sneak around a dry river bed.”

The new map is said to be quite a bit different than the existing maps. With its vertical design, it’ll provide unique gameplay opportunities. Watch the reveal trailer below to learn more.

Barbara Crampton’s character, Virginia, will also launch March 28.

The game features classic villains from the movies as well as new family members, and the events of the Chain Saw game take place *before* Tobe Hooper’s original classic.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper’s horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and MPI Media Group and Dark Sky Films are planning a year-long celebration.

Here’s everything you need to know, from the press release…

“The festivities are set to kick off with an audience-capturing social activation at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Fans will be treated to the live creation of an ice sculpture unveiling the new 50th anniversary TCM logo with a chainsaw wielding Leatherface. A local Austin-based ice sculptor will create the bloody carving in real-time using a real chainsaw at The Stay Put located on Downtown Austin’s Historic Rainey Street. The live sculpture demo will take place from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Cst with photo opportunities from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm.

“Brand ambassadors will be on site with giveaways and additional info about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 50th Anniversary Chainsaw Edition.

The events of Gun’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game take place before the events of Tobe Hooper’s classic horror movie, beginning with the disappearance of Maria Flores. Maria’s sister (Anna Flores) and her friends head out to Texas to investigate, and that’s essentially the storyline behind every match of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre that you play.

In celebration of the video game hitting 1.1 million units sold and 5.6 million total players, Gun Interactive has relaunched Petals today, a free-to-play online photography game.

Gun previews the experience that first launched in 2022, “Go back to where it all started and experience the story of Maria’s fateful trip with Petals, a floral photography game.

“Walk in her shoes and learn more about her disappearance.”

You can download the Free exploration sim and start playing now!

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Back on Friday, Gun Interactive announced the impending farewell of Sumo Nottingham, the original developer for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Obviously, fans were worried who was going to pick up development of the asymmetrical multiplayer game. We now have our answer in the form of Black Tower Studios.

Friday The 13th: The Game players will be familiar with Black Tower Studios, as the Japanese developer took over development duties on Friday The 13th: The Game from IllFonic back in 2018. Their work included the Jarvis House and Pinehurst maps for that game, as well as provided support. Both of the teams at Sumo Nottingham and Gun Interactive are currently on-boarding Black Tower Studios to the project over the course of the next month. After which, Black Tower Studios will be working on the future Dlc content for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

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The next update for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game is coming on Thursday, February 22, and we’re getting more than Shirtless Johnny and Bride Sissy this week.

In addition to those two previously announced costumes (which will be free to all players), a brand new Execution Pack and new Weapon Skins will launch on February 22.

The new executions will feature “turned up brutality,” Gun Interactive had recently promised, and a sneak peek teaser trailer today previews those gory new fatalities.

Expect a new map, new survivor, and new killer in the coming months.

The game features classic villains from the movies as well as new family members, and the events of the Chain Saw game take place *before* Tobe Hooper’s original classic.

Brandon Trush writes in his review for Bd, “asymmetrical horror evolves to fit a terror classic.”

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MaXXXine will answer the biggest question from X: what happened to Maxine after the farmhouse massacre? The film could explain the backstory of how Howard and Pearl met and why Howard stayed with Pearl. MaXXXine might reveal how Pearl got away with murdering her parents and explore Maxine's journey to becoming an actress.

MaXXXine is finally on the way, and here are 10 lingering questions from X and Pearl that the upcoming film can answer. MaXXXine is the third film in Ti West's beloved A24 horror franchise, with it kicking off with X and Pearl in 2022 only for MaXXXine to round out the trilogy. Despite the franchise's small scale, an immense amount of lore has been packed into the world of X and Pearl, and MaXXXine can continue this horror trend by tying up these loose ends.

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Marcel Walz is channeling the spirit of 1970s classics with his next horror movie Brute 1976, and Deadline brings us details and a first look this morning.

From Neon Noir, the upcoming Brute 1976 is said to be a love letter to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes, with Joe Knetter (Twilight of the Dead) writing.

Deadline details, “Brute 1976 will begin with the story of Raquel and her girlfriend, whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere as they travel to a photoshoot in the desert to celebrate Bicentennial unity. They stumble across an abandoned mine and explore it, while the photoshoot group replace her with make-up artist Sunshine and then find abandoned town Savage, which has a violent history but is the perfect place to take some photos.

“However, a family of masked psychopaths has claimed the town for themselves and are hell bent on it living up to its name.

Exclusive: Neon Noir’s latest feature, Brute 1976, will pay homage to horror classics The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes.

Adriane McLean (Miracles of Christmas), Sarah French (Blind), Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Dazelle Yvette (Garden of Eden) and Adam Bucci (NCIS Los Angeles) are starring in the film, which is the third from horror-focused indie Neon Noir.

Production has wrapped on the feature, which plays up to the slasher shocks of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. Producers call it a “homage” to the films, with Neon Noir’s Joe Knetter writing and Marcel Walz directing. Dirk Schürmann and Tobias Schürmann are executive producing and Marcus Friedlander is DoP.

Brute 1976 will begin with the story of Raquel and her girlfriend, whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere as they travel to a photoshoot in the desert to celebrate Bicentennial unity . They stumble across...

In terms of scale, 2023 was certainly a more low-key year of horror cinema compared to other modern annual slates of scary movies. There was no major mid-budget horror tentpole like 2022’s Nope or the two Quiet Place movies dropping into theaters in 2023, while there weren't family-friendly horror films dominating multiplexes like late 2010s titles The House with a Clock in its Walls or the Goosebumps movies. However, microbudget smash hits like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Halloween have long proven horror doesn’t need a sizeable price tag to attract moviegoers. 2023 horror cinema was thrifty in budget but reliably brought out the crowds with a level of consistency that would make other genres green with envy. Nine different horror films cracked $48 million domestically in 2023 while five titles exceeded $80 million in this territory.

As of this writing, there are nine movies in the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" series, and sussing out their chronology is one of the more herculean tasks a horror fan may find themselves undertaking. Like the "Halloween" movies, the "Texas Chainsaw" flicks abide by a choose-your-own-adventure structure, with some movies following a definite timeline, and others merrily ignoring previous chapters. Confoundingly, several of them have almost identical titles. The only consistent element of "Texas Chainsaw" is that they are all horrifically violent and unbearably disturbing. But, y'know, in a good way.

The premise of the "Texas Chainsaw" movies is simple. Thanks to rampant American poverty, entire families have been forced to live off the grid in remote, rural parts of the country. One of these families, largely inbred and blissfully detached from conventional morality, has taken to kidnapping passersby, stripping them for meat, and using their skin and bones as construction materials.

Gun Interactive did a little teasing a few weeks back regarding more new content for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and now they’ve revealed that new content arrives on November 28th in the form of a brand new free map with Nancy’s House. And as you’d expect, the deceptive Nancy will be joining the game as a new member of the Family, along with Danny as a new Victim. Both can be purchased the same day as the map’s release for $9.99 each.

As you’ll see from the trailer, Nancy isn’t quite as sweet as she initially appears. No info yet on what Nancy and Danny’s abilities are at the moment, but we’ll surely hear more about them soon.

Along with Nancy’s House and the new characters, Gun Interactive will also roll out a new quality-of-life patch that includes over 250 fixes for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Director Michael Dougherty delivered a true Halloween classic with his horror anthology film Trick 'r Treat released in 2007. Before it became the interconnected story of monstrous ghouls in Warren Valley with the adorable yet vengeful holiday tradition enforcer Sam at the center, however, it was more of a segmented film in the vein of Creepshow or other similar titles. According to Dougherty, it even had a few legendary directors involved including the king of zombies George Romero and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre mastermind Tobe Hooper. While speaking with Collider's Perri Nemiroff during a Trick 'r Treat Q&a and screening for Scary Perri's Horror Series, he recounted his experience pitching the film to one other potential collaborator — John Carpenter.

The first Dlc update content for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game is headed our way on October 24, 2023, Gun Interactive has announced this morning.

The full lineup of update content dropping just in time for Halloween includes:

Leatherface – $15.99 Victim Outfit Packs – $4.99 The Slaughter Family Bloody Skins Pack – $4.99 Outfit Pack Bundle – $19.99

The “Outfit Pack Bundle” includes All of the new Victim Outfit Packs And the Slaughter Family Bloody Skins Pack, while the Nicotero Leatherface skin is only available as a solo offering.

As we recently learned, makeup effects artist Greg Nicotero (Day of the Dead, “The Walking Dead”) has joined the team to create a brand new, never-before-seen Leatherface skin.

Nicotero Leatherface will be available for $15.99, and the Premium Dlc pack includes the new mask & outfit skin, a brand new signature kill, and exclusive saw with custom sound.

You can learn more about Nicotero Leatherface right here.

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John Carpenter is a master of horror — the man practically invented the slasher subgenre with 1978’s Halloween (with a big assist from Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Peeping Tom). His remake of The Thing in 1982 is still regularly cited as one of the most terrifying films of all time. Not to mention the fact that he went on to make In the Mouth of Madness, They Live, and Christine. If we ignore his 1998 film Vampires (and we really should ignore it), Carpenter has one of the most pristine cinematic records for churning out terrifying horror time and time again.

The 1970s: A time when vinyl wasn’t just a hipster trend, lava lamps lit up rooms with their hypnotic glow, and horror movies? Well, they were in a league of their own, especially the underrated 70s horror movies that have remained hidden gems over the decades. This was a decade that redefined cinema, pushing boundaries and daring to venture into the dark, unexplored corners of the human psyche. While the big names like The Exorcist and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre were making waves and scaring audiences worldwide, there was an undercurrent of films that, though lesser-known, packed just as much punch.

At Nightmare on Film Street, we’re all about digging up those hidden treasures, the unsung heroes of horror that might’ve slipped under the radar but deserve a standing ovation. So, pop on your platform shoes, slap on some groovy tunes, and join us as we...