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Bill Moseley Wanted To Send The Sawyers To New York City For Texas Chainsaw 3

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9 years ago

September 4, 2015

Long before Bill Moseley become synonymous with Otis Driftwood thanks to Rob Zombie, he played Chop Top in Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. The film came out in 1986, and the following year Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead II was released.

Both of these sequels have a lot in common in that they were wildly outrageous (to the point of being comedic) continuations of films that were much more chilling. Each took the basic concept of its predecessor and simply had fun with it.

Moseley was a big fan of Evil Dead II when it came out, and had it in his mind that it would be cool if Raimi and Hooper had some kind of showdown with their films, each one topping the last. With that in mind, the TCM 2 star came up with a concept for the third Chainsaw film (probably in about ’87) that would have (unlike the actual third film in the franchise) built upon the narrative of Part 2. And it would have moved the Sawyers to NEW YORK (possibly even before or at least around the same time as Jason’s trip to the Big Apple)!

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Moseley talked about all of this on an episode of Adam Green and Joe Lynch’s podcast The Movie Crypt last year. Clearly the story flew under the proverbial radar.

“I had written a treatment for Chainsaw 3 where the Chainsaw family moves to New York City,” Moseley told the hosts. “Leatherface works for Parks and Recreation, you know, sawing limbs off in Central Park and at night, he’s an artist downtown with the bone furniture – making the bone furniture and Chop Top is a DJ, you know, in like a disco, and the cook has this award-winning chili restaurant downtown that’s the darling of all the art crowd. And of course at night they go into the steam tunnels and saw up the bums, and basically that’s what they’re using for the chili….Leatherface and Stretch is in it. She has a kid, and it’s a cute little baby in a bone cradle…not a cradle, but a little bone playpen, with a tiny little leather mask on. I remember sending that treatment to Tobe, and Tobe’s going, ‘No, no way. I’m not filming in New York.”

And that was apparently that.

Hearing Moseley tell this story, it saddens me that this isn’t the third installment we actually got. Don’t get me wrong, there are things about that one I like, but a third film from Hooper based on this treatment would have surely been a sight to behold.

Moseley would of course go on to appear in Raimi’s Army of Darkness, the third film in the Evil Dead franchise, which came out in 1992. The real Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III came out in 1990, and went a completely different route with different actors and a new Sawyer clan. One can’t help but wonder what the franchise would look like today had Hooper made the film Moseley pitched.

Moseley would return to the franchise for a cameo in 2013’s Texas Chainsaw 3D.

Listen to the full Movie Crypt episode here.

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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage

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16 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.

Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:

“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.”

Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.

FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN IS NOW IN PRODUCTION 🩸 Welcome to Shadyside High. We're gonna have a killer time. pic.twitter.com/jDl0zRa2CH
— Netflix (@netflix) April 30, 2024

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).

No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.

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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix

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17 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.

If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.

Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.

Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.

Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.

Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.

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BET Releasing New Original Thriller: The Deadly Getaway

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17 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Cameron McFarland

BET will soon be offering horror fans a rare treat. The studio has announced the official release date for their new original thriller, The Deadly Getaway. Directed by Charles Long (The Trophy Wife), this thriller sets up a heart racing game of cat and mouse for audiences to sink their teeth into.

Wanting to break up the monotony of their routine, Hope and Jacob set off to spend their vacation at a simple cabin in the woods. However, things go sideways when Hope’s ex-boyfriend shows up with a new girl at the same campsite. Things soon spiral out of control. Hope and Jacob must now work together to escape the woods with their lives.

The Deadly Getaway is written by Eric Dickens (Makeup X Breakup) and Chad Quinn (Reflections of US). The Film stars, Yandy Smith-Harris (Two Days in Harlem), Jason Weaver (The Jacksons: An American Dream), and Jeff Logan (My Valentine Wedding).

Showrunner Tressa Azarel Smallwood had the following to say about the project. “The Deadly Getaway is the perfect reintroduction to classic thrillers, which encompass dramatic twists, and spine-chilling moments. It showcases the range and diversity of emerging Black writers across genres of film and television.”

The Deadly Getaway will premiere on 5.9.2024, exclusively ion BET+.