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New ‘Leatherface’ Trailer Reveals New Reasons To Stay Scared!
Leatherface was introduced to the world by the late – and gravely missed – Gunner Hansen and left people screaming for their lives. No joke!
Many unsuspecting viewers were so assaulted by the sweat-drenched terror raging above them on the silver screen that they leapt from their seats and fled wildly from the darkened theater to escape the rust-tinted macabre wonders of Tobe Hooper’s nightmarish masterpiece, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The original film was a lighting-in-a-bottle sort of project and was nothing short of a blistering phenomena. Like Hitchcock’s Psycho before it, Tobe Hooper’s original Texas Chainsaw Massacre terrified us by the ‘less is far more’ practice.
As a viewer, we are held captive and utterly unable to escape the gritty spectacle taking place before our watering eyes. We are convinced that we’re seeing far more blood and guts than we actually are – an art many modern movies sadly neglect.
For a movie praised for its level of gore, it’s shockingly tame on the splatter factor though. It gets us – in our minds.
The psychological anguish of the viewing experience is something we never outlive. It lingers and the hulking figure of Hansen’s Leatherface is an image that is seared upon the collective memory of our culture. So much so that his tool of choice – that revving, heavy-as hell chainsaw – has become its own iconic character in the annals of horror history.
I say all that to bring up Lionsgate’s upcoming Leatherface, a film set to show us the coming of age story for the titular character Leatherface. It’s set to follow in the chronological cannon of both Tobe Hooper’s original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1972) and it’s direct sequel Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013).
As an origin tale, this installment in the gritty franchise will showcase everyone’s favorite chainsaw-wielding cannibal as a child, and how he turns from that prepubescent innocence into the murdering force of mayhem we now know him to be.
In all fairness, I have to admit that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the very few movies to truly scare me. I mean it truly did a number on me. Not since the original film have I been this excited to see a fresh installment in that meaty legacy.
We can expect to hear the chainsaw rev up once again October 20, 2017.
Judging by the newly released trailer this is promising to be one more trip through the humid back roads of Hell. That cow mask, friends! Good Lord above, that cow mask alone has our skin crawling!
I’ve said it before, but it bears merit to say again. With all the returning horror icons flooding our screens this year, this is going to be one Hell of a Halloween!
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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power
Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.
Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.
Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.
There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.
The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.
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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed
Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.
This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.
The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.
The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.
Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.
Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.
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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram
Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.
The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.
Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.
Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.
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