Is that chainsaw ever going to run out of gas?
The classic horror movie reboot just keep rolling in. Recent remakes of “Fright Night,” “Evil Dead,” “Carrie,” and “It” were solid entries into the genre, but the latest may be the bravest attempt of all.
As Yahoo Entertainment reported, the trailer has just been released for Netflix’s reimagining of what some may consider to be the best horror movie of all time, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
This will be the ninth entry into the franchise since the surprising success and enduring influence of the 1974 original. The twist here is that the new movie forgets all the sequels and paints, or rather blood-splatters, itself as a direct sequel to the first.
The trailer is a terrifying heart-pounder. Set in modern times, it roughly lays out a plot featuring a gaggle of young people who are planning to move into the old, dusty, deserted town of Harlow, TX, where the original took place.
They soon happen upon the haunted house where the ultimate demonic killer, Leatherface, first committed his disgusting crimes all those years ago. And as fast as you can say “scary guy popping out a cornfield,” he's back.
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We then meet a female survivor of the original slaughter, Sally Hardesty (played by Olwen Fouéré), who returns for her own vengeance.
In the middle of the trailer, a shaken, whispered voice assures you that "you don't know evil."
Various axes, guns, and, yes, chainsaws fly around. For horror fans who’ve grown a little weary of post-”Scream” irony, the closing shot of the trailer should convince them that winking laughs do not appear to be a motif of this movie. At all.
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While modern movies have a tendency to CGI their way towards too-clean special effects, that doesn't look like it will be a problem for this film at all as its gritty cinematography and sweaty look seem indebted to a 1970s template.
Directed by David Blue Garcia (“Tejano”), the new “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” pulls its chain on February 18 on Netflix.
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