Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2022).Photo: Yana Blajeva / ©2021 Legendary, Courtesy of Netflix
Horror fans have a bloody new movie to devour.
On Friday,Netflixdebuted itsTexas Chainsaw Massacre, a direct sequel to the 1974 original movie of the same name, now set in modern day. Critics are split on the slasher film — though most agree it doesn’t skimp on gore.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Frank Scheck said fans of the genre “should embrace” the new movie since it “pays loving homage to the original via a variety of Easter eggs and doesn’t at all stint on the gore. Seriously, there’s so much blood splattered on the screen that you’ll have an urge to wear a poncho if you sit too close.”
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2022).Yana Blajeva / ©2021 Legendary, Courtesy of Netflix
“In a breathlessly brutal 83-minute runtime,” wroteThe Guardian’s Benjamin Lee, “there’s little time for thinking, probably for the best, given the thinness of the material and some of the mistakes made within it, but first-time director David Blue Garcia finds ample time for suspense, making the most of his unique location and milking just about enough seat-edge frights from the reheated ingredients.”
Garcia spoke toScreenRantabout his movie’s connection to the classic horror film, saying, “For me, it was kind of the spirit. The spirit of the filmmaking of that first movie.”
“I don’t like to watch movies while I make movies. So I watchedTexas Chainsaw Massacre, the original, and then I didn’t watch anything else for two monthswhile I shot this,” he said. “To me, it just kind of gives me an idea for what I want to do. But I’m not actually directly copying anything from the original. It just gave me sort of a feel.”
“Something that stood out to me about the original that not a lot of people talk about, is how darkly funny it is. So I made sure to bring a little bit of levityinto this film as well,” continued the filmmaker. “You might have seen it, the bus scene when Leatherface walks on and all the characters raise their cell phones.”
“That’s one of the first things I added when I came on,” Garcia added.
This is the ninthTexas Chainsawmovie after the 1974 first one.Jessica Bielstarred inthe 2003 remake, and the two most recent installments were 2013’sTexas Chainsaw3Dand 2017’sLeatherface.
Texas Chainsaw Massacreis now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
