Fede Álvarez, who provided the story for Netflix's upcoming reboot of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has clarified where the film stands in the overarching continuity of the franchise. The film, which is set to premiere on February 18, 2022, is a brand new entry in the classic horror franchise about a cannibal family living deep in the heart of Texas. It has been described as a "direct" sequel to the 1974 original, which spawned a franchise containing 7 sequels and reboots in various combinations.
The Texas Chainsaw continuity is unusually sprawling and confusing, even by the standards of a long-running horror franchise. The first two films, which came out in 1974 and 1986 respectively, run together rather well, but Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III in 1990 and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation in 1995 both bring back the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface surrounded by a completely different family in a new location, even introducing an Illuminati-esque cult as part of their origin story in TNG. The franchise was then given a reboot in 2003, which got a prequel in 2006. However, 2013's Texas Chainsaw 3D took the route popularized by 2018's Halloween and ignored all the sequels except for the original film and continued that story decades later. The waters were muddied even more by 2017's Leatherface, which is ostensibly a prequel to the original, but doesn't square particularly well with any of its details.
Speaking with EW, Fede Álvarez, who was responsible for the previous horror remake Evil Dead in 2013, explained where this new film slots into everything. He explains that "direct sequel" doesn't mean "it skips everything." He wants to pay respect to the parts of other movies in the franchise that people love, but he needed to make a practical decision considering that the franchise "is such a mess canon-wise." They will only be directly referencing the original film and "it's up to you to decide when and how the events of the other movies happen." Read the full quote below:
When I say “direct sequel” I wouldn't say it skips everything. When movies do that, sometimes it feels a bit disrespectful to all the other films. Some people love Texas Chainsaw 2. I love a lot of things about that movie — it's so wacky and of its time. But the rest is such a mess canon-wise. I think it's up to you to decide when and how the events of the other movies happen.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022 was directed by David Blue Garcia. It stars Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Nell Hudson, and Jacob Latimore as a group of young people who attempt to breathe new life into a small Texas town and make it a hipster haven. Unfortunately, they will discover that they are on the wrong end of a chainsaw wielded by a still-alive Leatherface, played by Mark Burnham.
This film will make Texas Chainsaw tie with the Halloween franchise for the most times a new film has erased all the continuity that came before it. It's better for both the fans and the filmmakers if The Texas Chainsaw Massacre doesn't attempt to comb through the tangled mass of the franchise's continuity. If the film can strip all that away and deliver a tight shocker that rattles viewers, it will truly honor the legacy of the original more than any fan service sequel could have.
Source: EW
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