Of all the iconic killers in horror, few are as terrifying as Leatherface. First seen in Tobe Hooper’s horror masterpiece, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, he is the former slaughterhouse worker who continues his trade butchering humans to feed his psychotic family. Leatherface earns his moniker with his trademark mask made of human skin, one […]
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The saw is family. Leatherface may be the face of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre family, a horror icon, and a lethal enforcer, but he’s a family man at heart. Leatherface is the brawn to far more demented family members, making them just as dangerous, if not more so by how unassuming they can be by comparison. The […]
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Gun Interactive (Friday the 13th: The Game) brings us an update on their upcoming The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game today, previewing the game’s unique match structure. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre game will be an asymmetrical multiplayer, but the developers explain today that it’s going to feature a franchise-specific “3v4” match structure. Today’s fresh […]
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre‘s multiple timelines and similar titles make Halloween‘s chronology seem straightforward. You’d be hard-pressed to find a movie that has been remade, rebooted, sequelized, and prequelized more. With a new installment – the third one titled some variation of Texas Chainsaw Massacre – hitting Netflix on February 18, let’s saw into […]
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The image of Sally Hardesty screaming in the back of a pickup truck, just narrowly escaping from Leatherface’s chainsaw blade with her life, is one of the most enduring and iconic images in all of horror history, that moment of course found in the final moments of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Many […]
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The horror world is being dominated today by Netflix’s official trailer for Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a brand new legacy sequel that’s coming exclusively to Netflix on February 18. That movie is a sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original classic, the franchise once again going back in time rather than charting a course forward. As you may […]
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There’s a lot to appreciate about a lean, mean horror movie that impresses in the way it sustains suspense or dread throughout without overstaying its welcome. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to precisely that type of movie. The intense horror movie that gets your adrenaline pumping in a short window, then never eases up […]
This year kicks off with a big ole bang with the return of Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson’s Scream franchise, bringing Ghostface back to theaters for the first time in ELEVEN years on January 14, 2022. The film is already getting rave reviews from critics, suggesting that 2022’s horror output is already on fire here […]
Announced last night during The Game Awards, Gun Interactive (Friday the 13th: The Game) is working with Sumo Nottingham on an asymmetrical multiplayer video game based on the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, soon headed to PC and current-gen consoles. In addition to being able to play as the original Leatherface, we’re told that […]
Welcome to Revenge of the Remakes, where columnist Matt Donato takes us on a journey through the world of horror remakes. We all complain about Hollywood’s lack of originality whenever studios announce new remakes, reboots, and reimaginings, but the reality? Far more positive examples of refurbished classics and updated legacies exist than you’re willing to remember […]
Animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is taking a shot at clothing companies that use animals for their products, launching the faux online shop “Urban Outraged” and packing it with clothing made from “genuine human leather.” It’s a fake online storefront, to be clear, so none of the gruesome clothing […]
In my defense, I thought it might be helpful, a kind of catharsis. First of all, I must say that my wife is the purest soul I’ve ever met, unendingly compassionate and completely selfless. Honestly, I have no idea how she puts up with me, but I am grateful for it every day. She’s never […]
Tobe Hooper is my favorite director. Not just my favorite Master of Horror, not just my favorite director in the horror genre, my favorite director period. That makes ranking his filmography an almost impossible task, because even those titles that rank lower on the list are still movies I love – or, at the very […]
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