Earlier this week, we learned that one of the many movies that will be premiering at this year’s edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas will be director Phillip Escott‘s documentary The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which “presents a journey into The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, exploring the elements that garnered the film its cult status.” With Fantastic Fest set to run from September 22nd through the 29th, the premiere of The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is just over a month away at this point – and a trailer has arrived online to give a preview of what Escott has in store for viewers! You can check it out in the embed above.
The original Texas Chain Saw Massacre was set on August 18, 1973, so today is the perfect day to share this trailer.
The trailer reveals that The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre includes interviews with several genre journalists, as well as “master of horror” Mick Garris (The Stand) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise alums Marcus Nispel (director of the 2003 remake), Fede Alvarez (producer of the 2022 film), and Adam Marcus and Debra Sullivan (writers on Texas Chainsaw 3D).
Directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay he wrote with Kim Henkel, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (chainsaw is two words in the film’s credits, and on the copyright), had the following synopsis:
When Sally (Marilyn Burns) hears that her grandfather’s grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin (Paul A. Partain), set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family’s old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen), who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.
Hooper’s film is one of the greatest movies ever made and there have already been multiple documentaries that have looked back on it and the franchise it spawned – but there’s always room for more. I’m looking forward to The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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