The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022), dir. David Blue Garcia, Legendary Pictures/Exurbia Films/Bad Hombre
So it's come to this, a Netflix release.
In 1973, a group of teens encountered a group of power tool loving cannibals out in the wilds of Texas. Only one teen survived but the killers were never found.
50 years later, a group of young folks arrived in Harlow, Texas with the idea of gentrifying the whole town.
Melody (Sarah Yarkin)-San Francisco yuppie with money.
Dante (Jacob Latimore)-Meldoy's pal, also with money.
Lila (Elsie Fisher)-Melody's sister, just survived a school shooting.
Ruth (Nell Hudson)-Dante's girlfriend
So, thus assembled they arrive in the almost ghost town with the idea of making the rundown town a new haven for trendy bistros, artists, and overpriced coffee. Oh, 'almost' a ghost town, you say? Yeah, seems the town isn't totally empty. There's Richter (Moe Dunford), a mechanic who seems a bit uneasy about the whole outsider thing.
There is also Ginny (Alice Krige), who lives in the old orphanage. She's not alone either, as a very large and angry fellow (Mark Burnham) lives upstairs. Ginny makes it clear she isn't moving and she has the papers to prove it, but the stress causes her a heart attack. The large fellow goes with her in the ambulance, but when she dies? He doesn't take it well and soon Leatherface is back on the hunt.
Dumb, just dumb. Sally Hardesty (Olwen Fouere) survived and became a Texas Ranger-and yet she couldn't find a guy who's been living out in the open for fifty years? Also, we're supposed to buy a seventy plus old man can chase down people with a massive chainsaw?
Also, Sally apparently never thought to radio her location? Although I will say the dig against self- driving cars is ok. Not enough to recommend the film though, no.
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