Netflix hasn’t yet announced an official release date, although sometime near Halloween would certainly seem to make sense.Īs one might expect, given the current vogue in making horror sequels, this Texas Chainsaw Massacre is being pitched as a direct sequel to the original 1974 film from Tobe Hooper, ignoring all other sequels, even Hooper’s own Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. The poster below was released last year, and remains the only piece of promotional material we’ve seen of the film so far. The film was shot in Bulgaria in 2020, is produced by Don’t Breathe filmmaker Fede Alvarez, and has otherwise been very much shrouded in mystery throughout its development. Taking on a well-known franchise like TCSM, however, will doubtless by a much bigger platform for the young director. This version of TCSM, as it is known to fans, is the sophomore directorial effort of cinematographer David Blue Garcia, known primarily for thriller Tejano in 2018. It just goes to show that Netflix isn’t too concerned when it comes to acquiring high-profile horror content, even when it comes from a series known for a taboo level of violence and gore. Netflix had previously acquired the Millie Bobby Brown-starring Enola Holmes from the studio last year, but it’s safe to say that any version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a far more grisly affair. The world’s biggest streamer has picked up global rights to the horror sequel from Legendary Pictures. The women of #EvilDeadRise are killing it! #KillerLadies #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023 long-awaited next installment in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise has found what is perhaps an unlikely home, in the form of Netflix. Evil Dead Rise will instead be a brand new movie with brand new characters and a brand new storyline. According to Campbell, the three have been “very involved” in the project every step of the way.Ĭampbell, however, will NOT be appearing in the film as Ash Williams. Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert Tapert are producing Evil Dead Rise. The sisters’ reunion is cut short by the discovery of a mysterious book deep in the bowels of Ellie’s building, giving rise to flesh-possessing demons, and thrusting Beth into a primal battle for survival as she is faced with the most nightmarish version of motherhood imaginable.” “In the fifth Evil Dead film, a road-weary Beth pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie, who is raising three kids on her own in a cramped L.A apartment. Here’s the official plot synopsis for Evil Dead Rise… Gabrielle Echols ( Reminiscence), Morgan Davies ( The End) and Nell Fisher ( Splendid Isolation) star alongside Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan. Paying tribute to the “killer women” of the franchise’s latest movie, the short video features a bit of fresh new footage from Evil Dead Rise, so you’ll want to give it a watch.ĭirector Lee Cronin’s ( The Hole in the Ground) Evil Dead Rise is coming exclusively to theaters on April 21, 2023. The marketing campaign for Evil Dead Rise gave us a tiny little treat today, the team celebrating International Women’s Day with a fun video shared to social media. Here are 13 of the very best, in honor of the late Tobe Hooper’s enduring legacy. Specifically, we’re spotlighting alternate posters that fans have conjured up. Outside of the film world, artists have been showing their love for Hooper’s game-changer with their own tributes to Leatherface and his twisted family, and today we wanted to highlight some of the most impressive art tributes we’ve come across for the film. Filmmakers like Rob Zombie, whose debut House of 1000 Corpses owes a huge debt to Chain Saw. The low-budget film, made in Texas, sure made an impression on Hollywood and, well, pretty much everyone who saw it, inspiring and influencing countless filmmakers to pick up a camera and make their own horror movie. Gritty, disturbingly authentic and with a hulking villain who remains one of the most terrifying to ever grace the screen, Hooper’s seminal masterpiece shocked the world in 1974 as Rob Zombie wrote in his touching tribute to Hooper on Rolling Stone this week, “ It was a genuine American nightmare caught on film for all the world to see.” Wes Craven undoubtedly brought a new level of realism to horror cinema with The Last House on the Left in 1972, but one could argue that Tobe Hooper took things one step further with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre just two years later. In 1974, the horror genre changed forever.
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