We've been covering the upcoming Texas Chainsaw movie quite a bit on Daily Dead, but news had only been trickling in small amounts at a time. Now that filming is expected to start in July, we're finally starting to get more specific details on what to expect.
Before we get to plot details, Bloody Disgusting says that they have confirmed the title of the film will be "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D". Previously, it had been referred to as "Leatherface 3D".
We've also known for a while that this new film will be a direct sequel to the original Tobe Hooper classic and not the remake. What's Playing has spoiler-filled plot details, which tell us how this movie ties into the original and what new characters we'll see. Continue reading for more information...
[SPOILER WARNING] "The new film, set today, will see the authorities and some angry townspeople ambushing the Sawyer home - where Jeb Stuart is accused of carrying out his butchering.
Hooper, the local by-the-book sheriff, had agreed to give Leatherface/Jeb Sawyer a fair trial and grant him a good lawyer…. But that’s before local mayor Burt Hartman, an imposing town tough-guy, arrives with a mob to see that the murderer/s don’t even make it past their front door. Though they both want justice, Hooper and Burt have different methods. Things escalate when Burt’s mob start tying ropes to trees, prepping for a hanging, and ultimately throw a flaming cocktail into the Sawyer home… burning the place, and it’s residents (including Jeb’s father, Drayton, played by Bill Moseley), to the ground.
Goodbye Sawyers… goodbye Leatherface?
You can guess what happens next : The Chainsaw killings start up again (there’s a fun sequence at a carnival where our villain starts chopping away at the attendees) and Hooper is forced to believe that Jeb Stuart somehow survived the fire and is back for revenge. But is it Jeb? And if not, who is it? and why have they surfaced?
To entice the young ones, there’s a young heroine in the film, Heather who - Halloween H20 should maybe get a ’special thanks’ in the credits - learns she has a disturbing connection to the murderous Sawyer. Heather’s a bit of a hornbag but possibly more disturbing is her taste for things of a darker nature (not just referring to her boyfriend either) - like her art pieces which border on revolting. Still, there’s good in this family member and enough intelligence and determination to find out what’s really going on.."
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