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[Exclusive] Check Out NECA’s Upcoming ‘Chainsaw 3’ Leatherface Figure!
NECA has provided us with an awesome sneak peek ahead of Toy Fair 2017.
One of my personal favorite sequels, and one that I find to be highly underrated, is Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3. Director Jeff Burr’s 1990 film, preceded by one of the coolest teaser trailers ever, featured the most badass Leatherface of them all; played by R.A. Mihailoff, the third iteration of Leatherface was lean, mean, and holy shit did he have a cool chainsaw.
His mask was pretty badass too. Gnarly and nasty as can be.
Despite one being teased but never actually released, we have to date never gotten an action figure of Leatherface based on the franchise’s third installment, but today we’re happy to break the exciting news that that’s about to change. At Toy Fair this weekend, NECA will be showing off their retro-style Part 3 Leatherface figure, and we’ve got the exclusive first look for ya!
The clothed action figure stands 8″ tall and is fully poseable. True to the movie, the blade of his chainsaw is inscribed “The Saw Is Family” and he wears a leg brace. He’ll come in blister packaging with a resealable protective clamshell featuring new art from Jason Edmiston.
Check out the prototype (not final) below!
A gnarly infection threatens to claw its way out of a moving camper in the first trailer for Shudder’s claustrophobic Hellcat.
The feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited the Fantasia title Ultrasound, makes its debut on Shudder on August 14.
In Hellcat, “Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?”
Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) leads the cast that also includes Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins (The Bikeriders), and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) in a voice role. Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert.
Hellcat made its world premiere last summer at Fantasia. I wrote in my review, “Hellcat is a bit of a Trojan horror that defies easy classification, by design. Bodell’s sneaky debut feature is occasionally too sparse in its worldbuilding in its bid to preserve the mystery, but not enough to detract from the thrilling road thriller that transforms into a completely left-field type of horror we don’t get nearly enough of. The stripped-down tribute to a classic horror staple catches you off guard in more ways than one, marking Bodell as one to watch.”
In other words, there’s a lot more than meets the eye to Hellcat‘s simple infection setup, delivering plenty of surprises along its bumpy road of horrors.
Check out the trailer and poster below and add Hellcat to your watchlists asap.
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