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Gunnar Hansen’s ‘Chain Saw Confidential’ – The Other ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Movie in the Works
The horror world is being dominated today by Netflix’s official trailer for Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a brand new legacy sequel that’s coming exclusively to Netflix on February 18.
That movie is a sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original classic, the franchise once again going back in time rather than charting a course forward. As you may recall, 2013’s Texas Chainsaw 3D was similarly a “legacy sequel” to the original, while the more recent Leatherface was a prequel story delving into the horror icon’s origins. Both of these movies came in the wake of a remake, a prequel to that remake, and a string of oddball sequels that rarely had anything to do with each other, all of them coming together to form one hell of a confusing franchise.
And Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn’t even the only new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie on the way. Back in May 2021, it was announced that original Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen‘s book Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World’s Most Notorious Horror Movie was being turned into a feature film, you may recall.
Published in 2013, the late Gunnar Hansen‘s book went deep into the making of Tobe Hooper‘s horror classic, and Kirk Shaw’s Ambitious Entertainment and Yvette Yates Redick and Shaun Redick’s Impossible Dream Entertainment are joining forces to bring that true story to life.
“Chain Saw Confidential is being mounted as a dark comedy,” Deadline reported last May. They added, “Hansen’s book has been adapted by David Dubos, and purports to bring to the screen all the fun, horror and craziness from the making of the original seminal 1974 Tobe Hooper-directed horror film that cost $140,000 and grossed north of $30 million, spawning knock offs and numerous noisy and bloodier franchise extensions.”
The making of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was infamously a hellish experience, with the cast and crew braving the hot Texas sun to bring to the screen one of the most truly horrifying horror movies ever put to film. This should make for one hell of a movie, to say the least.
Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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