PREVIEW: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sarah Yarkin (Happy Death Day 2U), Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Mark Burnham (Lowlife), Jacob Latimore (Detroit), Moe Dunford (Black ’47), Olwen Fouéré (Mandy), Alice Krige (Chariots of Fire), Jessica Allain (The Laundromat), Nell Hudson (Arrivals), Sam Douglas (Beyond the Sea), William Hope (The Whistleblower), Jolyon Coy (Rare Beasts)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

David Blue Garcia (Tejano), director; Chris Thomas Devlin (film debut), writer; Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe), Pat Cassidy (Two Step), Ian Henkel (Butcher Boys), Kim Henkel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), Rodo Sayagues (Don’t Breathe 2) and Shintaro Shimosawa (The Echo), producers; Colin Stetson (Hereditary), composer; Ricardo Diaz (Kiss from the Grave), cinematographer; Christopher S. Capp (The Hunger Games), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After remaining in hiding for fifty years, the deranged serial killer known as Leatherface (Burnham) resurfaces to terrorise a group of idealistic young friends who unassumingly infiltrate his shielded life in a remote Texas town…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

After several sequels, remakes and attempted reboots, this follow-up to the iconic 1970s horror erases all existence of other movies and serves as a much more direct sequel to the disturbing original.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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