Ah, yes. What I am sure is going to be the next “low-rent” re-hash of one of my favorite horror flicks makes it’s way to the movie theaters today. “
Texas Chainsaw Massacre” has had some worthy notes to the franchise and some rather full fledge duds as well. And this latest incarnate of
Leatherface has me feeling that this is on the latter side of the sequel/remakes.
This time around “
TCM” gets a name makeover to the awesomeness of “
Texas Chainsaw 3D” (yes, for whatever the fucking reason we get to see
Leatherface in all his gory glory in 3D… yay! And yes I am being sarcastic when I say “YAY”). Hollywood seems to still have a hard-on for that for some moronic reason. Sure we have the supper hot
Alexandra Daddario for our heroine but is that enough to make me cough up ten plus dollars to sit in the theater, and in January no less. Because we all know that January is the dumping ground for crap movies. That and I have been fucked over too many times with these updates/reboots that have just sucked. (“
Friday the 13th” anyone?)
Hey. I am all for a good telling of the same old story. (Just ask any of my friends who get to sit through one of my drunken retellings of days gone by to anyone new and/or willing to listen.) I think with how horror has finally jumped mediums and moved into television we can truly explore some of the old 80s villains. (Hell, they already have
Norman Bates &
Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lector cued up, ready to go.) Just look how widely respected “
American Horror Story” and “
Walking Dead” have become. This makes me think that it might be time to explore that thinking. How good of a story do you think can come out of story lines like “Hellraiser” if given a 13 episode run instead of trying to pound 3 lbs of shit into a 80-90 minute flick? Same goes to
Freddy,
Jason, and the aforementioned
Leatherface.
Hopefully Hollywood is watching and taking note if “
Bates Motel” takes off. Imagine the great TV horror fans and fans of the great masked villains would be given.
Until Next time…
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