Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
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Fifty years after a legendary massacre, a group of young adults encounters a legendary killer while a battle-hardened survivor hunts him down.
The story
Fifty years after the 1973 killings, a group of young entrepreneurs—Melody, Dante, Lila, and Ruth—travel to the abandoned Texas town of Harlow to auction off property for a gentrification project. While inspecting a dilapidated orphanage, they encounter an elderly woman named Ginny. The situation escalates when a mysterious, towering man appears. As the group navigates the decaying property, they are unaware that the legendary killer Leatherface has returned. Meanwhile, Sally Hardesty, a battle-hardened Texas Ranger and the sole survivor of the original massacre, receives word of his return and begins her own investigation to confront the killer once and for all.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In the abandoned town of Harlow, Melody, Dante, Lila, and Ruth are scouting property for a gentrification project. They encounter Ginny, an elderly woman living in an orphanage. After Ginny suffers a heart attack, a mysterious man appears. During the chaos, Ruth is attacked and killed by the man, revealed to be Leatherface, who removes Ginny's face to use as a mask. Nearby, Sally Hardesty, a Texas Ranger and the only survivor of the 1973 massacre, learns of Leatherface's return. At the orphanage, Leatherface brutally attacks Dante and later kills the local mechanic, Richter. Melody and Lila manage to flee but are hunted by Leatherface. They eventually encounter Sally, who confronts the killer. After a series of bloody encounters, Sally is critically injured. In a final confrontation, Melody and Lila face Leatherface; Melody manages to knock him into water, but he survives. In the final scene, Leatherface emerges and decapitates Melody in the street while Lila watches as a self-driving car takes her away from the scene.
- First release year
- 2022
- Runtime (minutes)
- 83
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- David Blue Garcia
- Writers
- Chris Thomas Devlin · screenplay; Fede Álvarez · story; Rodo Sayagues · story
- Cast and characters
- Sarah Yarkin · Melody; Elsie Fisher · Lila; Moe Dunford · Richter; Nell Hudson · Ruth; Olwen Fouéré · Sally Hardesty; Jacob Latimore · Dante Spivey; Jessica Allain · Catherine; Alice Krige · Virginia "Ginny" McCumber; Mark Burnham · Leatherface
- Genres
- slasher; horror
- Themes
- gentrification; gun violence; social media; morality
- Tone and mood
- ultraviolent; bloody; scary
- Premise and plot tags
- slasher; survival; reboot; sequel
- Source material / true-story basis
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise
- Franchise connections
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Content notes
- gore
- Reception
- The film received generally negative reviews from critics, though it performed well in viewership on Netflix.
- Production trivia
- The film was shot in Bulgaria to represent West Texas.; John Larroquette reprises his role as the narrator.
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