The writers don’t necessarily need to get rid of that aspect however, there needs to be some growth within the franchise that makes it feel fresh and new. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been around for nearly five decades and its bread-and-butter has been about a crazy dude slicing up innocent strangers. The franchise needs to focus on characterization and a decent plot going forward. When your plot is thin and filled with unlikeable characters, having people slaughtered like pigs is not the answer. Instead, the other films have relied on the gore factor hoping that the audiences would be entertained by the numerous ways that Leatherface can slice a man or woman in half. The film isn’t just an unnecessary gore fest. The original doesn’t deeply focus on their characters as well, but they do enough to at least make you care about them. The franchise doesn’t have a Sidney Prescott (Scream), a Laurie Strode (Halloween), or even a Dana or Marty (The Cabin in the Woods), meaning likable characters that you can truly root for. That’s easily the biggest problem with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as the film rarely gives me a reason to care about anyone on screen. While not impossible, no one is expecting deep characterization within horror films however, it would be nice to like the main characters before they’re picked off one by one. Part of the movie-going experience is the emotional attachment to the world and characters that are being presented onscreen. Luckily, we’re living in an age where storytelling is coming back to form thanks to filmmakers like Jordan Peele and Ari Aester, but too often, horror movies present us with unlikeable or worthless characters that make some of the dumbest decisions possible. However, an issue that’s plagued the franchise (or most horror movies in general) is the reliance on gory instead of storytelling. In fact, seeing characters die in a grotesque manner is part of the fun in horror movies.
MOVIES LIKE THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE MOVIE
In 2021, when you go to see a horror movie you’re expecting death in the most disturbing and gory ways. So why does it seem like the writers have such a hard time penning another good Texas Chainsaw Massacre film? Let’s explore some of these reasons below: The Focus On Gore Still, from sequels to reboots, to prequels, despite the financial success that the franchise brings, none of the films have been able to match the quality that the original brought in 1974. Not surprisingly, the box office success has turned this little film into a franchise, with a total of nine different Texas Chainsaw Massacre films in total.
Nevertheless, the 1974 horror film is no doubt a classic that defined a genre that wasn’t as big as it is today. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre smartly focuses on suspense than gore, though it probably had more to do with Tobe Hooper trying to make it a PG film. Even if you’re not particularly a fan of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it’s hard to get some of the images out of your head, most notably the infamous dinner scene in the first film. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn’t some thought-provoking and nuanced film like Get Out or The Silence of the Lambs however, the original movie did its job by providing plenty of scares and tension, which is rare in today’s horror landscape. In 1974, a little film called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre made its theatrical debut on October 4th and the horror film etched its place in movie history by not only making a crap ton of money off its small $700,00 budget ( $30.90 million to be accurate), but many horror fans label it as one of the best horror movies ever made.
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