Murder and mayhem in the trailer for Leatherface

July 27, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

The wait has been long for Leatherface, a prequel to Tobe Hooper’s iconic slasher The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And while the franchise has finally entered straight-to-VOD territory (a sure sign of fatigue), it’s hard to ignore the ridiculous talent behind it—that’s right, Inside duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo are bringing the chainsaw-wielding madman back to life. While the franchise […]

Leatherface poster teases the beginning of the end

September 4, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, the French mad-minds behind Inside, have been tasked with bringing the latest story in Leatherface’s legacy to life, which was written by Seth M. Sherwood. In Leatherface, Vanessa Grasse stars as Lizzy, a young nurse at a mental hospital who’s kidnapped by a group of violent teenagers and taken on a road trip […]

New Leatherface details hint at a three person psycho-mystery

March 12, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

It was just a few days ago when we learned that Sam Strike was set to star in Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel, Leatherface, leading us to assume that he would grow up to be the iconic killer. It turns out that might not actually be the case. With the announcement of a […]

Meet your teenage Leatherface, Sam Strike

March 9, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Inside tandem Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo have been hard at work on their Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel, one that will tell the origin story of an iconic cinematic monster, Leatherface. It’s kind of a big deal, too, because Maury and Bustillo’s film isn’t about the mask, it’s about the man under it and the boy […]

Inside directors to helm The Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel

November 3, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Not one, but two directors are going to try and clean this franchise up. I am just going to say it right now, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is a continuity shitstorm. Keeping track of Leatherface’s timeline over the years has been next to impossible, thanks to Platinum Dunes having absolutely no idea which direction they […]

The Leatherface origin story revs up its chainsaw

August 14, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

A teenage Leatherface is coming our way, time to bust out the proactive. Origin stories are becoming the go-to route when re-introducing old characters to the big screen as we’re starting to see it more and more these days. It’s not such a bad thing, really, when you look at the success of A&E’s Bates […]