As a part of the recent release for Leatherface’s debut film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K Digital Remaster 50th Anniversary Edition, Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto shared his love of the horror movie. Specifically, the mangaka said, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is an incredible film filled with gore, sadness, and love. People who have never seen it before will probably be surprised at the beginning, astonished by the color red contained in a square that suddenly appears in nature, and amazed by the realism of the character Leatherface, saying, “I never knew he was such a cute guy!” Of course, my favorite film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series is the first one, but each of the subsequent films always offers a cathartic experience that you rarely get in other films, so if you enjoyed the first one, I definitely recommend watching the sequels.”
As for Leatherface, there has never been an anime that follows the Sawyer clan of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame, but the horror franchise’s place on the screen was far from finished. Ever since the horror movie arrived in the 1970s, there have been quite a few sequels that both re-imagine Leatherface while further diving into the horror icon’s backstory. As for the future of the horror franchise, nothing has been confirmed regarding a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, but there have been attempts. Most recently, The Monkey and Longlegs director, Osgood Perkins, discussed the now-failed movie in the franchise.
Perkins stated, “The reality is that we did put our best foot forward with that, along with a lot of folks. I actually don’t know where it stands at this point,” he explained. “We would have been very excited to do that. We definitely threw in. Honestly, I don’t know what is happening with it. But we did go forward — Neon and I — did put ourselves forward in a way that we felt very excited about and really wanted to do something that was as charming as the original.”
