Obsession director, Curry Barker, to chew on A24's Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot

It’s good that he has the DIY pedigree because he’ll have his work cut out for him on Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s not that there’s nothing left to say with the franchise, but it’s not necessarily a series known for finding new things to say. Other than Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, the series has struggled to differentiate itself, visually or narratively, from the legendary original. Chainsaw 2 at least had original director and co-writer Tobe Hooper, who delivered a Gremlins 2-style self-parody four years before Joe Dante fed his babies after midnight. However, that movie came out 40 years ago, and since then, it’s been rough sawing. There have been five Chainsaw Massacre movies this century, and all but two have served as reboots (the others were prequels). There was the 2003 remake, followed by a prequel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Another prequel, entitled Leatherface, arrived in 2017, sandwiched between two more reboots, 2013’s Texas Chainsaw 3D and 2022’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Now, we can argue over whether these were legacy sequels or reboots until we’re blue in the face, but we’d still be stuck with five Massacres that attempted to relaunch the series but haven’t exactly lingered in the public consciousness. But, if anything can fix that problem, it’s another reboot and accompanying TV series. Surely, the issue was not enough Leatherface.