Texas Chainsaw 3D

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has revealed the special features that will be included in the forthcoming DVD and Blu-ray release of Texas Chainsaw.  You can look for the package to street on May 14th.  Head inside for the breakdown!

Another January weekend and another horror project hitting the top of the box office.  

This weekend, it was Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Tommy Wirkola's horror-actioner starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton.

The film grossed an estimated $19 million - not quite hitting the projected numbers analysts were putting it at (on Friday, some said it would hit $25 million), still, not shabby for a film that is at 15% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Mama came in at number two with an estimated $12.8 million bringing that film's total to $48.6 million.

Horror is back on top at the box office in 2013.  Universal's Mama, produced by Guillermo del Toro and starring Jessica Chastain, came in at number one, grossing an estimated $28.1 million for the 3-day weekend (not counting the Martin Luther King holiday tomorrow).  The film bumped another Chastain picture, Zero Dark Thirty, from its top spot down to number two.  This is the second horror release of 2013 to open big.

Audiences have shown there is still love out there for Leatherface.  Texas Chainsaw 3D took the number one spot at the box office this weekend, grossing $23 million.  

The direct sequel to Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre dethroned The Hobbit which has been tops at the box office.  The film also performed better in its opening weekend than Leatherface's last outing in theaters, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, which grossed $18.5 million in its debut.

Originally posted December 19, 2012, but felt we needed to resurrect it in light of the film's opening weekend.

When Texas Chainsaw 3D arrives in theaters January 4th, it will - if producer Carl Mazzacone has his way - kick off a series of sequels inspired by the new story arc presented in the film.  And according to Alexandra Daddario, she's on board for the ride.

ShockTillYouDrop.com spoke with the actress yesterday in Los Angeles where she told us she is "locked in" for another round of Texas Chainsaw.

"I was really excited to be a part of the franchise and I'm grateful and be happy to do another one, it'd be great," she said.

Texas Chainsaw 3D is the most polished, expensive Texas Chainsaw Massacre fan film I've ever seen.  

That could be a good thing or that could be bad thing, depending on how you look at it.  Me?  I don't see that as, nor am I using it, as a compliment.

Like a fan film, Texas Chainsaw's heart is in the right place and it goes through some the motions of what we've seen before.  It painstakingly scrutinizes the minute details of its predecessor (this entry ignores everything after Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre) to be "familiar" and "true" to the series canon.  But it's a lunk-headed, often silly (like many fan films), effort that lacks logic and makes the crucial mistake of misfiring in its depiction of Leatherface.   It earns points for steering the series into new, potentially interesting territory, but boy, did they screw up in its execution.

She has appeared in Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief and the indie horror film Bereavement, he's a hit musician making his feature film debut.  Together, Alexandra Daddario and Trey Songz are taking on the legendary Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw 3D, opening in select theaters tonight at 10pm and wide tomorrow (Friday, January 4th).

ShockTillYouDrop.com sat down with the stars to discuss their involvement in the long-running horror franchise and you can find that video interview inside.

Picking up decades after the events of Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the new film finds Daddario playing a a young woman named Heather who learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had.  After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.

Tomorrow, I'll be posting my one-on-two video interview with Alexandra Daddario and Trey Songz, the stars of this Friday's release Texas Chainsaw 3D.  Shortly after that interview took place, I had a few extra minutes to pick Daddario's brain about the film and her role in which she plays a young woman who inherits a family home only to discover that Leatherface resides there.

"I wasn't all that familiar with the Texas Chainsaw franchise and I knew who Leatherface was, but I had never seen any of the films so I didn't know what the meaning behind it was," Daddario said when asked if she understood early on her character's importance in relation to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre legacy when she first read the script.  "Watching the original film and other films and researching it, I got to understand [who my] character is and what it means to the franchise and that's when it all became a lot more meaningful for me."

We haven't seen "Grandpa" in too many press materials for Texas Chainsaw 3D, but that is remedied in a new image released for the film.  It is one of three fresh photos Lionsgate has unveiled to promote the January 4th release.  Grandpa is once again played by John Dugan, who essayed the role in Tobe Hooper's original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  You'll also find a better look at Bill Moseley as Drayton Sawyer and leading lady Alexandria Daddario.  Head inside for more!

A new year, a new beginning, the same legend...  Lionsgate has released a new spot for Texas Chainsaw 3D; this one's called "Happy New Year."  You see why when you check out the video inside.  The film opens in theaters on January 4th.  For all of our coverage of this title to date, follow this link.

A new international poster for Texas Chainsaw 3D is here, blending familiar artwork and art spotted in this billboard.  Head inside for a look!

The film is set decades later and hundreds of miles away from the original massacre when a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had.  After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.  Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Sue Rock, Scott Eastwood, Bill Moseley, Gunnar Hansen, Trey Songz, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Richard Riehle star.  The film opens January 4th.

Vice and Lionsgate teamed up for a Texas Chainsaw 3D promo that's worth bringing to your attention.  The former reached out to a variety of artists and asked them to create a piece of art inspired by our favorite chainsaw-wielding, skin mask-wearing maniac.  The result is the Gallery of Horrors which is a good place to visit if you've got time to spare.  There's some solid art there, including some of our favorite selections you'll find inside.

Texas Chainsaw 3D opens on January 4th and stars Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Sue Rock, Scott Eastwood, Bill Moseley, Gunnar Hansen, Trey Songz, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Richard Riehle.

A new video released by Lionsgate takes you on the set of Texas Chainsaw 3D, the sequel to Tobe Hooper's original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  The b-roll features a lot of the cast, but what's interesting here is get you get a peek at "Grandpa," once again played by John Dugan.  Other TCM vets include Gunnar Hansen and Marilyn Burns.  Check out the video inside.

Decades later and hundreds of miles away from the original massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had.  After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.  Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Sue Rock, Scott Eastwood, Bill Moseley, Gunnar Hansen, Trey Songz, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Richard Riehle star.

Lionsgate has begin to populate my neighborhood with billboards for Texas Chainsaw 3D and they feature yet even more new poster art.  

I'm going to see if I can try and get a clean version as this is a bit raw.  Also, what you cannot see is that Leatherface is actually wearing what appears to be the original mask we see him in when we first meet him in Tobe Hooper's original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  

The new film opens January 4th.  Head inside for a look.

Another television spot for Texas Chainsaw 3D has presented itself, this one is hailing from the UK, however.  You get it here in the States on January 4th; January 9th for those in the UK.  Take a look!

Two new photos from Texas Chainsaw 3D have been released giving us a better look at stars Alexandra Daddario and Tania Raymonde.

Daddario plays a young woman named Heather who learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had.  After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.

In our interview with Daddario a few months ago, she told us Heather "has a great evolution through the film.  It's fun because you get to see the change in her and see her become - as she learns more about what's going on in the story - a different person."  Head inside for the images and look for the film to open in theaters on January 4th.

Lionsgate has been making the most of the Texas Chainsaw 3D Facebook page to unravel a viral image campaign. The latest pic gives you a glimpse of a police report, moreover, a snapshot that reads "Day of Incident." With the pic comes the following: "The town of Newt, TX has blood on its hands.  Who will make them come clean?"

In the pic, you'll get a very small look at Bill Moseley as Drayton Sawyer. Head inside for the image.

Texas Chainsaw 3D opens on January 4th and stars Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Sue Rock, Scott Eastwood, Gunnar Hansen, Trey Songz, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Richard Riehle. The film is not a remake but a sequel to Tobe Hooper's original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Winter officially begins December 21st and we're thrilled to see that the season is going to be jam-packed with horror releases!

What was once a dumping ground (some might argue it still is) for genre titles is now prime real estate (The Devil Inside raked in big bucks in its debut at the start of 2012).

ShockTillYouDrop.com breaks down the films you can expect to see later this month through March 19th, when winter concludes.  As usual, we weigh in with our thoughts on what is to come and provide you with links to photos and trailers (if available).

Use our comment boards below to sound off on what you are looking forward to!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre helmer Tobe Hooper has, apparently, seen Texas Chainsaw 3D and provided Lionsgate a quote to run with for their advertising campaign.  Hooper's thoughts?

"Incredible! A perfectly terrifying follow-up to the original," says Hooper.  And in anticipation of the film's January 4th release date, the studio has released a new 60-second TV spot.  With that said, Lionsgate is going to be making each Thursday leading up to the release an event.  Read on for the details.

Each week Lionsgate will be celebrating #ChainsawThursdays by hosting exclusive online events and debuts. Keep your ear to the ground, and your Twitter feed tuned in every Thursday and you’ll be first in line for all the freshest Leatherface news.

A TV spot for Texas Chainsaw 3D popped up on an international Facebook page dedicated to the film. We'll be seeing the promotion campaign rev up rather quickly for this film since we're almost a month out from its January 4th release.

Set decades after Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had.  After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.

*Updated with new Leatherface photo!*

A new image from Texas Chainsaw 3D has been released by Lionsgate, this one showing off stars Trey Songs and Tania Raymonde.  Songz is better known for his singing career (maybe you know the songs "Say Aah" or "Bottoms Up"...or maybe not), meanwhile, Raymonde starred on Lost and MTV's Death Valley series.

Songz and Raymonde appear in the latest Chainsaw alongside Alexandra Daddario and Scott Eastwood.  Head inside for the full image.

Set decades after Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had.  After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.

To read our full set report, follow this link.

Yahoo! Movies has a look at the latest one-sheet for Texas Chainsaw 3D. (Yes, this is the one we first debuted over the weekend, but we politely had to remove it earlier this week.)

This latest art once again focuses on Leatherface but plays up the 3D angle, thrusting a chainsaw in your face.  Head inside for a larger look!

Read our set report from the film right here.

Set decades after Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had.  After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.

A stand-off is about to go down at the Sawyer house and it might get pretty ugly.  The day is certainly welcoming a confrontation or an explosion of violence.  The air is buzzing incessantly with the sound cicadas.  The sun is uncompromising.  It’s so hot, if the ground cracked open and magma spilled forth, this writer wouldn’t be surprised.

Inside the abode, the cannibalistic Sawyer clan waits, sweating and armed to the teeth.  They’re huddled by a curtained window watching intently at the police squad car pulling up to their front porch.  The man of the law is joined by a mass of citizen vehicles, all makes and models from the ‘70s.  Back inside the house, moreover, the kitchen, Drayton Sawyer and the oafish man known in the horror pantheon as Leatherface, clash - Drayton playing the alpha male role - while the body of a burly fella (hello, driver of the Black Maria!) lies dead on a nearby table.

This is the scene ShockTillYouDrop.com is welcomed with when we arrive on the Shreveport, Louisiana set of Texas Chainsaw 3D, the latest chapter in the franchise.  This entry is directed by John Luessenhop (Takers) and stars Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood and Trey Songz with a few other familiar faces (and we’re not talking about the “faces” worn by Leatherface himself…zing!).  

A few months after our visit to the sweltering set of Texas Chainsaw 3D, ShockTillYouDrop.com was given the opportunity to have a one-on-one chat with director John Luessenhop (Takers).  Inside, he talks about tackling his first horror film, the "massacre" he has orchestrated, the various guises of Leatherface and more.

The new film stars Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Sue Rock, Scott Eastwood, Bill Moseley, Gunnar Hansen, Trey Songz, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Richard Riehle.  Look for it in theaters on January 4, 2013.

Actress Alexandra Daddario takes on one of horror's biggest bad-asses, Leatherface, in Texas Chainsaw 3D, opening in theaters January 4, 2013, and spoke with the star who has previously appeared in the horror film Bereavement and shows such as White Collar and Parenthood.  While we didn't connect with Daddario while on the set of the new Chainsaw, we did, however, speak to her via phone about her character.

Daddario plays young woman named Heather who learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had.  After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.  Head inside for more!

Our pals at FEARnet have revealed what is being called the New York Comic-Con one-sheet for Texas Chainsaw 3D.  And, as you can see, it's all about Leatherface, his mask...and what's up with those pants, old man?  Of course, I wouldn't ask that to his face...  Head inside for a look.

The next entry in the series opens on January 4th and is directed by John Luessenhop.   continues the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family, picking up where Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic left off in Newt, Texas, where for decades people went missing without a trace.  The townspeople long suspected the Sawyer family, owners of a local barbeque pit, were somehow responsible.  Their suspicions were finally confirmed one hot summer day when a young woman escaped the Sawyer house following the brutal murders of her four friends.  Word around the small town quickly spread, and a vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer stronghold, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family – or so they thought.

Lionsgate has debuted the trailer for their upcoming Texas Chainsaw 3D and you can check it out in the player after the break, courtesy of iTunes Trailers.

Directed by John Luessenhop and starring Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Trey Songz, Gunnar Hansen and many more, the horror project continues the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family, picking up where Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic left off in Newt, Texas, where for decades people went missing without a trace. The townspeople long suspected the Sawyer family, owners of a local barbeque pit, were somehow responsible. Their suspicions were finally confirmed one hot summer day when a young woman escaped the Sawyer house following the brutal murders of her four friends. Word around the small town quickly spread, and a vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer stronghold, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family – or so they thought.

Following the poster premiere of Texas Chainsaw 3D, Shock Till You Drop has your exclusive first photo from the film opening on January 4th.

In the image, we get a glimpse at Leatherface (played by Dan Yeager), chainsaw in hand, sauntering away from us on an abandoned track to a very apropos location.

The film continues the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family, picking up where Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic left off in Newt, Texas, where for decades people went missing without a trace.  The townspeople long suspected the Sawyer family, owners of a local barbeque pit, were somehow responsible.  Their suspicions were finally confirmed one hot summer day when a young woman escaped the Sawyer house following the brutal murders of her four friends.  Word around the small town quickly spread, and a vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer stronghold, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family – or so they thought.

Lionsgate has revealed the teaser poster, via Fangoria, for Texas Chainsaw 3D (looks like the "the" and "massacre" were chopped from the title).  The film is still on track for a January 4th release and we're told a trailer is not too far off from being released either.  

Directed by John Luessenhop, the film stars Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Sue Rock, Scott Eastwood, Bill Moseley, Gunnar Hansen, Trey Songz, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Richard Riehle.  This latest entry picks up decades after the events of Tobe Hooper's film.

The teaser poster gives us a look at the many masks of Leatherface, check it out...

We're not ones to give MPAA ratings their own stories, but this update concerns a film we haven't heard about for a while and there seems to be some growing concern (at least, that's what I glean from those of you who write in on our Facebook page) that it is even coming out at all.  And, that film is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D.

Presently, Lionsgate is aiming to release the film on January 4th and, today, the MPAA weighed in, giving it an R rating (duh) for "strong, grisly violence and language throughout."

This rating announcement could mean that a trailer is just around the corner.  I'm suspecting we might see something riding along with the release of The Possession next week, which Lionsgate is handling.  Makes sense.

Universal Studios Hollywood are gearing up for their annual "Halloween Horror Nights" and joining this year's line-up is a new maze called "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Saw is the Law" based on Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror classic, and they've created a brand new teaser for the maze, which you can watch after the jump.  "Halloween Horror Nights" begins on Friday, September 21 and runs through October 31.

Incidentally, ShockTillYouDrop recently learned that both the Evil Dead and Carrie remakes will be represented in the Los Angeles area around Halloween time, and we'll report more details on those once we receive them.  You can read more about Evil Dead's Knott's Scary Farm ride here.

In the meantime, here's the official press release from Universal Studios Hollywood:

Finding a release date can be tricky for any horror movie, though one has to figure that October is still the best month for the genre as seen by the success of the "Saw" and "Paranormal Activity" movies and dozens of others, including Marcus Nispel's 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. 

That's why it's kind of surprising that ERC is reporting Lionsgate has moved their upcoming reboot of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D back three months from its original pre-Halloween release date of October 5 to the first weekend of 2013 with a release on January 4. The ink on that release date change hadn't even dried before Summit jumped on the now-open October 5 as the new release date for Scott (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) Derrickson's found footage movie Sinister starring Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio.

It was a big week in horror movie news and Shock Till You Drop's Ryan Turek and FEARnet's Lawrence Raffel are here to weigh in on it all.

Tune in to hear what they have to say about the upcoming Evil Dead remake, which has Diablo Cody on board as a writer, The Thing prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D and Godzilla.

The two also review Tucker and Dale Versus Evil and veer off the horror path by discussing The Dark Knight Rises and the new Spider-Man...y'know, because we like other genres, too.