Leatherface

Things never usually end well when you mix alcohol and weapons. Such is the case for Sgt. Eric Janik, a Baltimore police officer who got scared and allegedly pulled his service weapon on a haunted house employee dressed as Leatherface over the weekend, and is now suspended without pay and probably going to get canned. House of Screams employee Michael Morrison said he was doing his normal Leatherface routine to get “one last scream” and ran out the back of the haunted house after Janik with a chainsaw — which had no chain and was harmless — which apparently scared the piss out of ... Read Full Story

So it looks like Platinum Dunes has lost the rights to Texas Chainsaw Massacre . Well, Twisted Pictures, the company behind SAW, has picked it up. The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre will now be penned by The Grudge's Stephen Susco , and produced by Carl Mazzocone , Mark Burg and Oren Koules . Also the plan is to contemporize the story, bringing it into the present and... Wait for it... Make that fucker in 3D!!!!! More 3D. Ok . So, Leatherface is in new hands and they want to bring him into the present. I guess I can get behind that. I don't know ... Read Full Story

Could a Jigsaw vs. Leatherface movie be far away? Well, yes, probably. But such a beast now merits consideration if not discussion upon the news that Twisted Pictures, the producers of the Saw franchise, are about to scavenge the rights to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre away from Platinum Dunes. As expected, Twisted will likely run future Leatherface flicks through Lionsgate, giving that studio the potential for either two concurrent horror series or a replacement for Saw when that franchise comes to end, currently rumored to be after Saw IX . According to Variety , Platinum Dunes engaged rights holers Bob Kuhn and Kim Henkel ... Read Full Story

My hubby and I have been kicking ideas around for this year's Halloween costume and we decided on the dynamic duo of Stretch, the disc jockey from Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Leatherface. The decision was inspired by my husband's nine to five gig at a local deli, where he slices meat all day. TCM 2 is one of the films cited in Carol Clover's theory on the final girl and also features that unforgettable scene where Stretch keeps Leatherface at bay by doing a bump and grind with his saw. ("How good are you?") I need to freecycle for a non-working chainsaw (we ... Read Full Story

Exclusives: 'Saw' makers cutting 'Chainsaw' deal -- Twisted Pictures is becoming the house of multiple sharp objects. The makers of the "Saw" series are closing a deal to take over the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise, putting the villains Leatherface and Jigsaw under one roof. Read Full Story