Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Directed by David Blue Garcia,
Written by Chris Thomas Devlin, Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues
Starring Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham
Release Date February 18th, 2022
“Do something and you are totally canceled bro!” Random Leatherface victim in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022.
Allow me to set the scene: A bus filled with Zoomers partying late into a rainy Texas night. Leatherface, the famed chainsaw killer boards the bus wearing his adopted mother’s face and carrying his chainsaw. Slack-jawed soon to be dead, Zoomers point cellphone cameras at Leatherface and victim number 1 threatens the lunatic killer with cancel culture. A generation that has lived through multiple school shootings is here portrayed as so dimwitted and P.C that they believe cancel culture would stop a chainsaw wielding maniac.
This is what passes as social satire in the new Netflix take on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. This bankrupt, intellectually deficient hot take is supposed to continue the legacy of one of the most subversive and politically charged horror movies of all time? This boneheaded meme is what passes for modern satirical discourse? It’s a wonder that no one asked if Leatherface identified as an attack helicopter. To say that satire is not the strong suit of the makers of the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a grave understatement of the stupidity and bankruptcy of this cash grab sequel.
Find my full length review at Horror.Media, linked here.
