8 Movies That Were Secretly Remakes Of Remakes
6. Texas Chainsaw 3D
The Original: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Remake: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Remake Remake: Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
If I'd written this list in a couple of years time then it could have been made up almost entirely by slasher franchises; as we speak studios are working hard to find a way to reboot Friday The 13th, Halloween and A Nightmare On Elm Street, all of which already had one remake in the naughties. As it stands though, only one of that iconic batch has made it to the third reboot, and it's a big 'un.
The original Texas Chain Saw Massacre eventually spawned an unhealthy run of sequels that nobody really wanted to make, but when that ran out of gas Michael Bay got his mitts on it and churned out a gloomy remake and prequel, kick-starting his desecration of the entire genre with cheapo production outfit Platinum Dunes in the process.
After that, the rights moved around and we got Texas Chainsaw 3D, which tried to pose as a legitimate sequel to the original, but wound up ticking all the standard remake boxes.
It doesn't stop there though - later this year we're getting Leatherface, a prequel that explores the killer's teenage years. MAKE IT STOP!