2. Texas Chainsaw 3D Was Technically A Sequel To The Original
Most horror franchises tend to be rebooted once before the producers realise its probably a good idea to shelve it. Not with Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The original was one of the most revolutionary horrors of all time, laying the groundwork for the eighties slasher craze. Banned in the UK until 1998, Tobe Hoopers film (and to a lesser extent its sequel) was pure horror gold. Since then, the series has been rebooted a varying number of times, depending on how you view the sequels. Obviously theres the Michael Bay produced take on it from the naughties, but both Leatherface and The Next Generation could be taken as reboots; they share elements with Hoopers films, but have enough new to be said to be set in their own world. In the current version of the character, none of those matter, however. No one saw Texas Chainsaw 3D because the promise of a horror event is negated when its both piggybacking on a film four decades old and the craze of adding to a ticket price for a dimmed image, so many missed that it wasn't actually an all out remake. Ignoring every film since 1974, its a sequel to the original, making everything else worthless. Which begs the question; why such a remakey title?