10 Status Updates On Iconic Horror Movie Franchises

Last Film Entry: Leatherface (2017)

What's Going On? Few horror franchises have had as skewed and multi-stranded a continuity as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

To break it down, there are the four initial Chainsaw pictures that all follow the same canon. Then there was the 2003 remake, which itself was given a prequel. From there, 2013's Texas Chainsaw 3D served as a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper's 1974 original picture, and the eighth and most recent entry in the franchise is 2017's Leatherface - which is a prequel set in the same continuity as the original '74 effort and Texas Chainsaw 3D.

With the franchise rights having by now switched from Lionsgate and Millennium Films to Legendary Entertainment, a new instalment in the Chainsaw series wrapped production earlier this year. Produced by the Evil Dead remake's Fede Alvarez, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker David Blue Garcia is on directing duties for what is inventively titled The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The title may not be the most intriguing of names, yet the plot of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre should at least raise some interest from franchise fans. Picking up 47 years after the events of the very first movie, here we'll get to see a 60-year-old Leatherface (Mark Burnham), an older Sally Hardesty (Olwen Fouere taking over from Marilyn Burns), and will largely centre on two sisters on a business trip in Texas.

A specific release date has yet to be set for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but the film was previously targeting a late 2021 release.