Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy

“We are survivors; we are a people who will never die. You can kill one of us, but there will be more, and more, and more…” proclaims Sheriff Hoyt, trying to convince his psychotic family that they (nor this franchise) will die out easily. The writer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy takes a similar elemental approach to the revived franchises latest and seemingly most popular fan-fiction out there. While it is credited to being a ‘midquel’ to the 2003 remake and its own 2006 prequel, Legacy owes much of its brutal brilliance to Tobe Hooper’s 1974 cult classic (such as say the new brother addition to the twisted family). This is not a slick, joking slasher like many of the post-Scream era films, but a story that cuts to the nerve and drives through you like a rusted saw. It’s nasty and raw, however particularly entertaining and thrilling at the same time.

Dan is a reserved, quiet soldier who has just returned from the horrors of Vietnam, which have taken a great toll on him whether he acknowledges it or not. His best friend and fellow war veteran Justin is more or less the same, however he is more open about his aggressions as he drinks alcohol and blows off those closest to him. They are two of six childhood friends who are traveling on a camping trip to celebrate their friend Sean’s recent engagement in a sort of bachelor party fashion. Also in the group is young and naive college boy Zeke, preppy and talkative Chris, and somber Taylor, who is addicted to a drug of his own. After they pick up a sickly hitchhiker named Henrietta and her son Jedediah and offer to drive them back to their home, they become tangled up in yet another massacre.

As its subtitle promises, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy offers a legendary series of events that unfold to tell more of the story in the series, however nothing really new drags over the series. There is the introduction of a new Hewitt-clan family member, the sadistic Edwin who seems to be a mix between Edwin Neil’s Hitchhiker character in the 1974 original and Bill Moseley’s Chop-Top character in its 1986 sequel. Loose ends are also tied up (i.e. Henrietta and Jedediah’s arrival, Monty’s dog, etc). While nothing new really unfolds in this chapter of the Hewitt saga, there is enough suspense and thrills here to keep any horror fan on the edge and glued to the pages. What is different about this entry is that it doesn’t really focus on our villains, but more on the heroes. Yes, you are rooting for these guys to live, and the bond created between them is unusually well crafted, especially in a horror story.

Surely enough of the reviews already can make a fan want to check out The Legacy, and they should. It is far above average, if not excellent, and could certainly provide as a strong entry to the next film in the franchise. Some might argue that the all-male principal cast would hinder a horror movie (no Jessica Biel or Jordana Brewster-types here), but what The Legacy is proves that horror movies are not about big-breasted girls. To be scared for the characters you have to care for them, go through their pain, and get to know them on a personal level. The Legacy does that, and that is what makes it one-hell of a horror story, possibly the best fan-script I have ever read. I don’t want to sound cliché when saying this, but The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy really does have a nice buzz going about it, and its got enough good meat to make even Leatherface hungry for more.

I would recommend The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy
17+
Mature Audience (Strong Horror Violence/Gore, Language, Drug Use, Prolonged Sequences of Terror, and Sexual References)