It was only just recently that we learned Obsession director Curry Barker would rev up a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie for A24. Already, he’s teasing out some of his vision for what he’ll do with the dormant slasher franchise, and provided some insight on his own history with it.
Talking to Total Film, Barker assured his plans to do something “different” than previous Texas films and build on what’s already there. One thing he wants to hone in on, for example, is “the uncomfortability of family. I want to lean into the rawness of what’s going on there—there’s some really messed up stuff happening at that farm. I genuinely feel there’s so much potential for that concept that has not been realized.”
Obsession director Curry Barker teases his upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie from A24, and it sounds like it will focus on Leatherface’s family #TheTexasChainsawMassacre pic.twitter.com/oLsMPOIvAa
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Barker loves the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but he confessed that his favorite entry in the series is actually the 2003 remake. Directed by Marcus Nispel, the film—which, like the 1974 original, focuses on Leatherface and his family terrorizing a group of young adults—was a financial success that led to other horror franchises rebooting themselves. Reactions to it were mixed at the time, and Barker clearly leans more toward positive, calling it “actually a decent remake. It was like my first horror movie I’d ever seen when I was a kid.”
With that background info, his desire to examine the Hewitt family makes a bit more sense: Barker feels the idea has “so much [that] hasn’t been dived into,” so of course he’s going to dive into it. As to what form that exploration will take, we’ll have to wait for more info on his Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie to determine that. But watching Obsession when that comes out on May 15 may offer some hints as to where his mind’s at.
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