New ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Hooks John Laroquette for Opening Narration

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really). It was the perfect place setting for the movie that followed, as visceral and gripping as any horror movie from that period (or any horror movie ever, really).Laroquette returned to the franchise for 2003’s Michael Bay-produced “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” which looked to recreate the mood and setting of the original film while upping the explicitness of the horror. (Original cinematographer Daniel Pearl also returned for that iteration.) This new film serves as a direct sequel to the original, taking place in modern day Texas, where a new group of unlucky victims run afoul of Leatherface and, presumably, the rest of the murderous Sawyer family.

This new film even features Sally Hardestry, the only survivor of the original film, who is name-checked in Laroquette’s narration (this time played by Olwen Fouéré, as original actress Sally Burns passed away in 204).“It felt important to honor the original ‘TCM’ at every opportunity,” new director David Blue Garcia said to Variety. “John’s voice is iconic in the original opening and we thought it would help set the perfect tone in our own intro.

It’s also a subtle way of letting the fans know they’re in good hands.”How good those blood-splattered hands are remains to be seen.