New ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Bringing Back Sally, The Only Survivor From The Original Film
ProducerFede Alvarezrecentlyrevealedthat the upcomingTexas Chainsaw Massacremovie wasn’t a reboot, it was a direct sequel to the original film. And it certainly looks like he wasn’t kidding, because now it’s been confirmed that Sally Hardesty, the final girl from the original film, is back for this new entry. Unfortunately, original Sally actress Marilyn Burns died in 2014, so the role had to be recast – and it was, withMandyactressOlwen Fouérétaking on the role.
Bloody Disgustingbroke the news that Olwen Fouéré, who appeared inMandyandSea Fever, is playing Sally Hardesty in the newTexas Chainsaw Massacremovie (which I guess is just officially calledThe Texas Chainsaw Massacreat this point). This certainly lends even more credence to producer Fede Alvarez’s claim that the new movie would be a direct sequel rather than a reboot.
As Alvarez put it: “It is a direct sequel, and it is the same character. It is old man Leatherface…Everything is classic, old school gags. A lot of the approach that we had withEvil Dead– never VFX, to do everything on camera. It’s a very old-school approach to filmmaking. Vintage lenses…it’s very similar to the original film.”
All that said, I’m 99.9% sure this new film is following theHalloween2018 route, in that it’s a direct sequel to the first film and the first film only, and that all the other sequels are going to be ignored. That’s not really that big a deal, since the majority of theTexas Chainsawsequels stand on their own. The only entry that could be thought of as a direct sequel would probably be 2013’s terribleTexas Chainsaw 3D, and if everyone wants to ignore that, I have no complaints.
Sally Hardesty was the sole survivor of the originalTexas ChainsawMassacrefilm (which I am well-aware is actually calledTexas Chain Saw Massacre, so please don’t yell at me). Sally and her pals were on a road trip in Texas and ran afoul of Leatherface and his cannibal kin. After all her friends got slaughtered, Sally was taken captive and almost bit the dust herself but managed to escape by jumping through a window, running out to the road, and eventually climbing into the back of a pick-up truck. This resulted in one of the most iconic moments in horror cinema, with a blood-drenched Sally laughing hysterically as she rides to safety all while Leatherface, left behind, does a little dance, swinging his buzzing chainsaw around.
Marilyn Burns played Sally in the original film, and the actress also appeared in two of the sequels –Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generationand the aforementionedTexas Chainsaw 3D. However, she played different characters in both of those films. Burns died in 2014, which is why the role had to be recast for this new film.
The newTexas Chainsaw Massacremovie is directed byDavid Blue Garciaand also starsElsie Fisher,Sarah Yarkin,Jacob Latimore,andMoe Dunford. There’s no official release date just yet, but theteaser posterfor the film says it’s expected to arrive sometime this year.
