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Directed by | John Luessenhop |
Produced by | Carl Mazzocone |
Screenplay by |
Adam Marcus Debra Sullivan Kirsten Elms |
Story by |
Stephen Susco Adam Marcus Debra Sullivan |
Based on |
Characters created by Kim Henkel Tobe Hooper |
Starring |
Alexandra Daddario Dan Yeager Trey Songz Scott Eastwood Tania Raymonde Thom Barry Paul Rae Bill Moseley Gunnar Hansen |
Music by | John Frizzell |
Cinematography | Anastas N. Michos |
Edited by | Randy Bricker |
Production
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Millennium Films
Mainline Pictures |
Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release date
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Running time
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92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $15.1 million |
Box office | $47.2 million |
Texas Chainsaw (promoted as Texas Chainsaw 3D) is a 2013 American slasher film directed by John Luessenhop, with a screenplay by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms and a story by Stephen Susco, Marcus and Sullivan. It is the seventh installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise and was presented in 3-D. The film serves as a direct sequel to the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (ignoring the events of the second, third and fourth films, not including the remake films). The film stars Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trey Songz, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Bill Moseley, with Gunnar Hansen and Marilyn Burns, who had appeared in the original 1974 film. The story centers on Heather, who discovers that she was adopted after learning of an inheritance from a long-lost grandmother. She subsequently takes a road trip with her friends to collect the inheritance, unaware that it includes her cousin, Leatherface, as well. Filming began in the summer of July 2011, and it was released January 4, 2013.
Upon release, the film received negative reviews by critics and fans of the original film. It did, however, perform well at the box-office, making $47.2 million from a $20 million budget. It was also the last film both Burns and Hansen starred in before they both died in 2014 and 2015 respectively.