The Misplaced Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath Sequel You may In all probability By no means See

As of this writing, there have been 9 movie within the Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath collection. Tobe Hooper’s 1974 authentic, “The Texas Chain Noticed Bloodbath,” stays top-of-the-line horror movies of all time, dredging the audiences by violence and filth that has hardly ever been matched on the massive display screen. Hooper’s movie feels dingy and oily, and if it was made and edited by the cannibal hillbillies it options. 

The numerous sequels are of doubtful canonical worth. The collection options a number of reboots and reshaping of the continuity, with not less than three that restart/reboot the franchise, or that function direct sequels to the unique. Solely the central idea stays: Within the wilds of rural Texas, a distant Sawyer clan has been reduce off from civilization, counting on cannibalism (and probably incest) to outlive, and a gaggle of unsuspecting cityfolk drive by the Sawyer household’s property and are attacked, killed, and eaten. Numerous the crimes on show in “Texas Chain Noticed” have been straight impressed by the crimes of Ed Gein, a Wisconsin serial killer who preferred to make furnishings out of human bones. 

Hooper made his first sequel, “The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath 2,” in 1986. It was wilder and extra cartoonish than the gritty authentic, however nonetheless featured loads of blood and loss of life for the gorehounds within the viewers. “Bloodbath 2” starred Invoice Moseley as one of many cannibal hillbillies, Chop High. There have been further sequels in 1990 and 1995, however Hooper did not direct these (“Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath III” was made by Jow Burr, and “The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath: The Subsequent Era” was made by Kim Henkel). 

In response to the Misplaced Media Wiki, nonetheless, Hooper’s son William started making his personal direct sequel to “The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath 2” in 1999. Supposed for launch on the franchise’s twenty fifth anniversary, “All American Bloodbath” was to function Moseley in a central position, and actor Brian Patrick Carroll — higher referred to as the guitarist Buckethead — was to play Leatherface.

In 2025, the footage is usually misplaced.

One can discover the teaser trailer for “All American Bloodbath” simply sufficient on-line and see that William Hooper supposed to shoot the sequel on a budget, utilizing high-end digital video cameras (a novelty on the time, and favored by low-budget style filmmakers). One may discover a 96-second clip of Buckethead as Leatherface on YouTube, though little occurs within the clip past Leatherface twiddling with a chainsaw and moaning in panic. 

That clip, in keeping with the Misplaced Media Wiki, is the one identified footage from the precise film (aside from the trailer) that has survived. The Wiki additionally notes {that a} full 35mm print of “All American Bloodbath” — the print that when belonged to producer Eric H. Lasher — was as soon as up on the market on eBay. However that was approach again in 2013, and researchers have not been capable of find the one that may need bought the print. 

No different footage has ever surfaced, however a lot of details about “All American Bloodbath” has been shared through the years. In response to a 2004 interview that Dread Central carried out with Moseley, the Chop High character was re-named to Bloody Bobby for copyright causes, and Moseley was solely on set for one 16-hour filming day. Moseley stated he agreed to be in “All American Bloodbath” as a result of he wished to be on good phrases with Hooper. He described the scene he shot as a tabloid-like interview that Bloody Bobby had with a Geraldo Rivera-type character, and that it might present the bookend materials for the movie. Evidently “All American Bloodbath” was going to happen principally in flashback.

There was some press about “All American Bloodbath” within the horror group as nicely, and one can discover previous Geocities pages speaking about it. 

The press releases and Geocities pages are an enchanting take a look at how hype is pushed, and the way it would not all the time explode into the mainstream consciousness. The publicist for the movie glided by the identify of Stu Carney, though that was only a pseudonym for Lasher. 

The press launch famous that “All American Bloodbath” was to be fairly brief, and it bolstered Moseley’s description of the venture. It learn: 

“‘All American Bloodbath’ is a roughly 60-minute featurette shot fully in high-resolution digital video, conceived as a tribute to ‘The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath’ and its sequel,’TCM2.’ The story facilities on the fond reminiscences of a infamous serial killer, incarcerated for over a dozen years, as he’s interviewed by a tabloid TV journalist. He flashes again to ‘happier occasions’ and we be part of him for an over-the-top killing spree.”

The press launch continued: 

“The solid options Invoice Moseley (Chop-High from ‘TCM2’) because the demented however lovable killer, Todd Bates (make-up artist and prop-maker for ‘Battle Membership,’ ‘Hole Man,’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ amongst others) enjoying the killer as a younger man, and Stephan Lokotsch (‘The Hook-Armed Man’) and Danielle Burgio (‘Blade’ and John Carpenter’s ‘Vampires’) as a pair of hapless victims, together with a gifted solid of newcomers and relative unknowns. Additionally, the musical rating is by Buckethead, the guitar wizard who has toured with Primus and is at the moment the guitarist for Weapons ‘N Roses.” 

Moseley additionally talked about the venture in a 2001 interview with an internet site known as Arachnia, however he provided no new data. The total identified solid was compiled by the Misplaced Media Wiki, however no main celebrities can be discovered, in contrast to Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey in “The Subsequent Era,” which /Movie as soon as ranked because the fourth finest Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath film. 

The bookend materials in “All American Bloodbath” was to happen 12 years after “The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath 2,” catching up with Chop High, a.ok.a. Bloody Bobby, as he was thrown right into a psychological hospital. The flashback sequences would happen earlier than the unique “Texas Chain Noticed,” and observe the travails of a younger High/Bobby (Todd Bates). In response to Lasher, the movie price a really tiny $15,000 to make, which is actually within the spirit of the cheap authentic. He additionally claims that Buckethead did certainly play Leatherface in sure scenes, however that he took over the position sooner or later throughout manufacturing. “All American” ignored the occasions of “Leatherface” and “Subsequent Era.” (Most individuals ignore “Subsequent Era,” together with its stars.) 

And why is the movie lacking? Nobody is aware of for positive. Though “All American Bloodbath” was made by Tobe Hooper’s son, it nonetheless wasn’t sanctioned by any studio, main one to imagine that the movie by no means secured the rights to the “Texas Chainsaw” characters or iconography. 

In response to an article in Bloody Disgusting, the rationale nobody ever noticed “All American Bloodbath” was as a result of it was too costly to distribute. Tobe Hooper launched a kickstarted in 2011, hoping to get the funds to lastly launch the movie, however the Kickstarter failed to achieve its objective. Nobody leaked the completed movie, and it stays obscure to this present day. 

In 2022, documentary filmmaker Edward Payson made “In Search of All American Bloodbath: The Misplaced Texas Chainsaw Movie” as an try to get extra data on the film, and even perhaps observe down its whereabouts. Whereas the interviews are an enchanting look into the world of low-budget horror filmmaking, the doc crew by no means really uncovered a print appropriate for public gross sales. 

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