Earlier this year, Netflix attempted to bring The massacre in Texas from the dead. The results were mixed: It finished with a 32% Tomatometer score and was described by our own reviewer as “an early contender to be named Worst Mainstream Movie of 2022” and that it is “the series’ worst entry to date.” “.
Viewers were left disappointed, with a minimum viewership score of 26% and much teasing on social media. The other side of the coin is that it was the #1 movie on Netflix in its opening weekend, and sure enough, the sequel rumors have started to surface.
Now even horror fans (who are no strangers to endless sequels) are waiting. The massacre in Texas stays dead
Many are tired of endless franchises with roots in the 1970s and 1980s.
Others simply say “no”:
One theory is that it will tie into the next licensed video game:
This poster is correct that the bus scene is excruciatingly bad:
And yes, Hallowe’en is the best example of how to bring back a classic horror villain and The massacre in Texas not even close:
We have a faint hope that the filmmakers will take into account the criticism of the last film and try to do better with the sequel. There is no good reason for a modern The massacre in Texas The movie shouldn’t work, but it needs to be approached with a lot more flair and imagination than what was served to us earlier this year.
Maybe it’s too much to be completely optimistic, but surely a sequel can’t be worse… Or can it?
More in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as we hear it.
