In a movie that throws so much at the wall, the main overarching theme of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' is the one no one brings up.
Ever since it came out, in mid-February, Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been received with unenthusiastic reviews and halfhearted applause, to put it mildly. Directed by David Blue Garcia, the film scored a mere 33 on Metacritic and has been mercilessly bashed by lovers of the original 1974 Tobe Hooper film, to which it serves as a direct sequel.
Judging from this initial information, one would assume that Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a movie about gentrification. One wouldn’t be wrong, but they wouldn’t be right either. Gentrification is, indeed, an important part of the film, with Melody and Dante’s project serving as a catalyst for much of what goes on in the plot and Leatherface becoming a kind of nemesis to the hubris of the big city investors that thought they could tear small town America to pieces.
But while the film chooses to approach Lila’s character through her fear of guns, it is much more interesting to look at her plot through the lens of her survivor’s guilt. In between flashbacks of the school massacre that, admittedly, could have been left off the final cut, Lila wonders why she was allowed to survive, while others that allegedly had so much more to offer are now gone.
The theme of community also pops up when we discuss Dante and Melody’s plans for Harlow, and not just through Lila’s trauma. Feeling isolated and threatened by the dangers of the big city, the pair of chefs is looking for a place to start a new life, surrounded by like-minded people. They are, as Ruth puts it, “idealistic individuals who want to build a better world”. However, this new world of theirs comes not from a desire to create something concrete, but from sheer denial.
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