All American Massacre (partially found unreleased Texas Chainsaw Massacre spin-off film; 1998-2000)

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The poster of the unreleased film.

Status: Partially Found

All American Massacre is an independent film that was an unofficial spin-off to Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 and 2. Starring fan-favorite Chop Top, Bill Moseley reprises his role as the character for a second time in this prequel/sequel. The film features director William 'Tony' Hooper, son of Tobe Hooper, the director of the original two Chainsaw films. Despite having been completely finished, All American Massacre has never been released to the public.

Plot

Intended to be a 25th-anniversary tribute to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", The film was to act as both a prequel and sequel to the first two films, with flashback sections bridging the plot together. As stated in the official press release, there would be no connection to the third or fourth Chainsaw films, as these movies were not directed by the Hooper family.

Set 12 years after the events of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Chop Top has been captured and placed in a psychiatric prison. When interviewed by a tabloid newspaper, we get to see flashbacks of his life. A much younger Chop Top, known as Bobby, would make an appearance. These flashback sequences would serve as a connection to the first Chainsaw film, as we would see characters such as the Hitchhiker and Leatherface return. After these flashback sequences, Chop Top would then escape and start a new Massacre, an All American Massacre.

Cast

  • Bill Moseley as Chop Top
  • Brian Patrick Carroll (Buckethead) as Leatherface
  • Todd Bates as Bobby Sawyer and the Hitchhiker
  • Stephan Lokotsch as Steven
  • Danielle Burgio as Nikki
  • Greg Herger as Grampa, a prison guard, and a television reporter

Production

In 1999, the film began as a 10 minute short that was known as The All-American Chainsaw Massacre. The plot at the time hadn't been developed; However, such elements such as Todd Bates playing a younger Chop Top had already been planned.[1] As time passed, it eventually became a much longer film. This press release from August 16th, 2000 confirms that the finished film would now roughly be 60 minutes, and was shot "entirely in high-resolution video".[2] The score for the film was composed by Buckethead, who also played the role of Leatherface.[3]

While the reason for it not being released is unknown, it's speculated that rights issues are the case. The film uses Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters, included Leatherface and the rights to the series are constantly changing. The entire production also seemed to be unauthorized. It's rumored they were scared to release it as they felt it would just further damage the series after "The Next Generation" came out. However, Tony Hooper said this was not the case and it was just due to money problems during post-production. There has been a Facebook account and website teasing its release. There was even a Kickstarter which failed to reach its goal.[4] Bill Moseley doubts the film will be released.

Availability

On January 29th, 2020, a high-quality version of the trailer surfaced on YouTube, along with other footage that hasn't been seen in almost two decades. This is some of the only footage that has been found, besides interviews with cast members. Other then that, almost nothing of the film has surfaced. A bootleg copy of the film has been rumored, but there's no confirmation of its existence.

Videos

High quality trailer.

Interview with Bill Moseley.

Dr Wolfula's video going over the history of the film.

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