Leatherface
Synopsis
In Texas, years before the events of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in the early days of the infamous Sawyer family, the youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriff's daughter dead. Ten years later, the Sawyer teen kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with three other inmates. Pursued by authorities including the deranged sheriff out to avenge his daughter's death, Sawyer goes on a violent road trip from hell, molding him into the monster now known as Leatherface.
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Julien Maury &
Alexandre Bustillo
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JULIEN MAURY and ALEXANDRE BUSTILLO (Co-Directors) are French filmmakers who have worked together on their projects since 2006....Read more
JULIEN MAURY and ALEXANDRE BUSTILLO (Co-Directors) are French filmmakers who have worked together on their projects since 2006. They share a lifelong passion for the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror and terror and list their cinematic influences as Dario Argento, Roman Polanski, Clive Barker and John Carpenter.
Their first film was Inside, a controversial horror film about a pregnant woman stalked by a madwoman who wants her child for herself. Both men co-directed and Bustillo wrote the script. The film was cited as an example of the new wave of French horror films and was a critical success that brought the filmmaking duo international acclaim. The films Livid and Among the Living followed as well as a segment entitled X is for Xylophone within the anthology ABC's of Death 2.
Leatherface is their first American feature.
Maury graduated from l'École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, earning his degree in cinema directing. He helmed several award-winning short films, documentaries, and music videos.
Bustillo is a graduate of University of Saint-Denis with an MFA in cinema. Prior to directing films, Bustillo served as a journalist for Mad Movies, the influential French cinema magazine specializing in the horror, fantasy and science fiction genres. Read less
