John Luessenhop Reviews, Interviews & More

There have been so many prequels, sequels and remakes of 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre it's hard to tell them apart. John Luessenhop's Texas Chainsaw 3D serves as a follow-up to the original. The film picks up where the first left off, when the citizens of Newt decide to burn a homicidal family's house to the ground. This version's more narrative-driven, focusing on a...

Once again, Leatherface is going to be terrorizing audiences with his chainsaw. Takers' director John Luessenhop was tasked with remaking the American slasher film from the long-running Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, first started by Tobe Hooper in 1974. We got the chance to talk to the director and his Leatherface actor Dan Yeager...

When you woke up this morning, I bet the first thing that popped into your head was: “Gee, if there could be one thing I receive this morning, it’s another sequel to a once-classic horror franchise that has grown bloated and boring with an ever-increasing series of bad sequels, bad remakes, and bad prequels to those remakes, and, gosh, I really hope it’s in 3D.”  Oh, wait,...

After looking at the poster for the upcoming action film, Takers I'm convinced that someone should be fired. Takers is a heist movie that centers on a group of thieves who plan to pull off one last bank robbery before giving up their criminal lifestyle. Takers stars Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Michael...