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Leatherface vs. Michael Myers: Horror Cinema Billing

Abishai100

Abishai100

Member
The resurgence of the Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre horror film franchises came hand-in-hand with the resurgence of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street horror film franchises.

Some of these remakes have received favourable reviews, while others have not. Regardless, modern technologies which facilitate libertine social connections (i.e., Facebook, Skype, etc.) makes for more convenient 'daydream chatter' and who comes up with better daydream-paranoia (i.e., ghost stories) than Americans?

American horror films are the best in the world, and people are talking about a Leatherface vs. Michael Myers film, since these two iconic horror film avatars signify a cultural interest in boogeyman-storytelling.

Leatherface, the chainsaw-wielding Texan cannibal, is the penultimate vagrancy boogeyman, while Michael Myers, the eerie masked serial killer who stalks people on Halloween Eve, is the penultimate self-disguise boogeyman.

The series of Rob Zombie Halloween remakes and the handful of Texas Chainsaw remakes has inspired movie-makers and movie fans to think about how Michael Myers and Leatherface are due for their own duel gauntlet.




:rolleyes:

Leatherface

Michael Myers




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BSM1

BSM1

What? Me worry?
No contest. Leatherface has been shown to be very mortal, very killable (albeit with much difficulty); but Mike seems to be able to withstand all grades of terminable encounters and bounce back. I don't think the perennial chain-sawer would have a prayer unless he sneaks up behind MM and cuts him into quarters.
 
V

von bek

Well-Known Member
BSM1 said:
No contest. Leatherface has been shown to be very mortal, very killable (albeit with much difficulty); but Mike seems to be able to withstand all grades of terminable encounters and bounce back. I don't think the perennial chain-sawer would have a prayer unless he sneaks up behind MM and cuts him into quarters.
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Being a Texan, I am slightly biased in favor of my fellow Lone Star State resident. However, I have to agree with you based on the fact that Michael Myers seems to not die. It is such a great moment at the end of the original Halloween where Dr. Loomis looks over the balcony and sees Myers' body gone. For the entire movie we never consider that he is anything other than a man, only then do we wonder, "Hey, is that dude NOT human?" A sense of unease creeps into you as the credits roll...
 
Abishai100

Abishai100

Member
The Dark Knight: Hell-Exposition


I was thinking about what started all this hype about fights in films. Was it David Fincher's "Fight Club" [1999] that started this trend? The climactic street-brawl riot scene between Batman and Bane in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" [2012] satisfied many comic book fans' thirst for big-screen punches.

Maybe it was Bruce Lee films or the Mortal Kombat franchise that made everyone excited about imaginative confrontations!

Imagine drawing out dramatized storylines such as "Michael Myers repents and becomes Batman, while Leatherface takes steroids and becomes Bane."

The bottom line is that a Leatherface vs. Michael Myers duet would certainly cater to film fans seeking stylish noir.



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Abishai100

Abishai100

Member
Pandora's Box: Death-Experiment


At first, this confrontation seems just like a new age version of the old 'Wicked Witch of the East vs. Wicked Witch of the West' tale.

However, upon closer inspection, you might consider how a cinematic translation would foster vital dialogue about 'criminality ugliness.'



o_O


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Abishai100

Abishai100

Member
Weaknesses/Strengths: Art-Academics Humor

Michael Myers seems to have psychological problems, while Leatherface has surprisingly clumsiness-oriented problems (perhaps wielding that heavy chainsaw).

What if Michael Myers was scared of snakes or if Leatherface was scared of termites?
 
Abishai100

Abishai100

Member
Art Anglo-Saxon

Here's a run-of-the-mill inferno:

Michael Myers throws pumpkin-bombs (just like Marvel's Hobgoblin), and pumpkins are otherwise a symbol of the autumn harvest festivities. Leatherface's cousin brought home corrosive acids from the laboratory where he works, and Leatherface uses the acid to spray into people's faces.

These two make me want to make cartoonish doodles.


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Abishai100

Abishai100

Member
Direct Deduction

I agree with the comment on this thread that Michael Myers is pseudo-immortal. I also think that Leatherface has been portrayed as vulnerable to the heaviness of his burdensome chainsaw. So while Michael Myers can just get up and walk away from a fight/death scene (unless he's sawed up into quarters), Leatherface just might lay there with his own chainsaw gashing his leg and him bleeding quietly to death.

Terrible conundrum!

Michael Myers has been portrayed as pseudo-immortal, but he's also been characterized (by his own doctor) as a plain crazy psychopath who experiments with the eeriness of evil. Leatherface (Hewitt or Sawyer, depending on your preferred version) is a loon, but he's also a family-man. His family is cannibalistic, but he is still their 'diplomat.' So here we see some nice 'worldly' boundaries to their 'worlds.'

What would make a Leatherface vs. Michael Myers film so symbolic is precisely the fact that it is purely *fun* to imagine how these two 'culture-monsters' are limited and how they are unlimited (in fanfare, mysticism, weapons, dementia, etc.).





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Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Abishai100 said:
Direct Deduction

I agree with the comment on this thread that Michael Myers is pseudo-immortal. I also think that Leatherface has been portrayed as vulnerable to the heaviness of his burdensome chainsaw. So while Michael Myers can just get up and walk away from a fight/death scene (unless he's sawed up into quarters), Leatherface just might lay there with his own chainsaw gashing his leg and him bleeding quietly to death.

Terrible conundrum!

Michael Myers has been portrayed as pseudo-immortal, but he's also been characterized (by his own doctor) as a plain crazy psychopath who experiments with the eeriness of evil. Leatherface (Hewitt or Sawyer, depending on your preferred version) is a loon, but he's also a family-man. His family is cannibalistic, but he is still their 'diplomat.' So here we see some nice 'worldly' boundaries to their 'worlds.'

What would make a Leatherface vs. Michael Myers film so symbolic is precisely the fact that it is purely *fun* to imagine how these two 'culture-monsters' are limited and how they are unlimited (in fanfare, mysticism, weapons, dementia, etc.).





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I wonder if MM would make a tasty chili?

Leatherface likes chili.
 
Spideymon77

Spideymon77

A Smiling Empty Soul
There's this fighting game called Terrordrome where you take your favorite slasher villain characters to battle each other. There's also a game called Mugen but that one is a little more complicated to set up o.o
 
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