For decades, horror fans have wondered whether they would ever get to see All American Massacre, the long-lost movie that was set to bring Bill Moseley back as Chop Top from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Now, a new release is promising to dig deeper into the troubled project’s history. Dragon Studios and Marketing Macabre have announced that a feature-length investigative drama documentary focused on All American Massacre will premiere exclusively on the horror streaming platform DragonFlix on October 31. The documentary is available to pre-order for $19.99 through the DragonFlix website.
What Is the New All American Massacre Release?
According to the announcement, the project investigates the history of All American Massacre, its mysterious disappearance, and the circumstances surrounding why it was never completed. The documentary will draw on interviews, archival research, and recently recovered production materials to explore the film’s long and complicated history.
The announcement also lists contributions from genre actors Miquel Núñez, known for The Return of the Living Dead, and Bill Moseley, who played Chop Top in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, alongside other voices from the horror community.
The release is advertised as including several bonus features and historical materials:
- All American Massacre Reimagined
- The Lost Tape, starring Miquel Núñez
- An official trailer
- A collection of expanded interviews
- A PDF of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre script
- Ed Gein: The Real Leatherface
- The Lost TV News Footage
The announcement describes the main feature as an investigation into the unfinished film’s history. It does not confirm that the original All American Massacre has been completed.
The Long History of the Lost Texas Chainsaw Massacre Film
The original All American Massacre project emerged in the late 1990s. William Tony Hooper, son of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper, was set to direct a short film featuring Moseley reprising his role as Chop Top. What was initially expected to run approximately 10 to 15 minutes reportedly grew into a project with a running time of around an hour, but the film never received a public release.
Set years after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, the story would have followed Chop Top while also using flashbacks to explore his family history before the events of the original film. The premise involved Chop Top being held in solitary confinement at a Texas psychiatric hospital, where he recounts memories of his younger years to a tabloid news crew. The cast included Greg Herger as Grandpa, Todd Bates as a younger Chop Top and his twin brother the Hitch-Hiker, Stephan Lokotsch as Steven, Danielle Burgio as Nikki, and musician Buckethead as Leatherface.
Interest in the project has persisted through years of rumors and scattered glimpses of production material. A VHS workprint containing several unedited scenes recently surfaced in an eBay listing, with the seller asking $8,500. The tape was described as incomplete and containing behind-the-scenes footage rather than a finished version of the movie.
Another Documentary About All American Massacre?
This new DragonFlix announcement is particularly interesting because All American Massacre has already been the subject of a documentary. In Search of All American Massacre: The Lost Texas Chainsaw Film, directed by Edward Payson, explored the elusive production and the effort to uncover more information about what happened to it.
There was also a more recent announcement from DRagonSTUDIOS claiming that it intended to complete and release All American Massacre. That announcement was disputed by Moseley, who publicly rejected the claim that the studio had the right to complete or release the film. At the time, fans were encouraged to wait for further information before contributing to a crowdfunding campaign. The new DragonFlix announcement takes a different approach: rather than promising a completed version of the original movie, it describes a documentary investigating the project’s history, disappearance, and legacy. The inclusion of All American Massacre Reimagined among the bonus features may offer additional material related to the lost production, but the announcement does not say that this is the original film in completed form.
For now, the advertised plan is for the feature-length investigative drama-documentary to premiere on DragonFlix on October 31, with pre-orders priced at $19.99. Would you watch a documentary about the mysterious history of All American Massacre, or are you still holding out hope that the original film will eventually be released? Let us know in the comments.
