Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Melody & Dante's Plan For Harlow Explained

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Here’s Melody and Dante’s plan for Harlow in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022 explained. The entire premise of the Netflix requel is the presence of a younger generation in Texas, who harbor idealistic plans of their own to refurbish a ghost town. Unfortunately, a series of events lead to Leatherface resuming his killing spree after remaining dormant for 50 years, and he targets everyone in Harlow without discrimination.

Reviews for Texas Chainsaw Massacre are mostly negative because the legacy sequel disrespects Tobe Hooper’s original, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, in many ways (mostly thematic). It is never clear whether the presence of Melody, Dante, Lila, and Ruth in Harlow owing to their efforts at refurbishment is wholeheartedly supported by the filmmakers, as there is an ever-present counter theme of gentrification when it comes to their efforts. While none of the residents are overtly hostile towards them (there’s of course, a confederate flag openly hung outside a building, which is terrible enough), there seems to be a veiled disdain towards these “outsiders,” which is never explored well by the film.

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The essence of Melody and Dante’s plan in Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the refurbishment of the deserted town of Harlow. Being influencers from San Francisco, the two leveraged their social media presence to raise awareness about the potential of the space to be transformed into a community for young urbanites. As the town is rendered deserted, with most buildings being run-down and unlived in, Melody and Dante presume that the task ahead of them is simple. Keeping this in mind, they