Marcus Nispel directed Scott Kosar’s screenplay, with Daniel Pearl returning to photograph a new interpretation of material he had first filmed in 1973. The film became the opening feature in Platinum Dunes’ remake-centered horror history.
The cast interviews bring Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, and Eric Balfour into the research record together. Andrew Bryniarski’s performance supplies a different physical conception of Leatherface, while Ermey makes Hoyt a dominant presence in the family’s outward-facing control.
Pearl’s involvement is particularly valuable for comparison: the original and remake share a cinematographer but do not aim for the same visual result. His later interviews and the Arrow edition’s supplement address that return from the practitioner’s side.
A concise AFI record for the remake, identifying its director, writer, principal cast, cinematographer, and editor. The catalog marks this later title as outside its main 1893–1993 coverage.
A later interview that revisits Nispel’s discussions with Pearl about remaking the original. The conversation places Chainsaw within the director’s wider career.
Arrow’s own 4K listing documents the remake’s presentation and extras, including a newly recorded Pearl interview. Feature availability belongs to this edition, not every release of the film.
Mike Vogel’s official archive preserves a cast interview from the remake’s promotion. It brings several of the travelers’ performers together in one research destination.