Like the killer in a Texan massacre tale, this Jessica Chastain person keeps coming back! In every possible supporting role! With the new movie Texas Killing Fields, the Tree of Life lumberjill co-stars alongside Sam Worthington (who looks a lot like Nathan from The Real World: Seattle these days, in case you were wondering) and Chloe Moretz in a tale of serial murder and Southern accents. Director Ami Canaan Mann is Michael Mann's daughter, which officially makes this film a hotbed for a new school of talent. And Jeffrey Dean Morgan is like the principal of that school.
Yes, it smacks of all the gory Southern slayings you so enjoyed as a child, but I'm impressed by the sharp style and AMC-whodunit-flair of this trailer. Texas Killing Fields has the feel of a miniseries, but the production value of a major thriller. A worthy combo.
But who do we think is the murderer? Is Jeffrey Dean Morgan's sinister beard a tell? Or am I just enraptured by anyone who employs Peter Ustinov's best feature?
VERDICT: Leatherface? More like Pleasureface. (I slay me! Also: What if there was a comic Leatherface reboot called I Slay Me?)