John Laroquette boasts a filmography of more than 100 appearances going back more than 50 years, covering just about every genre of film and television. But while the New Orleans native is best known for his four consecutive Emmy-winning turn as prosecutor Dan Fielding on the original "Night Court" series , a role he returned to for the show's 2023 reboot, his first gig was, interestingly enough, the narrator of the 1974 horror classic "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Larroquette delivers the film's ominous opening words ; reading along with scrolling text that describes the forthcoming story as, "an account of the tragedy that befell a group of five youths ... "

Laroquette's resonant baritone was perfect for the snippet of harrowing exposition, and leading to some to believe that the film

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