It informs her that her real name is Edith Rose Sawyer, that Leatherface lives in the basement behind the metal door and that he will protect her for the rest of his life, but it also requests that she take care of him in return. The sheriff and Hartman send an officer to investigate the Carson estate. Heather escapes the bar when Burt finds her and runs into Deputy Carl in his patrol car. He tells her that Leatherface is her cousin, who survived the burning of the farmhouse. Leatherface uses his chainsaw to force Hartman to his death in a meat grinder. On IGN editor Eric Goldman wrote, "A few fun 3D-aided jump-scares aside, In March 2015 Hollywood Collectibles released a 20-inch In January 2013, it was revealed that due to the film's financial success,

No, in fact this film is a direct sequel to the original 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and ignores the events of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) (1986), Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) (1990), and The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) (1994). Heather accepts how Leatherface's mental state drove him to commit his crimes and graciously accepts him as her only family. Jedidiah Sawyer since his childhood was pushed by his family, to kill using a chainsaw, however he was unable to.

Over the phone, the officer reports his findings. Leatherface is then attacked from behind by Hartman and his friend Ollie. In the struggle, the sheriff arrives but hesitates to stop Leatherface from killing Burt. And although we enjoyed the end product, we wrote a $20 million movie, but they shot it for less than half that budget. As Hartman and Ollie prepare to kill Leatherface by throwing him into a meat grinder, Heather returns having had a change of heart, kills Ollie, and tosses Leatherface his chainsaw. After two entries in a rebooted Texas Chainsaw Massacre universe were released, 2013's Texas Chainsaw 3D aimed to course correct the franchise and make Leatherface a horror … "For Debra and me, we wanted to tell the story of Leatherface’s imprisonment and his reverence for family. In 1965 he escaped with several other patients from the institution, kidnapping a nurse. 1974’s revolutionary, genre-defining horror masterpiece The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has inspired a small army of follow-ups and remakes and prequels, but shockingly, it’s taken 39 years for it to finally kick off a film that takes place in what is demonstrably and purposefully the exact same continuity, the confusingly-titled Texas Chainsaw 3D, though of course, […] He finds Nikki hiding in a freezer but accidentally shoots her in the head before he himself is killed by Leatherface. It didn’t make any logical sense, and it’s frustrating."

Afterwards, Leatherface and Heather return to the Carson Estate, where Heather reads the letter from Verna. The film was panned for plot-holes and inconsistencies with the original film. As they drive away, Carl reveals himself as Burt's son. While Leatherface is not the first prequel in the franchise, it is the only one that follows the original canon.In 2003, director Marcus Nispel (Friday the 13th) remade The Texas Chainsaw Massacre under the same name. There are a lot of cool sequences they couldn’t afford to shoot. Shooting in 3-D added another challenge, in that how the killings could be more in your face. 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – or The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as it’s also referred to – is a certified classic of the horror genre, and a … During his years in the Institution he became a friend of … Heather leaves the station and meets with her lawyer at a bar. It gained so much success that it spawned a follow-up film. Listening over the deceased officer's police radio, Leatherface learns of Heather's location and goes to the slaughterhouse to kill her. "The most confusing element was that actress Alexandra Daddario, who was in her 20s while filming, "Our draft took place in the early 1990s, but the finished film took place now, which makes no sense," Marcus admitted.

2013 sequel Texas Chainsaw 3D is riddled with problems, but by far the most bothersome is the script's completely nonsensical timeline. It was more figuring out all the mechanics before we wrote the kills. The sheriff let's Heather and Leatherface go. Heather takes the opportunity to escape. He kidnaps her and takes her to the Sawyer family's old slaughterhouse, ties her up and gags her. Before he is able to do so, he sees a Sawyer sygil birth mark on Heather's chest and removes her gag, Heather tells him that she is his long lost cousin and he releases her. While grocery shopping, Heather meets Deputy Carl (While at the police department, Heather begins digging through the files on the Sawyer family, and learns of the family's murderous history and how they were killed.
Leatherface skins the flesh from the officer's cadaver and uses it to create a new flesh mask. Texas Chainsaw 3D Theatrical release poster Directed byJohn Luessenhop Produced byCarl Mazzocone Screenplay byAdam Marcus Debra Sullivan Kirsten Elms Story byStephen Susco Adam Marcus Debra Sullivan Based onCharacters created by Kim Henkel Tobe Hooper StarringAlexandra Daddario Dan Yeager Termaine 'Trey Songz' Neverson Tania Raymonde Thom Barry Paul Rae Bill Moseley Music byJohn Frizzell CinematographyAnastas N. Michos Edited byRandy Bricker Production company Millenn… "The original film was in the 1970s, and the main character is in her 20s, which is why the script took place in the ’90s. Enraged by the officer's findings, Hartman vows to end the remaining Sawyers. 2013 sequel Texas Chainsaw 3D is riddled with problems, but by far the most bothersome is the script’s completely nonsensical timeline. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least 13 years of age, and have read and agree to the Comicbook.com To some, the mystery behind the mask was the most compelling component to Leatherface, "With Leatherface, there was a really broken psychology there, like Frankenstein’s monster," Marcus pointed out. After leading a teenage girl named Beth Hartman into a death trap in 1955, her father, sheriff Hal Hartman has Jed committed to a Mental Institution, he was there for almost ten years.