Hair-Raising Origin Of Leatherface - Man With Skin Deformity To Monstrosity - Explained
Tobe Hooper
directed the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre film in 1974; it not only was a critical and commercial success back then, but in later times, it came to be known as one of the most influential horror films ever made. The film delivered as much gore and blood as its title promised, and it did so with a grim charm. From the very first use of the sledgehammer to the unyielding wielding of the famous chainsaw, the film never dropped the pace. Trying to be a hero often proved fruitless because courage and body parts were rarely spared by our main man, antagonist Leatherface. The film was so great that legendary writer Stephen King dubbed it a ‘cataclysmic terror.’ The film doesn’t restrain itself, it is not simply a horror or slasher film. It goes serves as a satire on the lifestyle of people of the 60s and 70s. First of all, it’s based on real-life serial killers like Ed Gein, people who reacted in the most unhinged fashion in the face of a calamity. Secondly, the film’s Sawyer family might not have turned into a bunch of violent cannibals had their jobs been intact. It was the shutting down or automation of the slaughterhouses that led to their mental degeneration. Academics and researchers haven’t shied away from saying that the film is themed on ‘capitalistic cannibalism.’
The Chainsaw anthology has seen eight films released in total, several featuring varying backstories with no steady continuity. The first two movies follow on, but then continuity breaks with the 1990 film. The 2003 remake and its 2006 sequel give an entirely different backstory, but the 2013 film Texas Chainsaw 3D follows the events of the first film. Finally, the latest release titled Leatherface that came out in 2017 serves as a prequel to the original film. Nevertheless, even with all this confusion, the primary element remains the same. An out-of-work family is driven to butchering humans for food, their cannibalistic breadwinner being our very own Leatherface.
The Chainsaw anthology has seen eight films released in total, several featuring varying backstories with no steady continuity. The first two movies follow on, but then continuity breaks with the 1990 film. The 2003 remake and its 2006 sequel give an entirely different backstory, but the 2013 film Texas Chainsaw 3D follows the events of the first film. Finally, the latest release titled Leatherface that came out in 2017 serves as a prequel to the original film. Nevertheless, even with all this confusion, the primary element remains the same. An out-of-work family is driven to butchering humans for food, their cannibalistic breadwinner being our very own Leatherface.