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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Leatherface manages to escape, albeit missing an arm, and evade the police after murdering a few cops, and the epilogue mentions he is still at large.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Sheriff Hoyt is pretty much one of Creator/RLeeErmey's usual DrillSergeantNasty roles turned UpToEleven, with some sadism sprinkled in.

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* {{Gorn}}: The movie is a shameless, grim, depressing, endless bloodbath.



* {{Gorn}}: The movie is a shameless, grim, depressing, endless bloodbath.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Despite the brutality on display, there are a surprising number of these, [[spoiler:Morgan being bisected by Leatherface being the most notable example - the camera cuts away just as the chainsaw hits, and stays on Leatherface, so we don't get to actually see the carve-up itself.]]

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* AbandonedArea: Where the entire movie takes place, and where the Hewitts live
* AnachronismStew: A minor example. In the opening scene, the characters are listening to Sweet Home Alabama, even though the film is set in 1973 and the song wasn't released until 1974.

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* AnachronismStew: A minor example. In the opening scene, the characters are listening to Sweet "Sweet Home Alabama, Alabama", even though the film is set in 1973 and the song wasn't released until 1974.


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* NotHisSled: Like the original, the film opens with the main characters picking up a hitchhiker on the side of the road. He's a creepy guy who antagonizes them, gets kicked out, and later turns out to be one of the cannibals, right? [[spoiler: Nope- ''she's'' a traumatized escaped victim of the clan, who breaks down and shoots herself in the head.]]
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: "Sherrif" Hewitt at first appears to be simply a DirtyCop, but the prequel reveals that not only is he a leading member of the CannibalClan, he murdered the original Sheriff when he tried to take in Leatherface after his first murders and stole the lawman's uniform to lure in more victims.

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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: "Sherrif" Hewitt Hoyt at first appears to be simply a DirtyCop, but the prequel reveals that not only is he a leading member of the CannibalClan, he murdered the original Sheriff when he tried to take in Leatherface after his first murders and stole the lawman's uniform to lure in more victims.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: "Sherrif" Hewitt at first appears to be simply a DirtyCop, but the prequel reveals that not only is he a leading member of the CannibalClan, he murdered the original Sheriff when he tried to take in Leatherface after his first murders and stole the lawman's uniform to lure in more victims.
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* BigBad: Sheriff Hoyt


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* TheDragon: Leatherface

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->''"Do yourself a favor. There are a lot of good movies playing right now that can make you feel a little happier, smarter, sexier, funnier, more excited -- or more scared, if that's what you want. This is not one of them. Don't let it kill 98 minutes of your life."''
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2003 reviewing]] this film



A {{Prequel}} to the film was [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning released in 2006]].

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Creator/RogerEbert was [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2003 not a fan]] of this film. A {{Prequel}} to the film was [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning released in 2006]].2006]].
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->''"Do yourself a favor. There are a lot of good movies playing right now that can make you feel a little happier, smarter, sexier, funnier, more excited -- or more scared, if that's what you want. This is not one of them. Don't let it kill 98 minutes of your life."''
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2003 reviewing]] this film
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** John Larroquette, who did the narration featured in the original, returns to provide the beginning and ending narration for this film.
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:According to deleted scenes, it was to be revealed that Erin is pregnant with Kemper's child]].

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%%* * TheStoner: Morgan.Morgan uses weed fairly regularly before things go FromBadToWorse
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** [[SubvertedTroped Subverted]] with [[spoiler: Morgan]], whose death counts as a HeroicSacrifice.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Morgan]] was the biggest jerk of the teenagers and ends up [[spoiler:partially bifurcated]].

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** [[SubvertedTroped Subverted]] with [[spoiler: Morgan]], whose death counts as a HeroicSacrifice.
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* AnachronismStew: A minor example. In the opening scene, the characters are listening to Sweet Home Alabama, even though the film is set in 1973 and the song wasn't released until 1974.
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* {{Novelization}}: The film had one.

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* {{Novelization}}: The film had one.By Stephen Hand.

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* {{Determinator}}: Even after getting one of his arms cut off , Leatherface still tries to kill Erin.

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* DeadlyRoadTrip: When you're taking a road trip through Texas, never make a stop at the Hewitt's house.
* {{Determinator}}: Even after getting one of his arms cut off , off, Leatherface still tries to kill Erin.



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* {{Fingore}}: The fingernail ripping scene.



* {{Fingore}}: The fingernail ripping scene.



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** [[spoiler: Morgan sacrifices himself to save Erin]]

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* TortureCellar: A large portion of the Hewitt's household has cutting tools and meat hooks for Leatherface to use.

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* ActorAllusion: Sheriff Hoyt (portrayed by R. Lee Ermey) at one point calls Morgan "[[Film/FullMetalJacket maggot]]".



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* HeyItsThatVoice: The opening narration is voiced by John Larroquette (of ''Series/NightCourt'', ''Series/TheJohnLarroquetteShow'', and ''Series/BostonLegal'' fame). He did the opening narration of the original 1974 version as well, though this time around he says he was paid a great deal more for his voiceover work.
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* {{Gorn}}: The movie is a shameless, grim, depressing, endless bloodbath.

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* DirtyOldMan: Monty.
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* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Morgan is killed when Leatherface hangs him from a chandelier and saws him in half from the crotch upward.]]

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* [[spoiler: MercyKill: Missing a leg and left hanging on a meat hook, Andy convinces Erin to mercy kill him.]]
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler: MercyKill: Missing a leg and left hanging on a meat hook, Andy convinces Erin to mercy kill him.]]
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler: When Erin is picked by the trucker near the end of the remake, she repeats nearly everything babbled by the deranged girl she and her friends had picked up earlier in the film.]]
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* HeyItsThatVoice: The opening narration is voiced by John Larroquette (of ''Series/NightCourt'', ''Series/TheJohnLarroquetteShow'', and ''Series/BostonLegal'' fame). He did the opening narration of the original 1974 version as well, though this time around he says he was paid a great deal more for his voiceover work.

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* DrivenToSuicide: The hitchhiker.

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* FaceRevealingTurn: [[spoiler: After killing Pepper, Leatherface turns to face Erin, revealing that he's wearing her boyfriend's face.]]



* GroinAttack: Morgan is killed when Leatherface hangs him from a chandelier and saws him in half from the crotch upward.

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* MercyKill: Missing a leg and left hanging on a meat hook, Andy convinces Erin to mercy kill him.
* MeaningfulEcho: When Erin is picked by the trucker near the end of the remake, she repeats nearly everything babbled by the deranged girl she and her friends had picked up earlier in the film.

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* ImAHumanitarian: {{Averted}}, shockingly. Despite being a crucial part of the series, there's no references to cannibalism in the remake.
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* AssholeVictim: Morgan.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Morgan.]]



* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Erin]]



* MsFanservice: Jessica Biel in a wet tanktop.



* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Hewitt family member Jedidiah was originally supposed to be killed by Leatherface for helping Erin and Morgan escape, but the scene was scrapped for being "too intense".

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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Hewitt family member Jedidiah was originally supposed to be killed by Leatherface for helping Erin and Morgan escape, but the scene was scrapped for being "too intense".]]
** [[spoiler: Morgan sacrifices himself to save Erin]]
* SexEqualsDeath: Morgan mentions this to Pepper and Andy, citing high STD rates.

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Five youths driving through Texas run afoul of family of deranged maniacs, including its sadistic patron Sheriff Hoyt and the disfigured butcher named Leatherface.

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Five youths driving through Texas run afoul of family of deranged maniacs, maniacs named the Hewitts, including its sadistic patron Sheriff Hoyt and the disfigured butcher named Leatherface.
Leatherface.

A {{Prequel}} to the film was [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning released in 2006]].


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TheRemake (or reimagining, as the marketing preferred) of ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', released in 2003. It was the first horror film remake produced by Platinum Dunes.

Five youths driving through Texas run afoul of family of deranged maniacs, including its sadistic patron Sheriff Hoyt and the disfigured butcher named Leatherface.

!!This film has the examples of:
* AssholeVictim: Morgan.
* ActorAllusion: Sheriff Hoyt (portrayed by R. Lee Ermey) at one point calls Morgan "[[Film/FullMetalJacket maggot]]".
* BrokenHeel: At one point, it's Leatherface who trips during the chase.
* TheCameo: Harry Jay Knowles shows up as a severed head in the Hewitts' basement.
* CarFu: [[spoiler: Erin runs over Sheriff Hoyt [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill repeatedly]]]].
* CatScare: The possum.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Monty has a small dog that, after his introduction, never appears again, in either the films or comics.
* CreepyChild: Jedidiah.
* {{Determinator}}: Even after getting one of his arms cut off , Leatherface still tries to kill Erin.
* DirtyOldMan: Monty.
* DrivenToSuicide: The hitchhiker.
* EvilCripple: Monty.
* GilliganCut:
--> '''Pepper:''' Well, I'll tell you this much. There is no possible way I'm ever getting back in that van.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Hoyt breaks a bottle into Morgan's face.
* GroinAttack: Morgan is killed when Leatherface hangs him from a chandelier and saws him in half from the crotch upward.
** When Leatherface takes a swing at her in the meat locker later on, Erin manages to kick him in the balls.
* {{Fingore}}: The fingernail ripping scene.
* HarbingerOfImpendingDoom: The rambling traumatized hitchhiker, who commits suicide shortly after being found by the protagonists.
* MercyKill: Missing a leg and left hanging on a meat hook, Andy convinces Erin to mercy kill him.
* MeaningfulEcho: When Erin is picked by the trucker near the end of the remake, she repeats nearly everything babbled by the deranged girl she and her friends had picked up earlier in the film.
* {{Novelization}}: The film had one.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Hewitt family member Jedidiah was originally supposed to be killed by Leatherface for helping Erin and Morgan escape, but the scene was scrapped for being "too intense".
* TheStoner: Morgan.
* TortureCellar
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