History Film / Leatherface

!! This films provides example of:

* AxCrazy: The entire Sawyer family.
* CannibalClan: The Sawyer family are as deranged and insane in this as they are in the original. In this film however there's no indication of actual cannibalism and the bodies of their victims are fed to the pigs.
* ChainsawGood: Even as a teenager, he managed to get a hold of one.
* ComingOfAgeStory: [[spoiler: A horrific and tragic variant for Jedidiah, who's taken from his home and given a new identity as Jackson, a suave teen who flirts with Lizzy on the first encounter. However, after a series of tragedies and a facial deformity, Jackson's psyche breaks completely and is reset as the iconic Leatherface, who kills without question and ends the movie by making a mask from both Hartman and Lizzy's faces. Leatherface comes of age by losing his original identity and losing the remainder of his innocence.]]

** The alternate ending, which is closest to the original script, is even darker. [[spoiler: Lizzy doesn't escape the house. Instead, she tries to hide in an upstairs room but is found by Verna who orders Jackson to kill her. He eventually nearly amputates one of her legs but can't bring himself to finish her. Suddenly, Grandpa hits her across the face with the hammer. The final scene plays out like the original, with Jackson creating his mask from Hartman and Lizzy's face. However, we then see that Lizzy isn't dead - instead, she is hanging on a hook with the bottom half of her face missing, still barely alive. Jackson admires her body and then brings his chainsaw between her legs just as the film cuts to the credits.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler:Lizzy probably could have survived and prevented the full transformation of Leatherface if she hadn't chosen to insult Verna Sawyer in her YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight.]]

* HillbillyHorrors: The Sawyer Family.

* OriginStory: For Leatherface. One of the escaped teens will ultimately become him.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The beginning of the film opens up with Jedidiah about to kill an alleged burglar they captured, but he is hesitant to kill him, leaving Verna to kill the thief with a chainsaw Jedidiah received as a gift.

* RedHerring: The most likely candidate for Leatherface is Bud; obese, mentally impaired and prone to murderous tendencies when angered. [[spoiler:Then he gets killed.]]
* RoadTripPlot: After they escape their prison, the teenagers and a nurse go on a road trip to kill some more.
* {{Shoutout}}: In an homage to the famous opening sequence of the original film, at one point there's a close up on an old-fashioned camera going off.
* VillainousIncest: implied by Hartman as happening within the Sawyer family, when he presents Verna as Jed's mother, or aunt... or both.

''Leatherface'' is a 2017 horror film directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo and written by Seth M. Sherwood. It is the eighth installment in ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre'' franchise, and a {{prequel}} to [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the 1974 film]] which is also set in the timeline established by the previous installment, 2013’s ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D''.

''Leatherface'' is a 2017 prequel to [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the 1974 film]], which is also set in the timeline established by 2013’s ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D''.

It was first shown on August 25th, 2017 at Empire's Leicester Square, released exclusively on [=DirecTV=]'s streaming service on September 21, 2017 and later distributed through theaters on October 20th, 2017.

* LightIsNotGood: Hal Hartman, despite having the appearance of a heroic Texas Ranger, is still a sociopathic corrupt cop and is equally deranged as the Sawyer clan.

''Leatherface'' is a 2017 prequel to [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the 1974 film]] and ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D''.

** The alternate ending, which is closest to the original script, is even darker. [[spoiler: Lizzy doesn't escape the house. Instead she tries to hide in an upstairs room but is found by Verna who orders Jackson to kill her. He eventually nearly amputates one of her legs but can't bring himself to finish her. Suddenly, Grandpa hits her across the face with the hammer. The final scene plays out like the original, with Jackson creating his mask from Hartman and Lizzy's face. However, we then see that Lizzy isn't dead - instead, she is hanging on a hook with the bottom half of her face missing, still barely alive. Jackson admires her body and then brings his chainsaw between her legs just as the film cuts to the credits.]]

* MysteryArc: The teen who will ultimately become Leatherface isn't immediately obvious, and could be any of three male inmates. [[spoiler:Jackson is the one who becomes Leatherface.]]

* FedToPigs: [[spoiler:Deputy Sorells]] ends up eaten by a large group of pigs.

* CannibalClan: The Sawyer family are as deranged and insane in this as they are in the original.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Jedidiah Sawyer goes from mental hospital escape to becoming Leatherface.
* GentleGiant: Bud is this most of the time unless he gets angered.
* {{Gorn}}

* MysteryArc: The teen who will ultimately become Leatherface isn't immediately obvious, and could be any of three of the four escaped inmates. [[spoiler:Jackson is the one who becomes Leatherface.]]

* PayEvilUntoEvil: The beginning of the film opens up with Jedidiah about to kill a burglar they captured, but he is hesitant to kill him, leaving Verna to kill the thief with a chainsaw Jedidiah received as a gift.

* RedHerring: The most likely candidate for Leatherface is Bud; obese, mentally impaired and prone to murderous tendencies when angered. [[spoiler:Then he gets shot.]]