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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The fate of Leatherface's daughter is unrevealed at the end. She's still alive at the end of the film, so it's possible that she was taken into care when her father was arrested, or else escaped (and, being TheSpook, remained unknown to the record) to continue on her family's legacy).]]

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The fate of Leatherface's daughter is unrevealed at the end. She's still alive at the end of the film, so it's possible that she was taken into care when her father was arrested, or else escaped (and, being TheSpook, remained unknown to the record) to continue on her family's legacy).legacy.]]
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* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from ''TCM 2'' are one and the same, [[ContinuitySnarl somehow...]]

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* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, Creator/CarolineWilliams, who played the main character in ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from ''TCM 2'' are one and the same, [[ContinuitySnarl somehow...]]

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* ChildByRape: The Little Girl is implied to be a product of Leatherface raping one of the family's prior victims.

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* ChildByRape: ChildByRape:
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The Little Girl is implied to be a product of Leatherface raping one of the family's prior victims.victims.
** The Sawyer brothers are revealed to have been conceived from Grandpa repeatedly raping Mama.



* SwampsAreEvil: The Sawyer household is nearby a swamp that has been rigged with booby traps to capture their prey. Brother Alfredo's job is to dump bodies in this swamp and the final controntation with Leatherface takes place here.

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* SwampsAreEvil: The Sawyer household is nearby a swamp that has been rigged with booby traps to capture their prey. Brother Alfredo's job is to dump bodies in this swamp and the final controntation confrontation with Leatherface takes place here.

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Ryan and Michelle are on route to California to deliver a car to their father. Things get worse when they encounter Leatherface and his extended family as they drive through Texas.

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Ryan and Michelle are on route to California to deliver a car to their father. Things get worse when After witnessing a murder they encounter Leatherface and his extended family as they drive through Texas.



* AntagonistTitle: ''Leatherface'': The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3. [[Film/{{Leatherface}} It wouldn't be the only film in the franchise to do this.]]

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* AntagonistTitle: ''Leatherface'': The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3.III. [[Film/{{Leatherface}} It wouldn't be the only film in the franchise to do this.]]]]
* AxCrazy: The Sawyer clan as usual, but Alfredo stands out as more openly psychotic compared to his family.



** Leatherface wears a leg brace after cutting open his leg in the first film.



* ContinuityNod: Leatherface wears a leg brace after cutting open his leg in the first film.



* CreepyGasStationAttendant: Alfredo Sawyer runs a gas station and is openly deranged.

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* CreepyGasStationAttendant: Alfredo Sawyer runs a the Last Chance gas station and is quite deranged, making perverse comments towards Michelle and being openly deranged.violent.



* EarAche: During Benny unloading his assault rifle into the Sawyer home, Tech not only has his fingers blasted off but one of his ears as well.

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* EarAche: During When Benny unloading unloads his assault rifle into the Sawyer home, Tech not only has his fingers blasted off but one of his ears as well.



* GoryDiscretionShot: Much like the first film, most of the more violent acts happen offscreen. This includes:
** Gina getting hit with Leatherface's hammer.
** Sara getting killed by Leatherface's chainsaw, while there is a lot of blood, the actual impalement is just offscreen. [[ExecutiveMeddling This was one of the scenes most heavily affected by censorship.]]
** [[spoiler:Ryan's]] encounter with Leatherface cuts away as soon as he lowers his chainsaw into him, cutting to Michelles terrified reaction and wet sound effects.
** [[spoiler:Ryan]] getting his head cracked open with Tink's hammer.
** Michelle getting nailed to the chair during the dinner sequence. The bloody aftermath is shown, but the sight of nails being hammered into her palms is entirely offscreen.



* MercyKill: Early in the film Michelle tries to put down an armadillo that she hit with her car. She can't bring herself to do it so Ryan does it instead.



* NotQuiteDead: Alfredo survives sinking into the swamp and reappears for one last confrontation with Michelle. [[spoiler: Benny]] also manages to survive his encounter with Leatherface somehow.

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* NotQuiteDead: This film loves this trope:
** [[spoiler: Ryan]] is attacked by Leatherface after getting caught in a bear trap. Despite the sounds effects indicating that he was hacked up with a chainsaw, when he is brought before the family later on his wounds appear minor. He is finished off by a hammer to the head.
** Tex is shot at by Alfredo early in the film, leaving Michelle and Ryan to believe they just saw a murder. It turns out that not only is Tex alive, but also the mastermind behind the entire operation.
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Alfredo survives sinking into the swamp and reappears for one last confrontation with Michelle. Michelle.
** The last shot of the film shows that Leatherface survived having his head bashed in by Michelle.
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[[spoiler: Benny]] also manages to survive his encounter with Leatherface somehow.


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* [[ThePeepingTom Peeping Tom]]: Alfredo spies on Michelle in the gas station bathroom.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Michelle starts the film being passive and unwilling to mercy kill an animal she ran over, to taking on the Sawyer clan and defeating Leatherface in a one on one fight.

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It's impressive how much is either left out or flat out wrong in the prior write up of this film.


* AntagonistTitle: ''Leatherface'': The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3. [[Film/{{Leatherface}} It wouldn't be the only film in the franchise to do this.]]



* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from ''TCM 2'' are one and the same.

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** Alfredo tries to sell Michelle a photograph of herself that he just took, just like the hitchhiker in the first film.
** Leatherface wears a leg brace after cutting open his leg in the first film.
* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from ''TCM 2'' are one and the same.same, [[ContinuitySnarl somehow...]]



* ChildByRape: The Little Girl is implied to be a product of Leatherface raping one of the family's prior victims.
* CloudCuckoolander: Alfredo Sawyer, who spends a lot of time rambling to himself and generally being weird.
** Sara, who survived for weeks in the Sawyer's swamp has become this after losing her sanity from Leatherface's torment.



* CreepyChild: Little Girl, one of Leatherface's relatives. Possibly even daughter.

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* CreepyChild: Little Girl, one of Leatherface's relatives. Possibly even daughter.daughter.
* CreepyGasStationAttendant: Alfredo Sawyer runs a gas station and is openly deranged.



* FocusGroupEnding: [[spoiler:Benny improbably survives having his head shoved into Leatherface's chainsaw thanks to this.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: The opening crawl says that the family will die, sans Leatherface himself, who is executed via electric chair years later.

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* FocusGroupEnding: The original ending was reshot to give the film a more optimistic ending. [[spoiler:Benny improbably survives having his head shoved into Leatherface's chainsaw thanks to this.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: The opening crawl says that the family will die, sans Leatherface himself, who is executed via electric chair years later.
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* KilledOffscreen: In the opening crawl, Leatherface himself is mentioned as having been executed in the gas chamber several years after the events of the film.

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* ImpaledPalm: Michelle is nailed to a chair by her hands during this films dinner sequence.
* KilledOffscreen: In the opening crawl, Leatherface himself Sally Hardesty is mentioned as having been stated to have died in a mental ward years prior. The Cook is also executed by the state for his role in the gas chamber several years after the events of the first film.



%%* MotorMouth: Alfredo.

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%%* * MotorMouth: Alfredo.Alfredo talks very fast, to the point it's hard to make out what he's saying a lot of the time.
* NotQuiteDead: Alfredo survives sinking into the swamp and reappears for one last confrontation with Michelle. [[spoiler: Benny]] also manages to survive his encounter with Leatherface somehow.
** In the original shot ending, Tex is shown to have survived being lit alight by Benny and attacks Michelle in the swamp. She kills him by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard pushing him into one of the traps his family had prepared for their unsuspecting victims]].
* SanitySlippage: Sara is a survivor of the Sawyer's torment and rambles incoherently to Benny when she save him from Leatherface.



* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Sally Hardesty is mentioned as having died in the intro of the film.
* SwampsAreEvil: Alfredo's job is to dump bodies in the swamp.

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* SoftReboot: The film ignores the events of Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2.
* SparedByTheCut: [[spoiler: Benny and Leatherface died in the original ending but both inexplicably survive in the reshot ending for the theatrical cut.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Sally Hardesty is and the Cook are mentioned as having died in the intro of the film.
* SwampsAreEvil: The Sawyer household is nearby a swamp that has been rigged with booby traps to capture their prey. Brother Alfredo's job is to dump bodies in this swamp and the swamp.final controntation with Leatherface takes place here.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention is made of the Cook from the original film, but the opening crawl says that the family was wiped out, so it can be presumed he died offscreen sometime before the film. [[spoiler:The fate of Leatherface's daughter is also unrevealed. She's still alive at the end of the film, so it's possible that she was taken into care when her father was arrested, or else escaped (and, being TheSpook, remained unknown to the record) to continue on her family's legacy).]]

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention is made of the Cook from the original film, but the opening crawl says that the family was wiped out, so it can be presumed he died offscreen sometime before the film. [[spoiler:The fate of Leatherface's daughter is also unrevealed.unrevealed at the end. She's still alive at the end of the film, so it's possible that she was taken into care when her father was arrested, or else escaped (and, being TheSpook, remained unknown to the record) to continue on her family's legacy).]]
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* BoundAndGagged: Michelle at the kitchen table during the middle part of the film. She not only has to watch some ''horrible'' things happen to [[spoiler: Ryan]] but is tortured herself as well.

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* CallBack: Leatherface's chainsaw is inscribed with the text "''The Saw Is Family''", a line from the second film.

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* CallBack: Leatherface's new chainsaw is inscribed with the text "''The Saw Is Family''", a line from the second film.



* ChainsawGood: Leatherface as per usual, but it becomes Chainsaw Great when Tex and Tech gift him a ''golden chainsaw'' with "''The Saw Is Family''" inscribed on it's lenghty bar.



* CreepyChild: Little Girl, one of Leatherface's relatives.

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* CreepyChild: Little Girl, one of Leatherface's relatives. Possibly even daughter.



%%* EarAche

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%%* EarAche* EarAche: During Benny unloading his assault rifle into the Sawyer home, Tech not only has his fingers blasted off but one of his ears as well.
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''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre the massacres in Texas]].

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''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre the massacres in Texas]].
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* CallBack: Leatherface's chainsaw is inscribed with the text "''The Saw Is Family''", a line from the second film.
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%%* EvilCripple: Mama.

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%%* * EvilCripple: Mama.Mama is wheelchair-bound and uses an electronic voice box.

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* ForegoneConclusion: The opening crawl says that the entire family will die, sans Leatherface himself, who is executed via electric chair years later.

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* ForegoneConclusion: The opening crawl says that the entire family will die, sans Leatherface himself, who is executed via electric chair years later.



* UnexplainedRecovery:
** [[spoiler:Benny]] recovers from having his head shoved into a chainsaw with what basically amounts to a papercut on his head.

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* UnexplainedRecovery:
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UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Benny]] recovers from having his head shoved into a chainsaw with what basically amounts to a papercut on his head.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The movie was actually filmed in California.
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* {{Badass}}: Benny ([[TookALevelInBadass and later]] Michelle).
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** Leatherface guts are back where they are supposed to be, if ''TCM III'' actually does follow ''TCM 2''.
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* ForegoneConclusion: The opening crawl says that the entire family will die, sans Leatherface himself, who is executed via electric chair years later.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention is made of the Cook from the original film, but the opening crawl says that the family was wiped out, so it can be presumed he died offscreen sometime before the film. [[spoiler:The fate of Leatherface's daughter is also unrevealed. She's still alive at the end of the film, so it's possible that she was taken into care when her father was arrested, or else escaped (and, being TheSpook, remained unknown to the record) to continue on her family's legacy).]]
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* KilledOffscreen: In the opening crawl, Leatherface himself is mentioned as having been executed in the gas chamber several years after the events of the film.
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* FinalGirl: Michelle, though [[spoiler:Benny]] also survives.

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* AntagonistTitle



* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from ''TCM 2'' are one and the same.
* CreepyChild: Little Girl, one of Leatherface's relatives

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* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from ''TCM 2'' are one and the same.
* ComicbookAdaptation: A four-issue adaptation was published by Arpad, which featured some of the elements left out from the movie, like a pool of rotting corpses and [[spoiler:Benny's Death]].
* CreepyChild: Little Girl, one of Leatherface's relativesrelatives.



%%* EarAche



* SequelTheOriginalTitle

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* SequelTheOriginalTitleSequelTheOriginalTitle: Leatherface's name [[AntagonistTitle gets to be the main title]] since he is the most well known villain in the movie series.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: The film actually was filmed in California.
* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from TCM 2 are one and the same.
%%* CreepyChild: Little Girl.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: The film movie was actually was filmed in California.
* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from TCM 2 ''TCM 2'' are one and the same.
%%* * CreepyChild: Little Girl.Girl, one of Leatherface's relatives



%%* HookHand: Tech has one.

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%%* * HookHand: Tech has one.



** [[spoiler:Benny]] recovers from having his head shoved into a chainsaw with what basically amounts to a papercut on his head.

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** [[spoiler:Benny]] recovers from having his head shoved into a chainsaw with what basically amounts to a papercut on his head.head.
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* CreepyChild: Little Girl.
* DepravedHomosexual: Tex, possibly
* EvilCripple: Mama.

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* %%* CreepyChild: Little Girl.
* %%* DepravedHomosexual: Tex, possibly
* %%* EvilCripple: Mama.



* HookHand: Tech has one.

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* %%* HookHand: Tech has one.



* MotorMouth: Alfredo.

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* %%* MotorMouth: Alfredo.Alfredo.
* SequelTheOriginalTitle



* UnexplainedRecovery: Leatherface, if ''TCM III'' actually does follow ''TCM 2''.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: Leatherface, UnexplainedRecovery:
** Leatherface guts are back where they are supposed to be,
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* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', appears briefly as a reporter.

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* TheCameo: Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', appears briefly as a reporter. [[WordOfGod Director Jeff Burr]] states in the DVD commentary that she and Stretch from TCM 2 are one and the same.
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* TheCameo: Kim Burns, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', appears briefly as a reporter.

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* TheCameo: Kim Burns, Caroline Williams, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', appears briefly as a reporter.
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* FearsomeFoot: All that can be seen of Leatherface during the earlier stalking scenes are glimpses of his leg brace.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Leatherface, if ''TCM III'' actually does follow ''TCM 2''.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: Leatherface, if ''TCM III'' actually does follow ''TCM 2''.2''.
** [[spoiler:Benny]] recovers from having his head shoved into a chainsaw with what basically amounts to a papercut on his head.
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* DepravedHomosexual: Tex, possibly

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''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre the massacring in Texas]].

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''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre the massacring massacres in Texas]].
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* AntagonistTitle
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''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMasscare the massacring in Texas]].

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''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMasscare [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre the massacring in Texas]].
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''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues the massacring in Texas.

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''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMasscare the massacring in Texas.Texas]].
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->''Here's your invitation to come join Leatherface,\\
It's his addiction to keep you face to face''
-->-- '''Lääz Rockit''', "Leatherface"

''Leatherface'', released in 1990, continues the massacring in Texas.

Ryan and Michelle are on route to California to deliver a car to their father. Things get worse when they encounter Leatherface and his extended family as they drive through Texas.

!!This film has the examples of:

* {{Badass}}: Benny ([[TookALevelInBadass and later]] Michelle).
* BerserkButton: Tex hates being called by his real name - Eddie.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The film actually was filmed in California.
* TheCameo: Kim Burns, who played the main character in ''TCM 2'', appears briefly as a reporter.
* CreepyChild: Little Girl.
* EvilCripple: Mama.
* {{Fingore}}: Tech has several of his fingers shot off by a burst of machine gun fire.
* FocusGroupEnding: [[spoiler:Benny improbably survives having his head shoved into Leatherface's chainsaw thanks to this.]]
* HookHand: Tech has one.
* ManOnFire: Tex ends up in flames.
* MotorMouth: Alfredo.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Sally Hardesty is mentioned as having died in the intro of the film.
* SwampsAreEvil: Alfredo's job is to dump bodies in the swamp.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Leatherface, if ''TCM III'' actually does follow ''TCM 2''.

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