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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Subverted. While Sheriff Hooper runs the police department, it's made clear in the beginning and during the film that Butch Hartman is the real leader everyone listens to in the town.


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* IronicEcho: "You can't argue against the good book."
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* TheCameo: Gunnar Hansen who played Leatherface in the original film has a cameo as "Boss Sawyer". Bill Moseley, known mainly to horror fans as 'Chop-Top' from ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' and Otis B. Driftwood from ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'' and ''Film/TheDevilsRejects'', is Drayton Sawyer.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: Acts as a direct sequel to the original, thus negating the events of ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' which had the original family moving underground to a Texas carnival. Ironically, this film still uses the Sawyer names, an element introduced in the original sequel.

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* CanonDiscontinuity: Acts as a direct sequel to the original, thus negating the events of ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' which had the original family moving underground to a Texas carnival.carnival and Drayton Sawyer still being a public presence in the community with his chili. Ironically, this film still uses the Sawyer names, an element introduced in the original sequel.
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** Not necessary. Given the film shows the date of the Sawyer family massacre as August 19th and no year was shown, it could be considered as being BroadStrokes. That still doesn't stop they used the original footage...
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* CruelandUnusualDeath: Butch Hartman gets HoistByHisOwnPetard.

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* CruelandUnusualDeath: CruelAndUnusualDeath: Butch Hartman gets HoistByHisOwnPetard.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: Acts as a direct sequel to the original, thus negating the events of ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' which had the original family moving underground to a Texas carnival. Ironically, this film still uses the Sawyer names, an element introduced in the original sequel.
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* ActorAllusion: Bill Moseley plays Drayton Sawyer in the opening scene; he played 'Chop-Top' in ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2''

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* ActorAllusion: Bill Moseley plays Drayton Sawyer in the opening scene; he played 'Chop-Top' in ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2''''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2''.
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* ActorAllusion: Bill Moseley appears only in the title sequence which is a direct reference to The Devil's Rejects' scene of [[spoiler: SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome]].

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* ActorAllusion: Bill Moseley appears only plays Drayton Sawyer in the title sequence which is a direct reference to The Devil's Rejects' scene of [[spoiler: SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome]].opening scene; he played 'Chop-Top' in ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2''
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* CruelandUnusualDeath: Butch Hartman gets HoistbyhisOwnPetard.

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* CruelandUnusualDeath: Butch Hartman gets HoistbyhisOwnPetard.HoistByHisOwnPetard.
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** Nikki also had her own boyfriend, Kenny.

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** Kenny would give Heather a run for her money. At no point does he do anything even resembling mean, let alone to make him deserve to die. [[spoiler: It doesn't save him.]]



* Death by Sex: [[spoiler: Ryan and Nicki]]

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* Death by Sex: DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Ryan and Nicki]]
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** [[spoiler: Admittedly, this is a major case of RootingForTheEmpire considering how unlikeable everyone is.]]
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** Except [[spoiler: Kenny. He was a genuinely nice guy.]]

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* ActorAllusion: Bill Moseley plays "Drayton Sawyer" in the title sequence that is a direct reference to The Devil's Rejects' [[spoiler: SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome]].

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* ActorAllusion: Bill Moseley plays "Drayton Sawyer" appears only in the title sequence that which is a direct reference to The Devil's Rejects' scene of [[spoiler: SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome]].


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* DestinedBystander: Sheriff Hooper
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* PeekaBooCorpse: Verna [[and Ryan]]

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* PeekaBooCorpse: Verna [[and [[spoiler: and Ryan]]

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* ArsenalofDoom: Leatherface has a chest of awesome chainsaws.


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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Lots of phallic shots of Leatherface's chainsaw, especially as it destroys a van
** The shot as Leatherface stabs a kneeling cop... from behind...


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* ShoutOut: Sheriff {Hooper}


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* TearOffYourFace: Some poor cop.
* TheCameo: Marilyn Burns, Bill Moseley, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan (barely)

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* ArsenalofDoom: Leatherface has a chest of awesome chainsaws.



* CruelandUnusualDeath: Butch Hartman gets HoistbyhisOwnPetard.
* Death by Sex: [[spoiler: Ryan and Nicki]]



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* FingoreFace Revealing Turn: When Leatherface meets Heather.
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* HistoryRepeats: Heather's story is a BizarroEpisode of Sally's in the original '74 classic.



* MythologyGag: The second film is ignored, though the names Sawyer and Drayton (introduced in it) are used.

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* MeaningfulEcho: The last shot of the film.
* MythologyGag: The second film is ignored, though the names Sawyer and Drayton (introduced in it) are used.


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* NegatedMomentofAwesome: Leatherface and a chainsaw-wielding clown.


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* PeekaBooCorpse: Verna [[and Ryan]]
* RecycledPremise: Following the first film, [[spoiler: Heather looks into her dead grandparent's estate, picks up a hitch hiker who unleashes Leatherface and then escapes torture from locals until a gory comeuppance to her captors turns her as crazy as Leatherface.]]


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* SchmuckBait: Leatherface's TortureCellar
** Nicki's yelling "Hey!" at a chainsaw-wielding maniac in a cemetery
* ShirtlessScene: Ryan
* StartofDarkness: Heather


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* TheInnerReveal: The audience is fully aware that Heather is related to Leatherface.


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* TownwithaDarkSecret: For sure.


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* UnexplainedRecovery: How did Leatherface escape the burning of the Sawyer house and make it to his Grandma Verna's?


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* XMeetsY: The Saw series meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series

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** The actor who played "Mr. Farnsworth" the OldRetainer bears a strong resemblance physically and temperamentally to the late actor Paul Partain who played "Franklin" in the '74 classic. Similarly, he is the closest confidante to Marilyn Burn's character and pushes the female protagonist along.



* ArcWords: "Can't get around the Good Book"



* Chekhov'sGun: Heather's "crazy little birth mark" [[spoiler: serves as a sign to Leatherface that she is a Sawyer]].

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* Chekhov'sGun: BondOneLiner: "Welcome to Texas, motherfucker!"
** "Do your thing, cuz!"
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: Heather makes bone sculptures [[spoiler: without realizing she is a Sawyer]].

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* Fingore
* GraveRobbing: Heather finds Verna's body unearthed, sitting in her room and [[spoiler: In the epilogue, Leatherface is seen re-burying her.]]
* HommeFatale: Ryan, The Hitchhiker, Hartman's Son
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Heather [[spoiler: makes bone sculptures [[spoiler: without realizing she is a Sawyer]].


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* MrExposition: Mr. Farnsworth
* NotSoDifferent: Heather experiences a SinsOfOurFathers punishment from the townsfolk for Sally's torture. This makes the townsfolk fill the same role The Sawyers held in the 74 classic and Heather filling Sally's.

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*ActorAllusion: Bill Moseley plays "Drayton Sawyer" in the title sequence that is a direct reference to The Devil's Rejects' [[spoiler: SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome]].
* AnachronismStew: During the scene where Heather [[spoiler: learns about her real family]], we clearly see the first film is set in 1973, placing this film in the late 1990s, yet we have camera-phones.



* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: Leatherface not only gets away with murder at the end of the film, he also gets revege on the people who killed his family and reunites with his long lost cousion]].

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*Chekhov'sGun: Heather's "crazy little birth mark" [[spoiler: serves as a sign to Leatherface that she is a Sawyer]].



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Heather and leatherface at the end, they love each other and will kill to protect each other]].

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Heather and leatherface Leatherface at the end, they love each other and will kill to protect each other]].


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* FaceTurn: Leatherface [[spoiler: revealed to have always known Heather was his cousin, but couldn't manage to calmly tell her until she is tied up in the climax]]


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*ItRunsInTheFamily: Heather makes bone sculptures [[spoiler: without realizing she is a Sawyer]].
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The film begins with [[spoiler: the Sawyers being lynched]] shortly after the first film but one baby is saved. That girl's named Heather, who decades learns that she inherited a mansion from her biological grandmother. She goes there with her friend and boyfriend [[spoiler: who sleep with each other behind her back]] and they learn the hard way that Leatherface is still alive. Pretty soon the townspeople learn the truth as well [[spoiler: and decide to take their vendetta to Heather herself.]]

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The film begins with [[spoiler: the Sawyers being lynched]] shortly after the first film but one baby is saved. That girl's named Heather, who decades later, learns that she inherited a mansion from her biological grandmother. She goes there with her friend and boyfriend [[spoiler: who sleep with each other behind her back]] and they learn the hard way that Leatherface is still alive. Pretty soon the townspeople learn the truth as well [[spoiler: and decide to take their vendetta to Heather herself.]]
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* BlackAndGreyMorality: And '''How'''.

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* BlackAndGreyMorality: And '''How'''.Almost all the characters are either antagonists or assholes who have it coming. Heather was the most decent character in the film [[spoiler: before her own FaceHeelTurn.]]
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* MythologyGag: The second film is ignored, though the names Sawyer and Drayton (introduced in it) are used.

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'''Texas Chainsaw 3D''' is a direct sequel to the original. The film is in no way connected to the remake or a remake itself. The film begins with [[spoiler: the Sawyers being lynched]] shortly after the first film but one baby is saved. That girl's named Heather, who decades learns that she inherited a mansion from her biological grandmother. She goes there with her friend and boyfriend [[spoiler: who sleep with each other behind her back]] and they learn the hard way that Leatherface is still alive. Pretty soon the townspeople learn the truth as well [[spoiler: and decide to take their vendetta to Heather herself.]]

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'''''Texas
Chainsaw 3D''' 3D''''' is a direct 2013 sequel to [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the original. The film 1974 film]], and it is in no way connected to [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 the remake or a remake itself. remake]].

The film begins with [[spoiler: the Sawyers being lynched]] shortly after the first film but one baby is saved. That girl's named Heather, who decades learns that she inherited a mansion from her biological grandmother. She goes there with her friend and boyfriend [[spoiler: who sleep with each other behind her back]] and they learn the hard way that Leatherface is still alive. Pretty soon the townspeople learn the truth as well [[spoiler: and decide to take their vendetta to Heather herself.]]



* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Ryan, Heather's boyfriend, cheats on her with Heather's best friend Nikki. Heather doesn't seem to notice or bothers when they were both half naked when she crashes their van into the barn Ryan and Nikki were using after escaping Leatherface.]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Ryan, Heather's boyfriend, cheats on her with Heather's best friend Nikki. Heather doesn't seem to notice or bothers when they were both half naked when she crashes their van into the barn Ryan and Nikki were using after escaping Leatherface.]]
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*[[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: Leatherface not only gets away with murder at the end of the film, he also gets revege on the people who killed his family and reunites with his long lost cousion]].


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*EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Heather and leatherface at the end, they love each other and will kill to protect each other]].

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* StockFootage: Uses footage from the original film, in order to show that it is a sequel to that movie and not the remake.



* StockFootage: Uses footage from the original film, in order to show that it is a sequel to that movie and not the remake.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Heather finds out that she is a Sawyer a little before the third act and acts accordingly after learning about her true lineage.]]
** [[spoiler: ThatManIsDead: However, after the climax, she drops her Heather Miller adoptive identity, and she was back on her birthright as being Edith Rose Sawyer, the next caretaker for Leatherface.]]



* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist: Heather and Leatherface at the end.]]

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* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist: Heather and Leatherface at the end.]]]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Ryan, Heather's boyfriend, cheats on her with Heather's best friend Nikki. Heather doesn't seem to notice or bothers when they were both half naked when she crashes their van into the barn Ryan and Nikki were using after escaping Leatherface.]]
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'''Texas Chainsaw 3D''' is a direct sequel to the original. The film is in no way connected to the remake or a remake itself. The film begins with [[spoiler: the Saywer's being lynched]] shortly after the first film but one baby is saved. That girl's named Heather, who decades learns that she inheirited a mansion from her biological grandmother. She goes there with her friend and boyfriend [[spoiler: who sleep with eachother behind her back]] and they learn the hard way that Leatherface is still alive. Pretty soon the townspeople learn the truth aswell [[spoiler: and decide to take their vendetta to Heather herself.]]

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'''Texas Chainsaw 3D''' is a direct sequel to the original. The film is in no way connected to the remake or a remake itself. The film begins with [[spoiler: the Saywer's Sawyers being lynched]] shortly after the first film but one baby is saved. That girl's named Heather, who decades learns that she inheirited inherited a mansion from her biological grandmother. She goes there with her friend and boyfriend [[spoiler: who sleep with eachother each other behind her back]] and they learn the hard way that Leatherface is still alive. Pretty soon the townspeople learn the truth aswell as well [[spoiler: and decide to take their vendetta to Heather herself.]]



* BigBad: Leatherface offically takes this title in the film, [[spoiler: being the last surviving Sawyer]] but later on [[spoiler: Mayor Burt Hartman takes the role.]]
* BlackAndGreyMorality: And '''How'''.

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* BigBad: Leatherface offically officially takes this title in the film, [[spoiler: being the last surviving Sawyer]] but later on [[spoiler: Mayor Burt Hartman takes the role.]]
* BlackAndGreyMorality: And '''How'''.



* DisproportionateRetribution: The towns people decides [[spoiler: Heather has to die for simply being related to the Sawyer's.]]

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The towns people decides [[spoiler: Heather has to die for simply being related to the Sawyer's.]] ]]



* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: Leatherface.]]

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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: Leatherface.Leatherface, Heather, and Hartman's son as well.]]



* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The climax has Leatherface [[spoiler: getting payback on the towns perople for killing his family.]]

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The climax has Leatherface [[spoiler: getting payback on the towns perople people for killing his family.]]

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* BlackAndGreyMorality: And '''How'''.

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* BlackAndGreyMorality: And '''How'''.



* DisaportinateRetrebution: The towns people decides [[spoiler: Heather has to die for simply being related to the Sawyer's.]]

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* DisaportinateRetrebution: DisproportionateRetribution: The towns people decides [[spoiler: Heather has to die for simply being related to the Sawyer's.]]



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Leatherface [[spoiler: decides to spare Heather the minute he realizes she's related to him.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Leatherface [[spoiler: decides to spare Heather the minute he realizes she's related to him.]]


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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: Leatherface.]]
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: The townsfolk, especially Burt Hartman who takes law into his own hands and kills the Sawyers and goes after Heather for simply being related to the Sawyers.]]
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'''Texas Chainsaw 3D''' is a direct sequel to the original. The film is in no way connected to the remake or a remake itself. The film begins with [[spoiler: the Saywer's being lynched]] shortly after the first film but one baby is saved. That girl's named Heather, who decades learns that she inheirited a mansion from her biological grandmother. She goes there with her friend and boyfriend [[spoiler: who sleep with eachother behind her back]] and they learn the hard way that Leatherface is still alive. Pretty soon the townspeople learn the truth aswell [[spoiler: and decide to take their vendetta to Heather herself.]]

A sequel is rumored to be in the works.

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* AssholeVictim: Almost everyone who is killed.
* BigBad: Leatherface offically takes this title in the film, [[spoiler: being the last surviving Sawyer]] but later on [[spoiler: Mayor Burt Hartman takes the role.]]
* BlackAndGreyMorality: And '''How'''.
* ContinuitySnarl: The film is set in 2012 and is a direct sequel to the original. Heather should be close to 40 and Leatherface should be in his 60s, yet they're played by, respectively, 26-year-old Alexandra Daddario and the middle-aged Dan Yeager. This would just be an example of PlayingGertrude if not for the fact that Heather herself is portrayed as a young adult.
* DisaportinateRetrebution: The towns people decides [[spoiler: Heather has to die for simply being related to the Sawyer's.]]
* [[spoiler: EasilyForgiven: Heather completely and instantly forgives Leatherface for killing all her friends and trying to murder her when she finds out that they are related.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Leatherface [[spoiler: decides to spare Heather the minute he realizes she's related to him.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Heather at the end, she accepts Leatherface as family, and helps him escape the cops (killing one and becoming a murderer herself in the process).]]
* ThreeDMovie
* StockFootage: Uses footage from the original film, in order to show that it is a sequel to that movie and not the remake.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The climax has Leatherface [[spoiler: getting payback on the towns perople for killing his family.]]
* UnexpectedInheritance: The premise involves a young woman named Heather who inherits a mansion from a grandmother she never knew she had, only to discover that Leatherface still resides there and that she's his cousin.
* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist: Heather and Leatherface at the end.]]

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