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''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' is a series of horror films which depict people meeting their ends at the hands of an AxCrazy family in Texas, with the chainsaw-toting man known as Leatherface being the prominent deathdealer.

The films include:
[[index]]
* ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'' (1974) -- A group of teenagers take a road trip to investigate the possible vandalism of their grandfather's grave, ultimately coming into the grips of an insane group of murderous cannibals. One of the classic proto-examples of the {{slasher|Movie}} genre.
* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' (1986) -- Twelve years after the events of the first film, a radio DJ attempts to aid a sheriff capture the Sawyer clan, only to end up between the horrific crossfire. While panned upon release, the film has since gained a cult following.
* ''Film/LeatherfaceTheTexasChainsawMassacreIII'' (1990) -- A direct sequel to the original that ignores the previous film. In this installment, a new clan of cannibals terrorize travelers among the desolate Texas countryside. Intended to be the first in a new series produced by New Line Cinema, the film's poor reception stopped any further involvement in the series by the studio.
* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration'' (1995) -- A SoftReboot. A group of high school kids on prom night end up in a car crash, stranding them in the woods, where they are terrorized by a family of deranged psychopaths. Notable for featuring the first acting roles of future UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winners Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/ReneeZellweger.
* ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' (2003) -- Another reboot/remake. A group of 20-somethings on their way to Mexico pick up a traumatized hitchhiker who fatally shoots herself in their car. Following their attempts to contact the authorities, they are picked off one by one by a chainsaw wielding maniac.
* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning'' (2006) -- A prequel to the second reboot. This film explores the origins of the iconic serial killer Leatherface and the cannibalistic Hewitt family as they terrorize a group of young adult draft dodgers.
* ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D'' (2013) -- Another direct sequel to the original that ignores all the other films. A young woman named Heather discovers a house in Newt, Texas that she has inherited and takes a road trip with her friends to collect. Unbeknownst to her (but knownst to us) is what waits in the basement of the old house.
* ''Film/{{Leatherface}}'' (2017) -- A {{Prequel}} to the 1974 film (also featuring CanonWelding to the previous film) showing the origins of a teenage Leatherface and the traumatic experiences that mold him into the legendary butcher.
* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacre2022'' -- Another direct sequel to the original that ignores all the other films, co-produced by Fede Álvarez (''Film/DontBreathe'', ''Film/{{Evil Dead|2013}}'') and starring Elsie Fisher (''Film/EighthGrade'') as well as Olwen Fouéré (''Film/Mandy2018'') as Sally Hardesty, replacing the late Marilyn Burns. The film received an exclusive release on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

There are also a lot of spin-off media, including:

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* ''Leatherface'' (1991-1992)
* ''ComicBook/JasonVsLeatherface'' (1995-1996)
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Special'' (2005)
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Grind'' (2006)
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Fearbook'' (2006)
* ''[[ComicBook/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2007 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' (2007)
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Cut!'' (2007)
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: About A Boy'' (2007)
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: By Himself'' (2007)
** ''ComicBook/NewLineCinemasTalesOfHorror'' (2007)
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Raising Cain'' (2008)

[[AC:Tabletop Game]]
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Game'' (2022)

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''[[VideoGame/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2023 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (2023) - AsymmetricMultiplayer horror game

As well as a few game crossovers:
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' -- Leatherface appears as a DLC GuestFighter.
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' -- Leatherface also appears as a DLC GuestFighter here.
[[/index]]

The chainsaw as a murder weapon was iconic enough to become part of the HockeyMaskAndChainsaw trope in the popular culture.

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!!This franchise provides examples of:

* AlternateContinuity: Compared to other horror franchises, this one is especially snarled (if not QUITE as bad as ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''). Despite their numbering and some BroadStrokes connective elements between them, the sequels are not truly sequels to each other, but to the original film, then there's the reboots and prequels, all of which results in a number of separate continuities:
** ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' + ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2''
** ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' + ''Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III''
** ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation''
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' + ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003)
** ''Leatherface'' (2017) + ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' + ''Texas Chainsaw 3D''
** ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' + ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2022)
* AntiVillain: Leatherface commits horrific crimes out of loyalty to his family, and it's implied that he [[ObliviouslyEvil lacks the mental capacity to distinguish right from wrong]].
%%* AxCrazy: Leatherface and the rest of his family.
%%* BarrierBustingBlow
* BigBad: Leatherface is generally not this, since he's technically TheDragon and takes orders from the more senior members of his family, [[TheHeavy he's by far the most dangerous member]]. The official Big Bads differ in continuity:
** Drayton "The Cook" Sawyer serves as this in the first two movies.
** Edward 'Tex' Sawyer is this for the third movie.
** Vilmer Slaughter in ''The Next Generation''.
** In the remake and it's prequel, there's Charlie Hewitt Jr./Sheriff Hoyt.
** ''Texas Chainsaw 3D'' has [[spoiler:Mayor Burt Hartman, with Leatherface serving as a VillainProtagonist]].
** ''Leatherface'' has Verna Sawyer, Leatherface's controlling mother responsible for shaping him into a cannibalistic serial killer.
** ''The 2022 movie'' has Leatherface himself as the sole antagonist.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Lets count Leatherface's relatives, [[LongList shall we?]]
** Original: Drayton, Nubbins, Grandpa and Grandma
** ''2'': Chop-Top
** ''TCM III'': Eddie, Alfredo, Tex, Mama and Little Girl
** ''Return/The Next Generation'': Vilmer, Darla, W.E. and Grandfather
** Remake: Luda Mae, Monty, Jedidiah, Henrietta, the Tea Lady and Charlie, Jr. (better known as Sheriff Winston Hoyt)
** ''Leatherface'': Verna
** ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'': Virginia "Ginny" [=McCumber=]
** Wildstorm Comics: Ezekiel, Shiloh, Hank, Adam, Cain, Abel, Connie Jean, Cal, Earl, Cain, Jr., Abel, Jr., Lyle, Clem, two unnamed brothers in ''Cut!'' and several other unnamed relatives in ''Raising Cain''.
** ''Jason vs. Leatherface'': Amelia, Emery and Velma.
%%* BoundAndGagged: Nearly every FinalGirl at some point.
%%* CannibalClan
%%* CannibalLarder: Probably the TropeCodifier.
%%* ChainsawGood: Oh yeah.
* CoolMask: More "fear inspiring mask of madness" than cool.
* {{Crossover}}: ''ComicBook/JasonVsLeatherface'' has Jason Voorhees of the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series coming to blows with Leatherface and his family.
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' includes Leatherface as a [[DownloadableContent downloadable]] GuestFighter.
** ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' also includes Leatherface as a GuestFighter.
%%* DeadlyRoadTrip: The traveling teens.
%%* DeepSouth: In the form of TheSavageSouth.
%%* DevelopingDoomedCharacters
%%* DragonInChief[=/=]TheBrute: Leatherface fulfills this role.
* DoomedByCanon: Any characters from the remake's prequel, and any from the comics set before the remake.
** Subverted in the comic ''The Grind''. The main character escapes and survives, but is framed for the murders of her friends by the Hewitts, and is stuck in an insane asylum, where she spends her days freaking out and ranting about the inbred hicks who killed everyone.
* DramaticUnmask: Averted in ''TCM III'', and the remake (where the unmasking isn't dramatic, Leatherface just takes it off while making a new one).
* TheEndOrIsIt: Every film (except ''TCM 2'', probably) ends with Leatherface and a few relatives still alive. ''TCM III'' is the straightest example.
%%* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
%%* EventTitle
* EvidenceDungeon: The house is an abattoir with damning evidence in every room. {{Justified|Trope}} as the murderous family's house is so far removed from civilization that it is only discovered by accident.
* ExpandedUniverse: Various comics have been released, the bulk of them taking place in the remake universe and filling in the gaps there.
* FamilialFoe: Most survivors of the SerialKiller Leatherface also have to fight members of his CannibalClan family (brothers, grandfather, mother, uncle, nephew, daughter, etc), although the family tree has a lot of CanonDiscontinuity.
%%* FatAndSkinny: Henrietta and the Tea Lady from the remake series.
%%* FatBastard: The Tea Lady.
* TheFaceless: Leatherface only rarely appears without his mask, and his face is never given that much detail.
* FanDisservice: The remake and prequel protagonists are hot, half-dressed teenagers... that get cut up, hacked, and doused in blood. Then eaten.
* {{Fanservice}}: The sweaty Jessica Biel wears such snug tank tops and jeans, which get wet often.
** Darla flashing her breasts in ''The Next Generation''.
* FinalGirl: Sally Hardesty, Vanita "Stretch" Brock, Michelle, Jenny, Erin Hardesty, Chrissie, Heather Miller, Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, and Lila.
* {{Gamebooks}}: An unusual example. After the 1974 original, the story branches into four separate {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies, giving the viewer the choice of which direction to take it: 2, III, 3D or TCM.
* {{Gorn}}: '''Averted''' in the original which is notable for its utter lack of gore but still being a rich source of NightmareFuel and NothingIsScarier.
* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: In the original film, only one person dies with a chainsaw and almost all of the deaths are bloodless. The editing and the atmosphere more than makes up for it though.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Leatherface's grandfather in the first film is called by the family "the ultimate killer", although because he is aged beyond normal human standards, he remains TheUnfought.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Several people are sliced in half throughout the series, notably Morgan in the remake.
%%* HillbillyHorrors: One of the best known examples.
* HippieVan: The first movie starts when a vanload of Hippies stop to pick up a hitchhiker.
* IHaveManyNames: Depending on the continuity, Leatherface's real name is variously Bubba Sawyer, W.E. Sawyer, Leather Slaughter, Thomas Brown Hewitt, or Jedidiah Sawyer.
* ImAHumanitarian: Some films, such as the first, merely imply this, while in others, such as the first sequel and the remake prequel, it's explicit (and drives the plot).
%%* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Sheriff Winston Hoyt was originally Charlie Hewitt, Jr. He killed the real sheriff and stole his identity and car.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: There's a scene in the remake where the sadistic Sheriff Hoyt forces Morgan into sticking a gun in his mouth, under the pretense of reenacting a suicide committed earlier in the film; continually goading the obviously terrified Morgan (who doesn't know if the gun is loaded or not) into pulling the trigger. Hoyt arrests him under the charge of attempted murder when Morgan snaps and tries to shoot him with the gun. [[MagnificentBastard It's implied that this was Hoyt's plan all along.]]
%%* MadeOfPlasticine
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Leatherface wears a variety of masks made of human skin to hide his deformed face.
* MamaBear: Luda Mae Hewitt.
* MeaningfulName: Leatherface's CannibalClan is known as the Sawyers in the original series and the Hewitts in the remake series. A "sawyer" is "one who saws things", and it also has an echo of Sawney Bean, leader of a (probably-apocryphal) cannibal clan [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean in mediæval Scotland]] and partial inspiration for the family here. Hewitt, meanwhile, is a [[PunnyName portmanteau of "hew it", which means "cut it apart"]]. In ''The Next Generation'', they're called the Slaughters, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast which needs]] [[ObviouslyEvil no explanation]][[note]]The name Slaughter actually comes from the original film. In the gas station scene, the sign reads W.E. Slaughter Barbecue but it's almost illegible and the name didn't catch on especially as it wasn't used in the credits.[[/note]]
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: The family has a habit of treating dead relatives as if they're still alive, going as far as turning Nubbins' corpse into a crude puppet in ''TCM 2''.
* MyCarHatesMe: Most of the time it's due to them being trashed by the villains, not some malfunction.
* NothingIsScarier: While being mostly remembered for its [[SequelEscalation much gorier]] sequels and remakes, and despite its [[GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath eye-catching title]], [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the original installment]] makes very good use of this trope, particularly in the scene immediately before the first murder. An early teaser for [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 the remake]] was nothing but a black screen and sound. The censors apparently didn't like it due to how disturbing it was.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The minor relatives from the remake series are given more to do (rape, torture, kill, etc.) in the comics.
* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: There's very little consistency in the sequel naming used by the franchise. The first sequel was just a {{Numbered Sequel|s}}, but the next movie went the ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' direction by calling itself ''Film/LeatherfaceTheTexasChainsawMassacreIII''. Part 4 then switched the numbers for subtitles. The [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 remake series]] has too few entries to really say it's inconsistent, but 2013 saw the release of ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D'', which also [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores every film after the original]].
* OffWithHisHead: Surprisingly averted until the 2022 entry, though a severed and preserved head does show up in the remake.
* OurSlashersAreDifferent: Leatherface is a deformed cannibal hillbilly who was raised by his family to be TheBrute who kills people to be turned into meat for their business.
%%* PeekABooCorpse
* PunchClockVillain: Leatherface shows no sadism and kills only for food. Justified in that he is shown as mentally handicapped. His family though takes sadistic pleasure in tormenting and killing the victims. Especially Sheriff Hoyt in the remake series.
%%* PsychopathicManchild: Leatherface, and some of his relatives.
* TheQuisling: In the remake series, the family abducts young children and raises them as their own.
* RecycledPremise: Aside from ''2'', all the films in the franchise recycle the plot of the first film.
* RedRightHand: Nubbins' facial birthmark, Chop Top's similar birthmark and exposed metal plate, Tinker's HookHand, Mama's electronic voice box, Alfredo's speech impediment and heterochromia, and Vilmer's bionic leg.
** In ''TCM III'', Leatherface himself has a leg brace, which may or may not be a nod to the moment in the original when he ends up getting cut by his own chainsaw.
%%* ReluctantMonster: Leatherface.
* TheSavageSouth: Because the only locals who really get any characterization are all part of [[CannibalClan Leatherface's family,]] it gives an impression that everyone but the "outsider" is OK with the events in these films.
** In ''Texas Chainsaw [=3D=]'', though, it's established that the townsfolk murdered the Sawyer clan after their killing spree in the first film.
* ShoutOut: The poster for Part 2 shows the Sawyer family in poses similar to the cast in the poster for ''The Breakfast Club'', while the trailer for Part 3 riffs on the Excalibur legend; specifically, the Lady of the Lake throws out a massive looking chainsaw to a nearby Leatherface, and said saw is activated by a lightning bolt.
* TheUnintelligible: Leatherface.
* VillainExclusivityClause: Leatherface is the slasher killer in every movie. The Sawyer family of psychos may count too.
* TheVoiceless: Leatherface - the only times you hear him it's when he screams or grunts.
* WolverinePublicity: Leatherface is heavily featured and is the most well-known character from the franchise, despite the fact that, as a developmentally-disabled, speechless man with no motivation or goals outside of blindly doing his family's bidding, he is perhaps the least interesting member of the family.
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!!The rest of the franchise provides examples of:

!!!Creator/AvatarPress comics
* AttemptedRape: The Creator/AvatarPress comics apparently liked this trope. In ''Special'' a serial rapist tries to have his way with the main character but is killed mid-attempt when Leatherface impales him through the back with his chainsaw. In ''The Grind'', the main character is tied to a bed so Monty can have his way with her, but she gets an arm loose, punches him unconscious, and escapes.
* DeathByFallingOver: One character in ''Fearbook'' meets her demise when she trips over a piglet, falls through a second-story railing, and hits her head on the ground, breaking her neck.
* InevitableWaterfall: The last victim in ''Special'' escapes from the lunatic Hewitts and ends up floating down a river on a tree trunk. As she promises to herself to clean up her act, she suddenly starts screaming when she comes across a waterfall. But it's not the small drop that terrifies her, it's the chainsaw-toting Leatherface, who is waiting for her at the end of it.
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''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' is a series of horror films which depict people meeting their ends at the hands of an AxCrazy family in Texas, with the chainsaw-toting man known as Leatherface being the prominent deathdealer.

The films include:
[[index]]
* ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'' (1974) -- A group of teenagers take a road trip to investigate the possible vandalism of their grandfather's grave, ultimately coming into the grips of an insane group of murderous cannibals. One of the classic proto-examples of the {{slasher|Movie}} genre.
* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' (1986) -- Twelve years after the events of the first film, a radio DJ attempts to aid a sheriff capture the Sawyer clan, only to end up between the horrific crossfire. While panned upon release, the film has since gained a cult following.
* ''Film/LeatherfaceTheTexasChainsawMassacreIII'' (1990) -- A direct sequel to the original that ignores the previous film. In this installment, a new clan of cannibals terrorize travelers among the desolate Texas countryside. Intended to be the first in a new series produced by New Line Cinema, the film's poor reception stopped any further involvement in the series by the studio.
* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration'' (1995) -- A SoftReboot. A group of high school kids on prom night end up in a car crash, stranding them in the woods, where they are terrorized by a family of deranged psychopaths. Notable for featuring the first acting roles of future UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winners Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/ReneeZellweger.
* ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' (2003) -- Another reboot/remake. A group of 20-somethings on their way to Mexico pick up a traumatized hitchhiker who fatally shoots herself in their car. Following their attempts to contact the authorities, they are picked off one by one by a chainsaw wielding maniac.
* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning'' (2006) -- A prequel to the second reboot. This film explores the origins of the iconic serial killer Leatherface and the cannibalistic Hewitt family as they terrorize a group of young adult draft dodgers.
* ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D'' (2013) -- Another direct sequel to the original that ignores all the other films. A young woman named Heather discovers a house in Newt, Texas that she has inherited and takes a road trip with her friends to collect. Unbeknownst to her (but knownst to us) is what waits in the basement of the old house.
* ''Film/{{Leatherface}}'' (2017) -- A {{Prequel}} to the 1974 film (also featuring CanonWelding to the previous film) showing the origins of a teenage Leatherface and the traumatic experiences that mold him into the legendary butcher.
* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacre2022'' -- Another direct sequel to the original that ignores all the other films, co-produced by Fede Álvarez (''Film/DontBreathe'', ''Film/{{Evil Dead|2013}}'') and starring Elsie Fisher (''Film/EighthGrade'') as well as Olwen Fouéré (''Film/Mandy2018'') as Sally Hardesty, replacing the late Marilyn Burns. The film received an exclusive release on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

There are also a lot of spin-off media, including:

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* ''Leatherface'' (1991-1992)
* ''ComicBook/JasonVsLeatherface'' (1995-1996)
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Special'' (2005)
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Grind'' (2006)
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Fearbook'' (2006)
* ''[[ComicBook/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2007 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' (2007)
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Cut!'' (2007)
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: About A Boy'' (2007)
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: By Himself'' (2007)
** ''ComicBook/NewLineCinemasTalesOfHorror'' (2007)
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Raising Cain'' (2008)

[[AC:Tabletop Game]]
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Game'' (2022)

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''[[VideoGame/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2023 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (2023) - AsymmetricMultiplayer horror game

As well as a few game crossovers:
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' -- Leatherface appears as a DLC GuestFighter.
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' -- Leatherface also appears as a DLC GuestFighter here.
[[/index]]

The chainsaw as a murder weapon was iconic enough to become part of the HockeyMaskAndChainsaw trope in the popular culture.

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!!This franchise provides examples of:

* AlternateContinuity: Compared to other horror franchises, this one is especially snarled (if not QUITE as bad as ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''). Despite their numbering and some BroadStrokes connective elements between them, the sequels are not truly sequels to each other, but to the original film, then there's the reboots and prequels, all of which results in a number of separate continuities:
** ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' + ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2''
** ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' + ''Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III''
** ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation''
** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' + ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003)
** ''Leatherface'' (2017) + ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' + ''Texas Chainsaw 3D''
** ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' + ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2022)
* AntiVillain: Leatherface commits horrific crimes out of loyalty to his family, and it's implied that he [[ObliviouslyEvil lacks the mental capacity to distinguish right from wrong]].
%%* AxCrazy: Leatherface and the rest of his family.
%%* BarrierBustingBlow
* BigBad: Leatherface is generally not this, since he's technically TheDragon and takes orders from the more senior members of his family, [[TheHeavy he's by far the most dangerous member]]. The official Big Bads differ in continuity:
** Drayton "The Cook" Sawyer serves as this in the first two movies.
** Edward 'Tex' Sawyer is this for the third movie.
** Vilmer Slaughter in ''The Next Generation''.
** In the remake and it's prequel, there's Charlie Hewitt Jr./Sheriff Hoyt.
** ''Texas Chainsaw 3D'' has [[spoiler:Mayor Burt Hartman, with Leatherface serving as a VillainProtagonist]].
** ''Leatherface'' has Verna Sawyer, Leatherface's controlling mother responsible for shaping him into a cannibalistic serial killer.
** ''The 2022 movie'' has Leatherface himself as the sole antagonist.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Lets count Leatherface's relatives, [[LongList shall we?]]
** Original: Drayton, Nubbins, Grandpa and Grandma
** ''2'': Chop-Top
** ''TCM III'': Eddie, Alfredo, Tex, Mama and Little Girl
** ''Return/The Next Generation'': Vilmer, Darla, W.E. and Grandfather
** Remake: Luda Mae, Monty, Jedidiah, Henrietta, the Tea Lady and Charlie, Jr. (better known as Sheriff Winston Hoyt)
** ''Leatherface'': Verna
** ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'': Virginia "Ginny" [=McCumber=]
** Wildstorm Comics: Ezekiel, Shiloh, Hank, Adam, Cain, Abel, Connie Jean, Cal, Earl, Cain, Jr., Abel, Jr., Lyle, Clem, two unnamed brothers in ''Cut!'' and several other unnamed relatives in ''Raising Cain''.
** ''Jason vs. Leatherface'': Amelia, Emery and Velma.
%%* BoundAndGagged: Nearly every FinalGirl at some point.
%%* CannibalClan
%%* CannibalLarder: Probably the TropeCodifier.
%%* ChainsawGood: Oh yeah.
* CoolMask: More "fear inspiring mask of madness" than cool.
* {{Crossover}}: ''ComicBook/JasonVsLeatherface'' has Jason Voorhees of the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series coming to blows with Leatherface and his family.
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' includes Leatherface as a [[DownloadableContent downloadable]] GuestFighter.
** ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' also includes Leatherface as a GuestFighter.
%%* DeadlyRoadTrip: The traveling teens.
%%* DeepSouth: In the form of TheSavageSouth.
%%* DevelopingDoomedCharacters
%%* DragonInChief[=/=]TheBrute: Leatherface fulfills this role.
* DoomedByCanon: Any characters from the remake's prequel, and any from the comics set before the remake.
** Subverted in the comic ''The Grind''. The main character escapes and survives, but is framed for the murders of her friends by the Hewitts, and is stuck in an insane asylum, where she spends her days freaking out and ranting about the inbred hicks who killed everyone.
* DramaticUnmask: Averted in ''TCM III'', and the remake (where the unmasking isn't dramatic, Leatherface just takes it off while making a new one).
* TheEndOrIsIt: Every film (except ''TCM 2'', probably) ends with Leatherface and a few relatives still alive. ''TCM III'' is the straightest example.
%%* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
%%* EventTitle
* EvidenceDungeon: The house is an abattoir with damning evidence in every room. {{Justified|Trope}} as the murderous family's house is so far removed from civilization that it is only discovered by accident.
* ExpandedUniverse: Various comics have been released, the bulk of them taking place in the remake universe and filling in the gaps there.
* FamilialFoe: Most survivors of the SerialKiller Leatherface also have to fight members of his CannibalClan family (brothers, grandfather, mother, uncle, nephew, daughter, etc), although the family tree has a lot of CanonDiscontinuity.
%%* FatAndSkinny: Henrietta and the Tea Lady from the remake series.
%%* FatBastard: The Tea Lady.
* TheFaceless: Leatherface only rarely appears without his mask, and his face is never given that much detail.
* FanDisservice: The remake and prequel protagonists are hot, half-dressed teenagers... that get cut up, hacked, and doused in blood. Then eaten.
* {{Fanservice}}: The sweaty Jessica Biel wears such snug tank tops and jeans, which get wet often.
** Darla flashing her breasts in ''The Next Generation''.
* FinalGirl: Sally Hardesty, Vanita "Stretch" Brock, Michelle, Jenny, Erin Hardesty, Chrissie, Heather Miller, Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, and Lila.
* {{Gamebooks}}: An unusual example. After the 1974 original, the story branches into four separate {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies, giving the viewer the choice of which direction to take it: 2, III, 3D or TCM.
* {{Gorn}}: '''Averted''' in the original which is notable for its utter lack of gore but still being a rich source of NightmareFuel and NothingIsScarier.
* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: In the original film, only one person dies with a chainsaw and almost all of the deaths are bloodless. The editing and the atmosphere more than makes up for it though.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Leatherface's grandfather in the first film is called by the family "the ultimate killer", although because he is aged beyond normal human standards, he remains TheUnfought.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Several people are sliced in half throughout the series, notably Morgan in the remake.
%%* HillbillyHorrors: One of the best known examples.
* HippieVan: The first movie starts when a vanload of Hippies stop to pick up a hitchhiker.
* IHaveManyNames: Depending on the continuity, Leatherface's real name is variously Bubba Sawyer, W.E. Sawyer, Leather Slaughter, Thomas Brown Hewitt, or Jedidiah Sawyer.
* ImAHumanitarian: Some films, such as the first, merely imply this, while in others, such as the first sequel and the remake prequel, it's explicit (and drives the plot).
%%* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Sheriff Winston Hoyt was originally Charlie Hewitt, Jr. He killed the real sheriff and stole his identity and car.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: There's a scene in the remake where the sadistic Sheriff Hoyt forces Morgan into sticking a gun in his mouth, under the pretense of reenacting a suicide committed earlier in the film; continually goading the obviously terrified Morgan (who doesn't know if the gun is loaded or not) into pulling the trigger. Hoyt arrests him under the charge of attempted murder when Morgan snaps and tries to shoot him with the gun. [[MagnificentBastard It's implied that this was Hoyt's plan all along.]]
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: Leatherface wears a variety of masks made of human skin to hide his deformed face.
* MamaBear: Luda Mae Hewitt.
* MeaningfulName: Leatherface's CannibalClan is known as the Sawyers in the original series and the Hewitts in the remake series. A "sawyer" is "one who saws things", and it also has an echo of Sawney Bean, leader of a (probably-apocryphal) cannibal clan [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean in mediæval Scotland]] and partial inspiration for the family here. Hewitt, meanwhile, is a [[PunnyName portmanteau of "hew it", which means "cut it apart"]]. In ''The Next Generation'', they're called the Slaughters, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast which needs]] [[ObviouslyEvil no explanation]][[note]]The name Slaughter actually comes from the original film. In the gas station scene, the sign reads W.E. Slaughter Barbecue but it's almost illegible and the name didn't catch on especially as it wasn't used in the credits.[[/note]]
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: The family has a habit of treating dead relatives as if they're still alive, going as far as turning Nubbins' corpse into a crude puppet in ''TCM 2''.
* MyCarHatesMe: Most of the time it's due to them being trashed by the villains, not some malfunction.
* NothingIsScarier: While being mostly remembered for its [[SequelEscalation much gorier]] sequels and remakes, and despite its [[GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath eye-catching title]], [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the original installment]] makes very good use of this trope, particularly in the scene immediately before the first murder. An early teaser for [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 the remake]] was nothing but a black screen and sound. The censors apparently didn't like it due to how disturbing it was.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The minor relatives from the remake series are given more to do (rape, torture, kill, etc.) in the comics.
* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: There's very little consistency in the sequel naming used by the franchise. The first sequel was just a {{Numbered Sequel|s}}, but the next movie went the ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' direction by calling itself ''Film/LeatherfaceTheTexasChainsawMassacreIII''. Part 4 then switched the numbers for subtitles. The [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 remake series]] has too few entries to really say it's inconsistent, but 2013 saw the release of ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D'', which also [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores every film after the original]].
* OffWithHisHead: Surprisingly averted until the 2022 entry, though a severed and preserved head does show up in the remake.
* OurSlashersAreDifferent: Leatherface is a deformed cannibal hillbilly who was raised by his family to be TheBrute who kills people to be turned into meat for their business.
%%* PeekABooCorpse
* PunchClockVillain: Leatherface shows no sadism and kills only for food. Justified in that he is shown as mentally handicapped. His family though takes sadistic pleasure in tormenting and killing the victims. Especially Sheriff Hoyt in the remake series.
%%* PsychopathicManchild: Leatherface, and some of his relatives.
* TheQuisling: In the remake series, the family abducts young children and raises them as their own.
* RecycledPremise: Aside from ''2'', all the films in the franchise recycle the plot of the first film.
* RedRightHand: Nubbins' facial birthmark, Chop Top's similar birthmark and exposed metal plate, Tinker's HookHand, Mama's electronic voice box, Alfredo's speech impediment and heterochromia, and Vilmer's bionic leg.
** In ''TCM III'', Leatherface himself has a leg brace, which may or may not be a nod to the moment in the original when he ends up getting cut by his own chainsaw.
%%* ReluctantMonster: Leatherface.
* TheSavageSouth: Because the only locals who really get any characterization are all part of [[CannibalClan Leatherface's family,]] it gives an impression that everyone but the "outsider" is OK with the events in these films.
** In ''Texas Chainsaw [=3D=]'', though, it's established that the townsfolk murdered the Sawyer clan after their killing spree in the first film.
* ShoutOut: The poster for Part 2 shows the Sawyer family in poses similar to the cast in the poster for ''The Breakfast Club'', while the trailer for Part 3 riffs on the Excalibur legend; specifically, the Lady of the Lake throws out a massive looking chainsaw to a nearby Leatherface, and said saw is activated by a lightning bolt.
* TheUnintelligible: Leatherface.
* VillainExclusivityClause: Leatherface is the slasher killer in every movie. The Sawyer family of psychos may count too.
* TheVoiceless: Leatherface - the only times you hear him it's when he screams or grunts.
* WolverinePublicity: Leatherface is heavily featured and is the most well-known character from the franchise, despite the fact that, as a developmentally-disabled, speechless man with no motivation or goals outside of blindly doing his family's bidding, he is perhaps the least interesting member of the family.
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!!The rest of the franchise provides examples of:

!!!Creator/AvatarPress comics
* AttemptedRape: The Creator/AvatarPress comics apparently liked this trope. In ''Special'' a serial rapist tries to have his way with the main character but is killed mid-attempt when Leatherface impales him through the back with his chainsaw. In ''The Grind'', the main character is tied to a bed so Monty can have his way with her, but she gets an arm loose, punches him unconscious, and escapes.
* DeathByFallingOver: One character in ''Fearbook'' meets her demise when she trips over a piglet, falls through a second-story railing, and hits her head on the ground, breaking her neck.
* InevitableWaterfall: The last victim in ''Special'' escapes from the lunatic Hewitts and ends up floating down a river on a tree trunk. As she promises to herself to clean up her act, she suddenly starts screaming when she comes across a waterfall. But it's not the small drop that terrifies her, it's the chainsaw-toting Leatherface, who is waiting for her at the end of it.
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* AxCrazy: Leatherface and the rest of his family.
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** Original
*** Drayton, Nubbins, Grandpa and Grandma
** ''2''
*** Chop-Top
** ''TCM III''
*** Eddie, Alfredo, Tex, Mama and Little Girl
** ''Return/The Next Generation''
*** Vilmer, Darla, W.E. and Grandfather
** Remake
*** Luda Mae, Monty, Jedidiah, Henrietta, the Tea Lady and Charlie, Jr. (better known as Sheriff Winston Hoyt)
** ''Leatherface''
*** Verna
** ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre''
*** Virginia "Ginny" [=McCumber=]
** Wildstorm Comics
*** Ezekiel, Shiloh, Hank, Adam, Cain, Abel, Connie Jean, Cal, Earl, Cain, Jr., Abel, Jr., Lyle, Clem, two unnamed brothers in ''Cut!'' and several other unnamed relatives in ''Raising Cain''.
** ''Jason vs. Leatherface''
*** Amelia, Emery and Velma.
* BoundAndGagged: Nearly every FinalGirl at some point.
* CannibalClan
* CannibalLarder: Probably the TropeCodifier.
* ChainsawGood: Oh yeah.

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Original: Drayton, Nubbins, Grandpa and Grandma
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''2'': Chop-Top
** ''TCM III''
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III'': Eddie, Alfredo, Tex, Mama and Little Girl
** ''Return/The Next Generation''
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Generation'': Vilmer, Darla, W.E. and Grandfather
** Remake
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Remake: Luda Mae, Monty, Jedidiah, Henrietta, the Tea Lady and Charlie, Jr. (better known as Sheriff Winston Hoyt)
** ''Leatherface''
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''Leatherface'': Verna
** ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre''
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Massacre'': Virginia "Ginny" [=McCumber=]
** Wildstorm Comics
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Comics: Ezekiel, Shiloh, Hank, Adam, Cain, Abel, Connie Jean, Cal, Earl, Cain, Jr., Abel, Jr., Lyle, Clem, two unnamed brothers in ''Cut!'' and several other unnamed relatives in ''Raising Cain''.
** ''Jason vs. Leatherface''
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Leatherface'': Amelia, Emery and Velma.
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* %%* CannibalLarder: Probably the TropeCodifier.
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* DeadlyRoadTrip: The traveling teens.
* DeepSouth: In the form of TheSavageSouth.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* EventTitle
* EvidenceDungeon: The house is an abattoir with damning evidence in every room. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the murderous family's house is so far removed from civilization that it is only discovered by accident.

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* EvidenceDungeon: The house is an abattoir with damning evidence in every room. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] {{Justified|Trope}} as the murderous family's house is so far removed from civilization that it is only discovered by accident.



* FatAndSkinny: Henrietta and the Tea Lady from the remake series.
* FatBastard: The Tea Lady.

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* {{Gamebooks}}: An unusual example. After the 1974 original, the story branches into four separate [[AlternateContinuity Alternate Continuities]], giving the viewer the choice of which direction to take it: 2, III, 3D or TCM.

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* {{Gamebooks}}: An unusual example. After the 1974 original, the story branches into four separate [[AlternateContinuity Alternate Continuities]], {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies, giving the viewer the choice of which direction to take it: 2, III, 3D or TCM.



* HillbillyHorrors: One of the best known examples.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice

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* MadeOfPlasticine

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* PeekABooCorpse

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* PsychopathicManchild: Leatherface, and some of his relatives.

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* TheQuisling: In the remake series, the family abducts young children and raises them as their own.



* ReluctantMonster: Leatherface.
* TheQuisling: In the remake series, the family abducts young children and raises them as their own.

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* ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'' (1974) -- A group of teenagers take a road trip to investigate the possible vandalism of their grandfather's grave, ultimately coming into the grips of an insane group of murderous cannibals. One of the classic proto examples of the Slasher Genre.

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* ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'' (1974) -- A group of teenagers take a road trip to investigate the possible vandalism of their grandfather's grave, ultimately coming into the grips of an insane group of murderous cannibals. One of the classic proto examples proto-examples of the Slasher Genre.{{slasher|Movie}} genre.
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* {{Gorn}}: '''Averted''' in the original which is notable for its utter lack of gore but still being a rich source of NightmareFuel and DaylightHorror.

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* ''VideoGame/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' (2023) - AsymmetricMultiplayer horror game

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* ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D'' (2013) -- Another direct sequel to the original that ignores all the other films. A young woman named Heather discovers a house in Newt,Texas that she has inherited and takes a road trip with her friends to collect. Unbeknownst to her (but knownst to us) is what waits in the basement of the old house.

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* ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D'' (2013) -- Another direct sequel to the original that ignores all the other films. A young woman named Heather discovers a house in Newt,Texas Newt, Texas that she has inherited and takes a road trip with her friends to collect. Unbeknownst to her (but knownst to us) is what waits in the basement of the old house.
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** In ''Texas Chainsaw [=3D=]'', though, it's established that the townsfolk [[KillEmAll murdered the Sawyer clan]] after their killing spree in the first film.

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* WeaponOfChoice: Sledgehammers, meat hooks, and chainsaws show up frequently, demonstrating that the family sees outsiders as nothing more than livestock to be slaughtered and consumed.

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There are also a lot of comic spin-offs, which include:

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There are also a lot of comic spin-offs, which include:spin-off media, including:

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[[AC:Tabletop Game]]
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Game'' (2022)

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' (2023) - AsymmetricMultiplayer horror game

As well as a few game crossovers:
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' -- Leatherface appears as a DLC GuestFighter.
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' -- Leatherface also appears as a DLC GuestFighter here.



A [[VideoGame/TheTexasChainsawMassacre multiplayer videogame]] was announced in 2022.

As well as a few game crossovers:
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' -- Leatherface appears as a DLC GuestFighter.
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' -- Leatherface also appears as a DLC GuestFighter here.

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* CorruptHick: Leatherface and his family. They are a BigScrewedUpFamily who are inbred, murderous cannibals. At least one source implies that other people in the community know about the family's business, and will cover for them if an outsider tries to turn to them for help. Even though Texas is outside of Appalachia and the Ozarks, the community is supposed to be made up of hillbillies.
** Although it's probably less a matter of the locals wanting to cover up the depredations of the Hewitts because "they're one of us" or anything like that, and more a matter of grim survival. The locals turn a blind eye to the Hewitts slaughtering travelers and outsiders who won't be missed, and in return, they don't need to worry about their own loved ones (or themselves) being hacked up, brained, chainsawed or ground into chili.
--->"We don't want no Hewitt trouble."
** In ''3-D'', a semi-reboot, a variation is played where the family is killed by an angry vigilante mob and decades later, members of said mob- including the mayor, his cop son and others- are willing to murder anyone related to the now-Sawyer clan regardless of whether they had anything to do with the killings.
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* FamilialFoe: Most survivors of the SerialKiller Leatherface also have to fight members of his CannibalClan family (brothers, grandfather, mother, uncle, nephew, daughter, etc), although the family tree has a lot of CanonDiscontinuity.
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* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration'' (1995) -- A reboot. A group of high school kids on prom night end up in a car crash, stranding them in the woods, where they are terrorized by a family of deranged psychopaths. Notable for featuring the first acting roles of future UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winners Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/ReneeZellweger.

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* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration'' (1995) -- A reboot.SoftReboot. A group of high school kids on prom night end up in a car crash, stranding them in the woods, where they are terrorized by a family of deranged psychopaths. Notable for featuring the first acting roles of future UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winners Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/ReneeZellweger.
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* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacre2022'' -- Another direct sequel to the original that ignores all the other films, co-produced by Fede Álvarez (''Film/DontBreathe'', ''Film/{{Evil Dead|2013}}'') and starring Elsie Fisher (''Film/EighthGrade'') as well as Olwen Fouéré (''Film/Mandy2018'') as Sally Hardesty, replacing the late Marilyn Burns. The film is set for an exclusive release on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacre2022'' -- Another direct sequel to the original that ignores all the other films, co-produced by Fede Álvarez (''Film/DontBreathe'', ''Film/{{Evil Dead|2013}}'') and starring Elsie Fisher (''Film/EighthGrade'') as well as Olwen Fouéré (''Film/Mandy2018'') as Sally Hardesty, replacing the late Marilyn Burns. The film is set for received an exclusive release on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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* BigBad: Leatherface is considered this, since even though he's technically TheDragon and takes orders from the more senior members of his family, [[DragonInChief he's by far the most dangerous member]]. The official Big Bads differ in continuity:
** Drayton seems to fit the bill in the first two movies.
** Vilmer in ''The Next Generation''.
** In the remake, there's Luda Mae Hewitt, the EvilMatriarch of the family. Her sons Charlie Hewitt Jr./Sheriff Hoyt and Thomas Brown Hewitt/Leatherface answer to her.
** ''Texas Chainsaw 3D'' has an Ensemble of Leatherface and [[spoiler:Mayor Burt Hartman]].

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* BigBad: Leatherface is considered generally not this, since even though he's technically TheDragon and takes orders from the more senior members of his family, [[DragonInChief [[TheHeavy he's by far the most dangerous member]]. The official Big Bads differ in continuity:
** Drayton seems to fit the bill "The Cook" Sawyer serves as this in the first two movies.
** Edward 'Tex' Sawyer is this for the third movie.
**
Vilmer Slaughter in ''The Next Generation''.
** In the remake, remake and it's prequel, there's Luda Mae Hewitt, the EvilMatriarch of the family. Her sons Charlie Hewitt Jr./Sheriff Hoyt and Thomas Brown Hewitt/Leatherface answer to her.
Hoyt.
** ''Texas Chainsaw 3D'' has an Ensemble of Leatherface and [[spoiler:Mayor Burt Hartman]].Hartman, with Leatherface serving as a VillainProtagonist]].
** ''Leatherface'' has Verna Sawyer, Leatherface's controlling mother responsible for shaping him into a cannibalistic serial killer.
** ''The 2022 movie'' has Leatherface himself as the sole antagonist.

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