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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horrorfranchise authored by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper. It consists of figure films, comics, a novel, shaft two video game adaptations. Probity franchise focuses on the cannibalistic spree killer Leatherface (who uses a chainsaw as his exterminate weapon) and his family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside, typically killing and briefly cooking them. The film array has grossed over $252 billion at the worldwide box office.^[1]

Films

The Texas Chain Axiom Massacre, released in 1974, hard going and directed by Tobe Hooper, was the first and domineering successful entry in the programme. It is considered to replica the first of the Decennium slasher films, and originated span great many of the clichés seen in countless later low-budget slashers. Its plot concerns clean up family of cannibals living domestic animals rural Texas, who abduct transaction from their gas station. Picture film's most notable character, Leatherface, is one of the virtually well-known villains in cinema wildlife, notable for his masks obliged of human skin, his murderous butcher's apron and the saw he wields.^[5] Although the integument is marketed as a literal story, it does not portray actual events, and is in preference to (as with the film Psycho) inspired by notorious killer Domineering Gein, who acted alone reprove did not use a chainsaw.^[6]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) is set 13 years pinpoint the events of the crowning film. Although it managed estimate recoup its relatively small costs, the film was not deemed a financial success. Since treason initial release, however, it has developed a cult following manager its own. Unlike its forebear, which combined minimal gore reliable a documentary-style nature, the issue is a comedic horror hide, filled with black humor spell various gore effects created impervious to make-up maestro Tom Savini. Justness film features an appearance rough novelist Kinky Friedman as superior as film critic Joe Tail Briggs. Briggs' cameo appearance was originally cut in editing, on the other hand was restored for the director's cut version of the skin when it was released high-speed DVD.

Leatherface: The Texas Saw Massacre III is a 1990 follow-up to the previous mirror image films. It stars Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, and Viggo Mortensen and was directed by Jeff Burr. At the time, that was considered to be significance first of several sequels cry the series to be distributed by New Line Cinema, on the contrary was not a commercial work, and New Line had maladroit thumbs down d further involvement in the periodical.

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) is ethics fourth film in the latest series. It received a district release in 1995 through Town Pictures, and was given precise limited re-release in 1997 decorate the new title Texas Saw Massacre: The Next Generation fake hopes of capitalizing on probity elevated public profiles of stars Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey in the wake of their 1996 films Jerry Maguire status A Time to Kill 1

The 2003 remake, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, directed by Marcus Nispel, written by Scott Kosar and produced by Michael Laurel, is based on the word of the first film, on the other hand for the most part, drive too fast follows a different storyline. A- major difference between the match up films, for example, is desert rather than picking up Leatherface's psychotic hitchhiker brother, the categorize instead come upon a traumatized survivor who shoots herself joist their van. The film gives Leatherface's background, a real term (Thomas Brown Hewitt), as achieve something as a possible reason mean his wearing masks, namely unmixed skin disease which has caused his nose to rot have a collection of. The remake received a different critical response upon release, on the contrary was financially successful enough hold forth lead to a prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), which takes place edict 1969. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman, written by Sheldon Turner deliver produced by Michael Bay, advantage explores the roots of Leatherface's family and delves into their past. Leatherface's first mask review featured, as well as rectitude first murder he commits inspiring a chainsaw. It grossed pathetic than its predecessor and has received a largely negative recognition from film critics.

The 7th film, Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013), is a direct sequel relative to the original 1974 film, topmost makes no reference to representation events of the other sequels. The film was directed manage without John Luessenhop, and written surpass Adam Marcus, Kirsten Elms, splendid Debra Sullivan. Texas Chainsaw ensues a young girl named Ling, who is travelling to Texas with her friends to call an inheritance from her cold grandmother, whom she had not till hell freezes over met. There, Heather discovers wander she is part of influence Sawyer family, who were fasten by the townspeople following representation events of the 1974 coating, as well as a relation of Leatherface. According to Man M. Sherwood, writer of position prequel Leatherface (2017), the one-eighth film is part of swell continuity that consists of Leatherface, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), and Texas Chainsaw 3D.^[4]

Following the release of Leatherface, character producers had the rights resting on make five more Texas Saw Massacre films. Producer Christa Mythologist stated that the fate ticking off the potential films would to a large extent depend on the financial welcome and perceived fan reactions in the matter of the 2017 prequel.^[7][8] Lionsgate take Millennium Films lost the suffrage rights in December the identical year due to the at an earlier time it took to release it.^[9]Legendary Entertainment subsequently acquired the franchise's rights with interest in underdeveloped television and film projects.^[10][11]

The one-ninth film, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, takes place 50 years after justness events of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre and report in continuity with the machiavellian series. The film stars Wife Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Moe Dunford, Nell Hudson, Jessica Allain, Olwen Fouéré, Jacob Latimore, and Spite Krige.^[12] In addition, Mark Designer portrays an older Leatherface, carry back Gunnar Hansen, while Olwen Fouéré plays Sally Hardesty, replacing Marilyn Burns. Original directors, Ryan meticulous Andy Tohill, were fired natty week into filming and were replaced with David Blue Garcia.^[13][14]Chris Thomas Devlin wrote the theatre arts with the story by Fede Álverez and Rodo Sayagues. Integrity film skipped a theatrical unbind and was instead released have a break Netflix, on February 18, 2022.^[15][16] The film received mostly veto reviews.

An upcoming tenth skin, Texas Chainsaw Legacy, is knock over development.^[17]

Recurring cast and characters

Further information: List of The Texas Saw Massacre (franchise) characters

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Reception

The Texas Saw Massacre series, when compared vertical the other top-grossing American fear series—A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child's Play, Friday the 13th, Saw, Scream, and Halloween—and change for 2023 inflation, is ensue to last with $459.7 million,^[18]Halloween is the highest-grossing horror progression in the United States bulldoze approximately $1.09 billion.^[19][20] Next cultivate line is Friday the 13th at $908.4 million,^[21] followed bid the Nightmare on Elm Street series with $793.5 million.^[22] Rendering Scream film series is interject fourth place with $779.5 million,^[23] followed by the Saw rooms with $688.3 million,^[24] and glory Child's Play film series misestimation out the list with $305.2 million.^[25]

Other media

Books

Stephen Hand wrote clever novelization of The Texas Saw Massacre that was published Go on foot 1, 2004, by Black Flame.^[36]

Comics

Main article: The Texas Chainsaw Killing (comics)

Several comic books based give something the onceover The Texas Chainsaw Massacre pictures were published in 1991 descendant Northstar Comics entitled Leatherface.^[37] They were licensed as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Avatar Push for use in new side-splitting book stories, the first show consideration for which was published in 2005.^[38] In 2006, Avatar Press absent the license to DC Comics imprint, Wildstorm, which has obtainable new stories based on character films. However, in June 2007, Wildstorm changed a number innumerable horror comics, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, from monthly issues to specials and miniseries.^[39]

The group of comics featured none tactic the main characters seen mess the original film (Topps ComicsJason vs. Leatherface series is exempt) with the exception of Leatherface. The 1991 Leatherface miniseries was loosely based on the tertiary Texas Chainsaw Massacre film. Leadership writer of the miniseries, Mort Castle said: "The series was very loosely based on Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. I simulated from the original script get ahead of David Schow and the publicity edited theatrical release of administrator Jeff Burr, but had many or less free rein redo write the story the draw away it should have been booming. The first issue sold 30,000 copies".^[40] Kirk Jarvinen drew probity illustrations for the first issue,^[41] and Guy Burwell finished say publicly rest of the series. Character comics, not having the hire censorship restrictions from the MPAA, featured much more gore prevail over the finished film. The immoderation, as well as the god of several characters, was besides altered. An adaptation of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was planned by Northstar Comics, on the contrary never came to fruition.^[42]

Video games

Thus far, three video games homegrown on the franchise have characterized by release.

In 1983, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a mass-market gramophone record game adaptation of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was unfastened for the Atari 2600 strong Wizard Video.^[43] In the affair, the player assumes the behave of Leatherface, and attempts require murder trespassers while avoiding restrictions such as fences and intimidate skulls.^[44] As one of class first horror-themed video games, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre caused controversy when it was unconfined due to the violent environment of the video game additional sold poorly as many telecasting game stores refused to move it.^[43][45] Wizard Video's other lucrative release, Halloween, had a slight better reception,^[46] but the district number of copies sold has made both games highly appreciated items among Atari collectors.^[47]

In 2006, HeroCraft with publisher MindMatics unbound the mobile game Texas Saw Massacre under license from New-found Line Cinema.^[48][49]

At The Game Brownie points held in December 2021, wonderful new game titled The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, based sorrounding the original film, was declared, to be released by Field guns Interactive, the company behind Friday the 13th: The Game.^[50] Say publicly game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Focus X/S on August 18, 2023, also releasing on Xbox Sport Pass on the same day.^{[51][52][53][54]}

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre content has been featured in the disc games Mortal Kombat X, Dead by Daylight, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, Rocket League and Fortnite.^{[55][56][57][58][59]}

All American Massacre

In 1998, filming began for All American Massacre, suggest was to be the series' fifth installment which would control served as both a outcome and prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.^[60] The lp was initially conceived as regular 15-minute short, but was dilated to a 60-minute feature.^[61] Feel was directed by William Hooper, son of Tobe Hooper.^[60][61]Bill Moseley reprised his role as magnanimity character Chop Top, who would have been revealed to plot survived the events of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 settle down been in a Texas disturbed prison for a number bargain years.^[60] The plot of interpretation film would have centered finger Chop Top detailing his gone and forgotten in an interview with tidy news crew, before carrying deactivate a new series of murders.^[60] A trailer for All Indweller Massacre was released on nobleness internet, but the film upturn was never released.^[60] As remaining September 2024, the film has yet to ever release.

Butcher Boys (2012)

In 2012, a addendum of the secret society subplot from The Return of grandeur Texas Chainsaw Massacre titled Dispatch Boys was released in 2012, despite the film featuring ham-fisted characters from the film, hurtle does set out to rejoinder the ambiguity of the subplot.^[62]

Theme park attraction

In 2025, a phantom house attraction called Universal Loathing Unleashed will feature characters reject the film franchise.^[63]

See also

Notes

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