A California couple and a survivalist encounter Leatherface and his family.A California couple and a survivalist encounter Leatherface and his family.A California couple and a survivalist encounter Leatherface and his family.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Duane Whitaker
- Kim
- (as Dwayne Whitaker)
Caroline Williams
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Kim Henkel(characters)
- Tobe Hooper(characters)
- David J. Schow
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaDirector Jeff Burr was fired at the beginning of production. When nobody else accepted the job, he was rehired. He claims that he was probably the 50th director offered the job, as many others such as John McNaughton, Peter Jackson, Tom Savini and many others had all turned it down. He also claimed that New Line forbade him from talking to Tobe Hooper but never found out why.
- GoofsThe painkillers Benny gives Michelle and Ryan take effect almost instantly and then wear off in about five minutes.
- Quotes
Tex: Come on sweetheart. Let's see what you got.
Benny: What the fuck is wrong with you people? Why don't you leave us alone?
Tex: We're hungry.
Benny: You never heard of pizza?
[swings at Tex and misses]
Tex: I like liver...
[punches Benny]
Tex: and onions...
[strangles Benny]
Tex: and pain! And pain! And pain!
- Alternate versionsThere's a second alternate ending in which the heroine escapes the swamp and keeps running throughout the night and eventually stumbles upon a police station. Once she makes it inside, the sheriff pretends to want to help her.After a few moments, it's revealed that he's hiding a chainsaw under the desk and attacks her with it. It was implying that the whole town is involved with the Sawyer family.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees (2002)
- SoundtracksWhen Worlds Collide
Performed by Wrath
Featured review
Get it uncut. A lot better now than when first released.
If you watch this as a remake and not a sequel, and then you'll understand it, because that is what it really was meant to be according to all involved as well as Tobe Hooper, who was on board for a while as an adviser. Otherwise, the storyline from TCM part 2 to this one won't make sense.
I saw this when it was first released in the theater and didn't think too highly of it, but then I saw the uncut, unrated version recently and it improved more than 100%.
It's spooky, atmospheric, relentlessly frightening, with a very good job by R A Mihailoff as Leatherface, whose brutal and monstrous characterization of Leatherface seems to be the basis for the current Leatherface character by Andrew Briniarski. There's no cowering to others in the family, transvestite behavior, or silly screaming as in other versions. Also this one has a great chainsaw, plenty of great character actors doing what they do best, as great characters.
The film would have been better had the squeamish producers left in the X-rated violent scenes as they were originally. Would have been top notch if the (hideously deformed) Leatherface unmasking had remained, a bit that was eventually used to a degree in the 2003 version. Could have been a 10 had someone like Savini been involved. As it is, still superb.
I saw this when it was first released in the theater and didn't think too highly of it, but then I saw the uncut, unrated version recently and it improved more than 100%.
It's spooky, atmospheric, relentlessly frightening, with a very good job by R A Mihailoff as Leatherface, whose brutal and monstrous characterization of Leatherface seems to be the basis for the current Leatherface character by Andrew Briniarski. There's no cowering to others in the family, transvestite behavior, or silly screaming as in other versions. Also this one has a great chainsaw, plenty of great character actors doing what they do best, as great characters.
The film would have been better had the squeamish producers left in the X-rated violent scenes as they were originally. Would have been top notch if the (hideously deformed) Leatherface unmasking had remained, a bit that was eventually used to a degree in the 2003 version. Could have been a 10 had someone like Savini been involved. As it is, still superb.
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- rixrex
- Oct 8, 2006
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,765,562
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,692,087
- Jan 14, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $5,765,562
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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