The film was shot in 2020, and initially slated for a theatrical release in 2021, but all plans were scrapped after a string of disastrous test screenings. It was subsequently sold to Netflix, where it eventually debuted in February 2022.
John Larroquette narrates the opening of the film, as well as the original in 1974 and the remake in 2003.
The first Texas Chainsaw movie to feature the original's main character, Sally Hardesty. However, in this film, she is played by Olwen Fouéré as the original actress, Marilyn Burns, tragically passed away on August 5, 2014.
Sally's barn and house, seen during her introductory scene when she receives the phone call about Leatherface returning, are sets from the production of Rambo: Last Blood (2019).
On August 24, 2020, initial directors and brothers Ryan Tohill and Andy Tohill split from the project during the film's first week of production in Bulgaria. The duo was replaced with David Blue Garcia, who scrapped and reshot the previous footage.