Original Post Date: 10.21.18
“After the first massacre in 1974, the townspeople suspected that the Sawyer family was responsible. A vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer house, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family. Decades later, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her grandmother. She decides to bring her friends along on the road trip to investigate her inheritance. On arrival, she discovers she has inherited a mansion, but is yet to uncover the terrors that lurk in the basement underneath it.” Written by Tom Thomas via IMDB
Thank you, Tom Thomas, for such a great plot summary for Texas Chainsaw (2013). Now that we are all up-to-date, let’s talk about Heather and her realizing she was a Sawyer, but most importantly, her finding out her “evil” family was brutally murdered by the townspeople and, once they knew she was back, they were out to get her:
As Tom Thomas mentioned on his plot summary above, the terrors lurking in the basement awaiting for Heather to discover were the works of Leatherface who—surprise!—was still alive and taking residency right there. For the record, Leatherface was just doing his thing, protecting his family by killing the strangers that got inside the house. Leatherface was older and a little slower of course, after all, the current events took place 39 year after the infamous Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Quick side note: The intro for this Texas Chainsaw (2013) movie sequel showed archive footage from the original and oh my god, the way they incorporated it with this new film was A+ (loved it!).
Now, let’s all say hi to Leatherface and his antics:
Towards the end of the story Heather and Leatherface were best pals, realizing all they had left was each other, so after taking vengeance on the Mayor they returned home together, as a family. I am not going to lie, my heart started feeling for Leatherface because, in all honesty, he was crippled by his lack of self-reliance and kind of felt bad for him – it was clear he would now depend on Heather and, in exchange, he would be there to protect her like he always did with his family, because after all, family comes first.
In Love and Fear,
- Marath