The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise consisting of eight slasher films, comics, and a video game adaptation of the original film. The franchise focuses on the cannibalistic serial killer Leatherface and his family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside. The film series has grossed over USD 252 million at the worldwide box office.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise consisting of eight slasher films, comics, and a video game adaptation of the original film. The franchise focuses on the cannibalistic serial killer Leatherface and his family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside. The film series has grossed over USD 252 million at the worldwide box office. The original film was released in 1974, directed by Tobe Hooper and written byHooper and Kim Henkel. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Beginning, which takes place in 1969, is the 2006 prequel directed by Jonathan Liebesman, written by Sheldon Turner and produced by Michael Bay. The seventh film, Texas Chainsaws 3D, is a direct sequel to the 1974 film, and makes no reference to the other sequels. The eighth film is a prequel to Leatherface: The Next Generation, which follows a young girl named Heather, who is travelling to Texas with her grandmother to collect an inheritance from her deceased grandmother whom she had never met.
There are no plans for a ninth film in the series, though the writer of the prequel, Seth M. Sherwood, has said that he would like to make a Leatherface movie one day in the not-too-distant future. The ninth film, Leatherface III, is a 1990 follow-up to the previous two films, and stars Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, and Viggo Mortensen and was directed by Jeff Burr. The 2003 remake, The Texas chainsaw Massacre, is based on the events of the first film, however, for the most part, it follows a different storyline. The remake received a mixed critical response upon release, but was financially successful enough to lead to a Prequel prequel in 2006, which was also financially successful. The first film is considered to be the first of the 1970s slasher movies, and originated a great many of the clichés seen in countless later low-budget slashers. It is marketed as a true story, but it does not depict actual events, and is instead inspired by notorious killer Ed Gein, who acted alone and did not use a chainsaw.
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