In all of his appearances, Drayton is an antagonist and appears to be the head of the Sawyer Family. Depending on the continuity, he is either the older brother or the father of Leatherface and the rest of the family.
Drayton Sawyer, also known as The Cook and The Old Man, is a member of the cannibalistic Sawyer Family and the father of Leatherface, Nubbins Sawyer, and Loretta Sawyer. He was portrayed by Jim Siedow in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and by Bill Moseley in Texas Chainsaw 3D.
The hitchhiker is the brother of a chainsaw wielding, cannibalistic serial killer called Leatherface, a name born from his grisly habit of creating and wearing flesh masks from his victims.
Drayton Sawyer, or just simply The Cook, is the tertiary antagonist of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and the main antagonist of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. He was portrayed by the late Jim Siedow.
She was born in 1978, apparently conceived from the rape of one of his victims. She likes to carry around a dead infant's body as a doll who she calls Sally, a possible reference to Sally Hardesty.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - The Dinner Scene (4k)
Is Leatherface mentally a child?
Described in the comic as mentally impaired from birth, the series explored the origins for his disturbed and violent behavior, revealing Leatherface as someone who was further damaged by his exposure to, what the comic referred to as "[the] bad things" done to him, pushing him deeper into madness and leaving him with ...
Babi is Leatherface's daughter and her mother is one of his previous victims. She carries around a doll that she calls Sally, which could be in reference to TCM's final girl. Honorable mentions for the Sawyer clan: The saw.
In all of his appearances, Drayton is an antagonist and appears to be the head of the Sawyer Family. Depending on the continuity, he is either the older brother or the father of Leatherface and the rest of the family.
Drayton Sawyer, the cook, and the eldest brother in the family. Nubbins Sawyer, the most deranged member of the family, also known as the hitchhiker. Chop-Top, Nubbins' twin brother, and Vietnam War veteran. Leatherface , the youngest brother but the biggest physically due to his diagnosis of acromegaly.
In the original, Leatherface is a member of the Sawyer family, comprising himself, his dad (who we learn in TCM 2 is named Drayton), a brother (known only as the hitchhiker), and the rotting human husk that is his grandpa.
Leatherface is seen forming a crush on Vanita Brock, sparing her life and hiding her away from the rest of his family upon finding her in the Sawyer hideout. In the third film, Leatherface is much more aggressive and crueler due to mental maturity, now with the mind of a rebellious teenager.
In the Texas chainsaw massacre Leatherface is 27 and the 2022 chainsaw Massacre is 50 years later making him 77, how would a 77-year-old still have the strength to commit more massacres? The explanation implied by David Garcia is that living this recluse life in a small town has kept him fit in a way.
Grandpa Sawyer is the grandfather and oldest living member of the Sawyer Family. He is a supercentenarian, former butcher/slaughterman and mass murderer. Director Tobe Hooper stated on the audio commentary for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, that Grandpa is kept alive by drinking the blood of his family's victims.
Sam Strike plays Jackson, born Jedidiah Sawyer, as one of the four inmates that escape the mental institution, before ultimately becoming the eponymous Leatherface after enduring tragedies that destroy his cognitive stability.
After all, a similar twist occurred in timeline-challenged sequel Texas Chainsaw 3D that saw the reveal that Leatherface was the protagonist's cousin. In this case though, there appears to be no evidence Sally has a blood tie to the Sawyer family, distantly or otherwise.
Leatherface's need to wear a mask, though, was a reaction to him having a skin disease that disfigured his face and made him the victim of ridicule among his peers. He began wearing a leather mask to draw less attention to his face, and over time, this practice became normal for him.
Leatherface, portrayed by Gunnar Hansen in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), is 6 foot 4 inches (1.93 m) tall. Leatherface is the main antagonist of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, even though he commits his murders alongside his family. Leatherface wears a mask made of human skin, which is where he gets his name from.
He simply goes by the moniker Leatherface in the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). It wasn't until The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986) that audiences were introduced to the Sawyer family proper, with Leatherface's name revealed to be Bubba Sawyer.
For Leatherface, the domestic sphere is the only one he knows. Therefore, this asexual, almost childlike man has become the family's necerssary feminine presence, and his commitment to such a role shows how absurd the limitations of gender are within the traditional family.
Moreover, the audience is constantly reminded that Leatherface is a man wearing women's clothing (and face), as several of the characters consistently point out this fact.
He is also extremely mentally ill. He does not talk that much, though he does make vocal sounds. He wears a mask made from a person's skin, which he uses to express a personality. It is also notable that director Tobe Hooper has stated that Leatherface kills out of fear, not malice.
Leatherface in this continuity suffers from al disfigurement, a skin disease, that caused severe deformities and tumors to his face. Due to this disfigurement, his muteness and mental disability, other children bullied the boy.
Leatherface never speaks, and of course you never see his face, but he's by far the most expressive and unforgettable character in the movie. This is not only because he carves up most of the cast with a chain saw.
