a nurse working at the Gorman House Youth Reformery who shares a close bond with Jackson. 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.
Jedidiah "Jed" Sawyer, also known as Leatherface, is the titular main protagonist of Leatherface, the main antagonist of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Burt Hartman) of Texas Chainsaw 3D. He is the son of Drayton Sawyer and the younger brother of Nubbins Sawyer.
Leatherface's origin story reveals how he evolved from a hesitant child to a chainsaw-wielding murderer through traumatic experiences and the influence of his mother. Leatherface's mother, Verna Sawyer, is the true villain. Her manipulative and neglectful parenting shapes the murderous tendencies of her children.
When Jedidiah caught her again, she told him that his mother is crazy. Upon hearing this, Jedidiah cuts her head with the chainsaw. By committing this horrible act, he becomes Leatherface, using Lizzy's face as his first mask.
Bubba Sawyer, better known as Leatherface, is the main antagonist of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. He is an unstable and cannibalistic serial killer who wears masks that are the faces of his victims, perfectly flayed from their bodies.
Uncommon for antagonists of the genre, who usually are classified as sadistic or evil; Leatherface is depicted committing his brutal acts out of fear and as a means of following the orders dictated to him by his family, though not out of evil intention.
Scared that others will hurt him; scared that his family will be displeased with him, scared that their shared willingness to eat human flesh will be discovered. He does as he is told. His family loves him and that is all that matters.
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 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.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface is responsible for 31 deaths across all movies in the franchise, while Freddy Krueger's kill count seems to be between 42 and 48. Jumping to the 1990s, another famous slasher, Scream's different Ghostface killers, have a total of 46 kills.
As if the TCM III plot and characters weren't already weird enough, in comes Babi Sawyer (Jennifer Banko). 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.
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.
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.
By the end of TCM 2, everyone — including Leatherface — is dead, with the exception of Stretch. This was the last TCM movie Hooper would direct, so he went out with a bang and killed the whole damn family. But the third movie, Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, retcons that conclusion.
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.
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.
The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate. Although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional.
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.
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.
In this continuity, Leatherface is raised by the Hewitts, a family of inbred cannibals. The family is loosely based on the Sawyer Family from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. The Hewitt family consists of Luda May Hewitt, The Tea Lady, Jed Old, Charlie (aka Sheriff Hoyt), Emma Hewitt, and Hannah Hewitt.
In addition to the visual rhetoric, sound cues associate cannibalism and carnism to produce the conception of the two being the same or analogous. When Leatherface knocks down a victim with the mallet, a non-diegetic sound of a pig squealing dubbed over this image recalls pigs brutally killed in slaughterhouses.
