In the first film, Leatherface shows emotions of fear upon seeing the intruders in his home, as he screams. He is very ruthless with his kills, treating his victims like mere meat.
The reason for why he cannot speak coherently in the first film is because of the wound he sustained back in 1965, his facial muscles being too weak to allow speech. He apparently healed overtime as Leatherface shouts out "Help me" in Texas Chainsaw 3D when he was being beaten.
Leatherface appears to be the weakest the family and is hurt by the fighting that occurs. His brother W.E. abuses him relentlessly, to which Leatherface does not fight back but cries.
Leatherface, inspired by serial killer Ed Gein, portrays intellectual disability in how he lacks the ability to properly communicate and care for himself. He can't fully think for himself and obeys the orders given to him by his family out of fear.
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.
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.
Unique among horror villains, in which most antagonists of the genre are usually classified as sadistic or evil, Leatherface is characterized as committing his brutal acts as a means of following his family's orders, while also killing out of fear.
He is one of the biggest horror icons but, unlike most of them, he is not supernatural in any way. His main weapons are a chainsaw, a sledgehammer and his own physical strength. He wears a mask made from a person's skin, which he uses to express a personality, and engages in murder and cannibalism alongside his family.
But when he came to Harlow he had to hide everything, from murderous tendencies to his masks and his queered identity. Mrs. MC represents a safe haven for Leatherface; she knew of the chainsaw, so she surely knew about his masks and thus, inadvertently or not, his queered identity, too.
Hitting an obstacle with Bubba's Chainsaw will trigger a Tantrum, which lasts for 5 seconds by default. The same applies when a Tantrum is triggered by overheating Bubba's Chainsaw. The Tantrum duration is increased by 1 second for each consumed Chainsaw Sweep charge up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
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.
This is the only timeline where Leatherface ever dies; he survives in all others. This was the end of the original franchise, followed by remakes and prequels later on in the years.
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 is a mentally disabled serial killer seen throughout the TCM franchise, known for wearing masks made of human skin, and using a chainsaw and mallet as his signature weapons.
Leatherface is quite possibly the single most fearsome, horrific slasher movie villain of all time. He is the hulking, chainsaw-wielding butcher for his family of deranged backwoods cannibals. He is a monster. Nothing about what he does is in any way justifiable or redeemable.
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.
After Leatherface kills Franklin in the woods, Sally escapes him by reaching the gas station the group visited earlier in the film. During The Texas Chain Saw Massacre DVD's commentary, Gunnar Hansen revealed this chase sequence was the origin of his Leatherface chainsaw dance.
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.
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.
Leatherface has a large figure, standing at 6'3" and weighing 230 lbs. Being in his 60's, he has dark grey hair, a beard and sallow eyes with rotten and filed yellowed teeth. For the first half of the film, he wore brown overalls with a brown button up and boots.
