sam strike played leatherface in the new texas chainsaw massacre.
sam strike played leatherface in the new texas chainsaw massacre.
who played leatherface in the new texas chainsaw massacre?
sam strike
leatherface is an intellectually disabled serial killer who uses a chainsaw to kill his victims. he was portrayed by gunnar hansen in the original 1974 film, "the texas chain saw massacre", bill johnson in 1986's "the texas chainsaw massacre 2", r. a. mihailoff in 1990's "leatherface: the texas chainsaw massacre iii", robert jacks in 1994's "texas chainsaw massacre: the next generation", andrew bryniarski in the platinum dunes films: 2003's "the texas chainsaw massacre" and 2006's "the texas chainsaw massacre: the beginning", dan yeager in 2013's "texas chainsaw 3d", and sam strike in 2017's "leatherface". leatherface is portrayed as being "severely intellectually disabled and mentally disturbed," and often uses butchering tools, like meat hooks, to slaughter his victims. he lives with a family of fellow cannibals, who are often abusive and violent towards him. despite this, leatherface does what ever his family orders him to do. the character was loosely inspired by serial killer ed gein, who also wore the skin of his victims, cross dressed, and was possibly a cannibal.
list of the texas chainsaw massacre characters
serving as a direct prequel to "the texas chain saw massacre", "leatherface" was written by sherwood to also act as a prelude to the series as a whole. he intentionally distanced the film from "the texas chainsaw massacre" remake, and its prequel "", while respecting the fictional events of the original film and its various sequels. certain character names, such as drayton, nubbins, and the sawyer surname, were pulled from "the texas chainsaw massacre 2". the creation of the deranged lawman hal hartman was inspired by lefty enright, a texas ranger that appeared in the second film. hal hartman is the father of burt hartman, a vigilante character that first appeared in "texas chainsaw 3d". the character verna sawyer (lili taylor) was played by marilyn burns in "texas chainsaw 3d". sherwood confirmed that the "texas chainsaw" film canon made by lionsgate pictures and millennium films consists of, chronologically, "leatherface", "the texas chain saw massacre", and "texas chainsaw 3d". he intended "leatherface" to be accessible to viewers who had never seen the previous films, so that they could watch the series in the order of the timeline without being confused.
leatherface (2017 film)