He is smarter than his brother, but still lacks sanity. I would speculate several scenes have been cut to appease the mpaa. In all of his appearances, Drayton is an antagonist and appears to be the head of the Sawyer Family. The miniseries also showed the extent of the Hitchhiker's abuse of Leatherface whom the Hitchhiker constantly bullies for little or no reason (although he apparently respects Leatherface's prowess at frightening and killing people, as he laments to Jason).

However, his skeleton has been kept by the Sawyer family for 12 years and reappears in the second movie when it is discovered by his uncle, Lieutenant "Lefty" Enright. Chris and a group of five friends are left stranded deep in the middle of the woods after their cars collide. Sheriff Hooper arrives right after the extended Sawyer family gather to the house with shotguns, in which the sheriff demands Drayton, now revealed to be Leatherface's father, hand over Leatherface. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The Wildstorm comics also portray the Tea Lady as suffering from a type of dementia, as she is seemingly unaware of the actions of those around her. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Cast and Crew ... TMDb Score. Click HERE to see a pic of her and Andrew during the interview.

The Tea Lady was very close to the blast, but it remains unknown whether or not she survived the explosion. [citation needed]. [17] Slashing Vanita and himself several times with a straight razor, Chop Top apparently meets his end when Vanita stumbles upon the mummified corpse of Great-Grandma Sawyer and tears a chainsaw out of the corpse's abdomen. ", seen spray-painted on the side of Alfredo Sawyer's Last Chance Gas Station.

Decades later, when Heather inherits her grandmothers mansion, Leatherface turns up. He is also seen taking off his skin masks, which never happened in the original series. At a diner, they run into a biker gang, one of whom follows them on her motorcycle. [13] He is portrayed by Ken Foree. Pepper gets out of the car and tries to run away, but Leatherface slashes her back and cuts her in half with his chainsaw. Later, Hoyt is present during Leatherface's first chainsaw murder, urging him to go forward and cheering him on at the same time. He is portrayed by Stephen Dorff. After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie. In the ensuing struggle, Chop Top is sent plummeting into the ruins of Texas Battle Land. blu-ray cover. He is later found by Erin, and after several unsuccessful attempts to help him, he begs her to stab him to end his suffering; Erin reluctantly complies. The battle between the Sawyers and Lefty reaches a climax when a hand grenade, accidentally set off by Drayton, explodes and kills Grandpa, Lefty, Drayton and possibly Leatherface, as well as presumably destroying the puppet-like corpse of the Hitchhiker. Leatherface exits the car and walks along the road back towards the Hewitt house. In the 1994 film, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, a character referred to as "Grandfather" (Grayson Victor Schirmacher) appears as a member of the Slaughter family.

She is portrayed by Toni Hudson.

[citation needed], Drayton Sawyer made his debut appearance in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, in which he first appears as the mild-mannered, middle-aged proprietor of the Last Chance Gas Station, a rural Gulf Oil gas station and barbecue shop (with an unnamed car door window washer as an employee), where a group of teenagers stop for fuel while passing through the area. Leatherface then cuts off Kemper's face and wears it as a mask. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them. She is portrayed by Tania Raymonde. When Grandpa proves too decrepit to kill Sally with a hammer, Drayton, the Hitchhiker and Leatherface attempt to aid him, but only succeed in losing grasp on Sally, who flees out a window. Killing all but "Leatherface", Loretta Sawyer and her illegitimate baby (Edith Sawyer) who managed to sneak out, Loretta shot and dying is found by one of the townspeople who takes baby Edith for his own and immediately kills Loretta with a kick to the head. It was her hope that Henkel would leave her pregnant.

Chop Top is a deranged and sadistic individual who gleefully murders people when given the chance. He then informs his family and they attack the newly stranded people. Along with Henrietta, the Tea Lady drugged and raped FBI Agent Henkel. Despite this, Leatherface does what ever his family orders him to do. Pepper is a character from the 2003 remake, and the second to die. She goes in to rescue Eric and Bailey, even though Dean tells her not to. The group are soon encountered by Leatherface and attempt to run away with Heather. In the third film, he is only referred to as Junior by his family. One of the devices Tech makes is an extra large chromed out chainsaw for his brother Leatherface, engraved on the blade, a sort-of tribute and reference to his late brother Drayton, the reference being a quote of Drayton's from the second film ("The saw is family"), another invention of Tink's is a swinging sledgehammer machine which quickens the family's slaughter methods, something brother Tex is grateful for (as he personally dislikes the "hit to the head business").

Drayton attempts to justify his and "Jed's" actions by arguing that the characters from the first film were trespassing, but ultimately the family agrees to give him "Jed", with Drayton scolding him for letting Sally escape.

Drayton is also seen wearing an apron which reads "Kiss the Cook" throughout the series. Henrietta appears as a sickly, homely girl in a dirty house coat and slippers. Once her husband dies, Luda Mae vows that she had stood by long enough and decides to look after her son and take responsibility for his shortcomings. [citation needed].

Spending the bulk of the film trying to escape from the family, Jennifer is eventually saved by the enigmatic Agent Rothman. Later, Chrissie finds him outside the Hewitt house. Verna warns her about the danger of being a Sawyer and asks her to take care of "Jed" (Leatherface), who will protect her in return. Director Tobe Hooper stated on the audio commentary for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 that Grandpa is kept alive by drinking the blood of his family's victims. Tech also tries to discipline his brother Leatherface by throwing his brother's walkman into the oven, however, this plan backfires when Leatherface forces Tech to retrieve it with his good hand. [citation needed]. Throughout the conversation, Luda Mae remains apathetic, stating that "There's nothing wrong with my boy". The novelization states that her last name is 'Hardesty', a reference to the heroine of the 1974 original. He is killed by a low-flying airplane while he and Leather chase a would-be victim, heavily implied to have been arranged by the Illuminati.[15]. In the alternate ending, Tex is set on fire, but survives, and then is killed when Michelle pushes him into a spike trap. There is no mention to how he died, only that he would have loved to meet his children. Some scenes feel as if they were rehashed from other Chainsaw films, needless to say they did not live up. Together, they torment Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns), Franklin's sister whom Drayton had captured.

[6][7] Leatherface (who is referred to as "Leather" throughout the whole film) is presented as a much more effeminate character than the previous two installments feature, which portrayed Leatherface as being attracted to women. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American slasher film and a prequel to the 2003 film.

Having sent Jedediah Sawyer to a mental institution as revenge, Hartman discover that a group of inmates, including Jedediah, have escaped. Luda Mae is also seen still wearing her wedding ring. Leatherface, having become infatuated with Stretch, tricks Chop Top into believing he had killed her.

Vilmer and his family live in an old dilapidated farmhouse. Drayton is the only one of the three active members of the family who does not pursue Sally, choosing instead to stay behind with Grandpa.

The inspiration for the family was real killer Ed Gein, whom the filmmakers also based Leatherface on. Another brother of Leatherface, he appears to be highly demented and perverted and suffers from a speech impediment and heterochromia. He later hangs Kenny on a hook and Kenny tries to fight back, but Leatherface revs up his chainsaw and cuts Kenny in half. [9] Although Leatherface appears to have survived as he returns in other films though they are considered either loosely direct or alternate sequels to the first and the second films, as several characters besides Leatherface return in the other sequel films, as noted on the audio commentary for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 & Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Drayton often bickers with the rest of his brothers and is abusive towards them. The character also has a bizarre speech impediment and a large port-wine stain birthmark on the right side of his face. When he finds her, he discovers Heather is his cousin thanks to a mark on her chest in the shape of the Sawyer family's symbol and immediately tries to save her from Burt Hartman's vendetta.

Also in the Leatherface comics, Alfredo references his brother Chop Top, as Chop Top's famous line "Lick my plate!" Chrissie is the main protagonist of the prequel to the remake. Before being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded house of horrors, with a chainsaw-wielding killer. Chrissie finds her and tries to rescue her but is caught by Sheriff Hoyt. Lefty is the uncle of Sally and Franklin and appears as an aging former Texas Ranger. After new technology was implemented in abattoirs, Grandfather quit his job due to "the shame". The possibly orphaned baby is dumped in a garbage container and found by a beggar later, who brings him home. Before being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded house of horrors, with a chainsaw-wielding killer. When Lieutenant William "Lefty" Hardesty Enright (Dennis Hopper), the film's male protagonist, engages in a chainsaw duel with Leatherface (Bill Johnson), Grandfather attempts to aid his grandson by throwing a hammer at his opponent, only to hit Leatherface instead and subsequently fall to the floor (which alludes the first film's climax). She is responsible for chopping off Leatherface's right arm with a meat cleaver and killing Sheriff Hoyt by running him over with his car. [citation needed], In January 2007, Platinum Dunes executives Bradley Fuller and Andrew Form stated that the company would not be producing the third film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot franchise.

He initially recoiled at his family's crimes, but later agreed to participate.

He later had a child with his cousin and named him Cain Hewitt III. Hoyt is arguably one of the driving forces behind Leatherface's cannibalism and murders, assuring Thomas that the butchery of human beings is no different from the slaughterhouse: "Meat is meat, and bone is bone". While Chrissie finds Dean, Holden takes Hoyt hostage, and orders him to take him to his girlfriend. When the sheriff forces Morgan to reenact the death of a hitchhiker, pepper pressures Morgan to shoot him, while Erin begs him not to. The family uses booby traps and man-traps, such as bear traps and spike traps, to capture or kill victims.