Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is where things start to get confusing, with Leatherface living with a new family called Slaughters instead of Sawyers. When he goes into the Sawyer house to look for Kirk and Pam, Jerry finds Pam trapped in a freezer. The Hitchhiker's bizarre birth mark also changes shape several times throughout the comics, at one point it takes the form of a swastika and a lightning bolt. When Hoyt takes Morgan and the van's key, Erin and Pepper attempt to hot wire it. [17] She is portrayed by Rene Zellweger. [citation needed], Narrowly escaping the grenade explosion, Chop Top follows Vanita to the top of the Matterhorn attraction in the Texas Battle Land, which the Sawyers converted into a shrine known as "Chainsaw Heaven". [4] Leatherface is also mute, aside from making bizarre, baby-like gibberish and screams, which his family somehow understands. When Chop Top and brother Drayton (Jim Siedow) discover that Stretch is still alive after finding her in the Sawyer family's home in an abandoned amusement park called the Texas Battle Land (which Chop Top bought using government checks),[19] the brothers hold her captive and decide to let the decrepit patriarch of the Sawyer family, Grandpa (Ken Evert), kill her with Chop Top's help. But it looked like things possibly changed a few months later, thanks to a surprise December post Adam shared on Instagram. In the movie, Darla also speculates that her lover Vilmer is from outer space and that either Vilmer or his employers has implanted a device in her head which will kill her. She is portrayed by Tania Raymonde. Another brother of Leatherface, he appears to be highly demented and perverted and has a speech impediment and heterochromia. Sally was the only survivor of the original film. Later, Chrissie finds him outside the Hewitt house. Morgan, disturbed by his demands, attempts to shoot him, only to find that the gun is unloaded. is seen spray painted on Alfredo's gas station. Leatherface arrives and rescues Hoyt, before killing Holden with a chainsaw. College student Michelle, while en route to California with her boyfriend Ryan to return a car to her father in Florida, encounters Leatherface and his deranged family. He initially recoiled at his family's crimes, but later agreed to participate. She was portrayed by Marietta Marich. It was her hope that Henkel would leave her pregnant. A crazed Texas Ranger who seeks vengeance against the Sawyers for killing his daughter and the father of Burt Hartman who appears in Leatherface. Chow locks Hewitt up in a POW camp and feeds him the remains of several dead prisoners there, causing his addiction to human meat. Meanwhile, Holden and Chrissie arrive at the house but part ways to search for their friends. [citation needed], Luda Mae is a prominent character in Wildstorm Comics's continuation of the movies. Film writer David J. Schow likened him to Norman Bates on the film's audio commentary. He is an aspiring cook who is learning to become a chef. Later, they return to the Sawyer home, where Heather reads the letter left by Verna stating the mansion and all the money is hers. [12] The Hitchhiker is also seen driving a tow truck and working at the family gas station, where he sabotages motorists' automobiles. [19] 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. He agrees with Boss' suggestion that they should just give Jedidiah (Leatherface) to the sheriff. He is portrayed by Taylor Handley. Upon Cain's return, Abel is excited to see his twin again, going as far as to kill his wife to prove how much their kinship meant to him. She is portrayed by Diora Baird. He possesses a "hippie"-like mentality and view on the world around him, stating that "music is his life" and revealing that he is a fan of the bands Iron Butterfly and Humble Pie. When the plant is shut down by the health department, he refuses to leave until the manager forces him to. [8], In The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the 124-year-old Grandpa (John Dugan) appears as a somewhat minor character, initially thought to be already dead. The newswoman managed to escape, with Hank in hot pursuit. He is first seen briefly during Leatherface's chase scene, where heroine Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) approaches him seeking help but assumes he is dead when she sees how old he is. [15] She is portrayed by Kate Hodge. Ann Cooper Hewitt Nicholson, 41, famed in the 1936 tabloids as the "sterilized heiress" after she charged that her mother and two San Francisco doctors had her sterilized without her knowledge to prevent her from bearing an heir to the family fortune (her great-grandfather: Inventor-Industrialist Peter Cooper, builder in 1830 of the first U.S. steam Despite this, Leatherface does whatever his family orders him to do. After she and her friends get into an auto accident while on their way to re-enlist in the army for the Vietnam War, they become captives of the Hewitt family. Hoyt also appears in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre comics and is the main character in the comic "Hoyt by himself" which reveals more about his time in the war revealing that during a mission he was captured by a man named Sergeant Chow (the main villain of the book). She is captured like the others (except Chrissie) and is tied up to a bed. His brothers are killed in the original film's continuity. Kirk and Pam decide to go to a creek Franklin told them about, but it has dried up. Sara's sisters are quickly killed off and she is left alone, and evades the Sawyers but is unable to escape the swamp because they watch the roads. [citation needed], Nubbins appears in the 2017 prequel Leatherface, played by Hristo Milev as a child and Dejan Angelov as a teenager.[13]. ," one person wrote in the Instagram comments section. He begins to slip and Leatherface stabs him in the back with a hook and drags him downstairs. A member (or possibly the leader) of a powerful government organization or cult referred to as the "Illuminati". He died before the events of the comics, after he and his brothers attacked a family out camping, during which Adam is shot in the eye by the couple's son and blindly stumbled into the campfire, burning to death. When the two leave the station, they take an injured co-worker of Vanita's with them. Hansen has stated that Leatherface is "completely under the control of his family. The family then became a party of five when Hewitt and Hallisay welcomed their third child, son Aidan James, on Sept. 9, 2021. He is portrayed by Scott Eastwood. Eventually, Abel became just as deranged as the rest of the Hewitts and took over the title of sheriff from his uncle Charlie. James Hewitt In the original 1974 film, the lead villain, Leatherface, is living with his father and brothers Drayton and Nubbins Sawyer. The Wildstorm comics also portray the Tea Lady as having a type of dementia, as she is seemingly unaware of the actions of those around her. Vilmer displays characteristics seen elsewhere among the murderous families in the franchise. Erin and Pepper are attacked by Leatherface, who is wearing Kemper's face as a mask, and when Pepper attempts to run, she is killed by Leatherface. Although they had always He chases Heather all the way to a carnival. After the events of the film, Nubbins' remains were gathered and turned into a mummified puppet, seen in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Nonetheless, Netflix'sTexas Chainsaw Massacrefunctions as a direct sequel to the original 1974 movie, which is widely considered as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Erin discovers they have kidnapped the hitchhiker's baby, but passes out before she can escape. He soon hears the honking of the truck but is too late to get out of the way as he watches in horror as the truck runs him over, killing him. He appears in the comics "Raising Cain", as the brother to Adam, Cal and Clem. He is the most normal looking of the Hewitts, but also the most gluttonous. When a cameraman and newswoman came to interview him and other butchers about the murderers, he gave them a graphic tour of the slaughterhouse, showing them various animals being killed and how the meat was rendered. The show not only documented the girls' lives, but it also followed Adam and Danielle as they navigated parenthood. She appears highly disgruntled under Rothman and Vilmer's control and is hinted at once having a normal life, making references to another husband living elsewhere. Carl takes Heather to the police station for questioning, but leaves to search for Leatherface. WebThe Sawyers (renamed the Hewitts in the 2003 reboot and its 2006 prequel) are a large, Southern American family of cannibalistic butchers and serial killers in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, who live in the Texas backwoods, where they abduct, torture, murder, and eat stranded motorists. Walter appears to own a gas station/country store and an old pickup truck. In both the rated and unrated versions, her fate is unrevealed. However, the credits listed her as "Anonymous". While in the house, Leatherface bashes his head in with a large hammer. Instead, they find a young boy namedJedidiah, who tells them Hoyt is at home getting drunk. Just one year later, viewers would fall in love with the family comprised of their oldest daughter Blayke Louise, Ava Lane, Olivia Marie, Hazel Grace, Riley Paige and Parker Kate on what would become TLC's hit reality series OutDaughtered. The Transformation Of Jennifer Love Hewitt He's a little bit afraid of them". Photograph: Stephen Shepherd/The Guardian. Leatherface proceeds to slash Sally's finger and forces it into Grandpa's mouth, so he can suck her blood (proving that he is, in fact, alive), an event that causes Sally to fall unconscious. Mandy Moore's IG Gave 'This Is Us' Fans Flashbacks, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Knowing that Hartman and company will surely kill her to protect their secrets, and traumatized by her experiences thus far, Heather decides that she owes allegiance to Leatherface as her last remaining family, and she saves him by hurling him a chainsaw, which he uses to kill their mutual enemies. [22] A gruff, perverse, foul mouthed, mean-spirited bully, who often uses false arrest and police brutality (usually with his police baton) on young adults, whom Hoyt hates and looks at as dope smoking, hippie protesters, Hoyt not only makes no effort to conceal his contempt for everyone around him, he seems to revel in it. The Hewitt Family are the main antagonists of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake series. Luda Mae Hewitt appeared in the 2003 remake and its prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Jennifer Love Hewitt and her family are feeling the magic at the Happiest Place on Earth. Chrissie escapes, hijacks an abandoned car, and drives off. Afterwards, she finds Morgan handcuffed in a bathtub. He and Eric get tied up by Hoyt. The Hewitt family It is stated on the audio commentary for the remake that Jedidiah was supposed to be the child of one of the Hewitts' victims. As the entertainment and news editorial assistant for Good Housekeeping, Adrianna (she/her) writes about everything TV, movies, music and pop culture. Kirk then decides to go into the Sawyer house, thinking that they could give them gas in exchange for a guitar.