Texas Chainsaw Massacre: How Leatherface Went Free For Nearly 50 Years
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022.
In Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it's made clear that Leatherface has remained free for almost 50 after the events of the original film—but how is that possible? Retconning all of the franchise's various sequels and remakes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows on from Tobe Hooper's 1974 original, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. However, with a leap of 50 years between the two narratives, Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2022) was forced to get a little creative with the intervening years.
In Texas Chainsaw Massacre's 2022 timeline, Leatherface (Mark Burnham) managed to maintain his freedom after the events of the original film. With the combined body count of the various sequels no longer on his rap sheet, this might seem a little more plausible. After laying low in Harlow for 50 years, Leatherface is free to go on a rampage once again, prompted by the death of Mrs. Mc (Alice Krige) and the descent of a horde of investors upon the town.
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However, even with most of the franchise's events retconned, Leatherface still murdered four people in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and his only surviving victim was able to alert the police. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)addresses Leatherface's continued freedom only briefly, however. The film itself asserts that as the killer was wearing a mask, he couldn't be identified, and implies that Leatherface has been hiding out in Mrs. Mc's orphanage ever since.
As Leatherface lays waste to Texas Chainsaw Massacre's cast, it's hard not to wonder how such a hulking, imposing figure could ever have gone unidentified, mask or no. Considering Mrs. Mc clearly showed
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