Texas Chainsaw Massacre Sawyer Family Tree Explained
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is gritty, bloody, and often confusing, especially where the Sawyer Family is concerned — here's a breakdown of the iconic inbred cannibals' family tree. The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022, Netflix's latest iteration of the horror classic, ignores most of the confusing continuity of the franchise. Nonetheless, Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre functions as a direct sequel to the original 1974 movie, which is widely considered as one of the greatest horror movies ever made.
With the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Director Tobe Hooper created a horrifying world (based on a true story) that has yet to be matched by any of the movie's sequels, reboots, or remakes — all of which largely complicate the franchise's overall story. Yet, even throughout these confusing and loosely connected timelines, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise still holds up as one of the most popular horror franchises of all time.
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The original 1974 film is a horror classic that introduced audiences to the Sawyer Family, the franchise's terrifying family of incestuous cannibals. Since then, the various timelines within theTexas Chainsaw Massacre franchise have also led to confusion regarding the full extent of the Sawyer Family tree — and the family's various offshoots. Here's a quick breakdown of who is related to who within the Sawyer Family — as well as the Slaughter Family and Hewitt Family, which are essentially rebrands of the original Sawyer Family.
In the original 1974 film, the lead villain, Leatherface, is living with his father and brothers Drayton and Nubbins Sawyer. His brothers are killed in the original film's continuity.
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