Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Movie, 1990, The original, Set in A new family
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III is #3 of 9 in release order and #3 of 9 in chronological order in the The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
The story
Two college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and onto a deserted Texas road where they are stalked by the menacing Leatherface and his family.
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III recap
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) follows a couple lost on Texas back roads who stumble onto a new branch of Leatherface's family. Jeff Burr directs for New Line Cinema, which bought the series after part 2. Michelle (Kate Hodge) and her boyfriend Ryan (William Butler) stop at a gas station where the owner Alfredo seems to shoot a hitchhiker named Tex (Viggo Mortensen). Lost on back roads, they are attacked by Leatherface (R.A. Mihailoff) and after a crash team up with Benny (Ken Foree), a survivalist. Tex turns out to be one of the family, which now includes a hook-handed brother, Tinker, a mother and a young girl, and Ryan ends up strung from meat hooks. Leatherface gets a new chrome chainsaw engraved "The saw is family". It follows part 2, though the family here is largely new.
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III ending explained
Leatherface III ends with Benny shooting up the house, killing Tex and the mother, while Michelle escapes into the woods and seems to kill Leatherface. At dawn Benny, believed dead, picks her up in Alfredo's truck and Michelle kills Alfredo. As they drive off, Leatherface rises nearby with his chainsaw. New Line cut the film to avoid an X rating, and the unrated version was later released on home video.
Post-credits scenes
No. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III has no mid- or post-credits scene.
Where to watch Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 5.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 13%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, before Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.
- Chronological order: after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, before Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.
What to watch before Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
In release order, the essentials before Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) are The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986).
Cast
- Kate Hodge as Michelle
- Ken Foree as Benny
- R.A. Mihailoff as Leatherface
- William Butler as Ryan
- Viggo Mortensen as Tex
- Joe Unger as Tinker
- Tom Everett as Alfredo
- Miriam Byrd-Nethery as Mama
- Jennifer Banko as Little Girl
- David Cloud as Scott
- Beth DePatie as Gina
- Toni Hudson as Sara
Directed by Jeff Burr.