The family members all have their part to play in the remakes, assisting in Leatherfaces torment of the bystanders, however, just like the events of The Texas Slaughter, and Vilmer's lover, Darla, as its main members.Due to the flawed continuity of the series, the appearances of W.E, Grandpa Sawyer and Sally Hardesty Enright in The Next Generation seem to contradict the events of Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Leatherface suddenly appears in the road and slashes the car with his chainsaw, but Erin manages to escape with the baby, and he watches in anger as she drives away. He was portrayed by Gunnar Hansen in the original 1974 film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Bill Johnson in 1986's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, R. A. Mihailoff in 1990's Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Robert Jacks in 1995's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, Andrew Bryniarski in the Platinum Dunes films: 2003's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and 2006's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Dan Yeager in 2013's Texas Chainsaw 3D, and Sam Strike in 2017's Leatherface. Cal Hewitt is the uncle to Cain and Abel Hewitt, and a cousin to Leatherface. WebJENNIFER LOVE HEWITT: The whole story line has been very important for me personally to do, just for moms in general having PPD. 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). In the comics, Henrietta tried to leave the family to give her sons a normal life, but during the escape, she and Cain were swept away by a flash flood and presumed dead. [15] Actress Caroline Williams mentions on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 audio commentary, that in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Stretch has taken up Lefty's job of tracking down the family in revenge for their crimes. Jennifer Love Hewitt and her family are feeling the magic at the Happiest Place on Earth. Carl takes Heather to the police station for questioning, but leaves to search for Leatherface. At the end of the film, he apparently dies in an explosion. Hartman is the main antagonist in Texas Chainsaw 3D, one of the first to not be a member of Leatherface's family. [citation needed], Luda Mae is a prominent character in Wildstorm Comics's continuation of the movies. Per the Daily Mail, Peter left "; her skeletal corpse is later seen in chainsaw heaven - actually a macabre shrine hidden in the amusement park where the remaining Sawyers live in the second film.[9]. However, he retained a mental bond with Abel, witnessing the atrocities committed by him and the other Hewitts. Like the Hitchhiker in the first film and Chop Top in the second, he practices self mutilation; like Leatherface in the third film, he wears a leg brace, although Vilmer's is a custom-built mechanical leg brace made from a hodgepodge of hoses, metal rods, and electrical devices, controlled by several television remote controls he keeps in his pocket. The Cook's family members, the Butcher and Leatherface killed the four film enthusiasts whereupon they were taken into the family slaughter room. Boss tries to convince Drayton that they should just give up Leatherface. The Cook was last seen attending Meatfest '08, once again serving up his special ribs. Hewitt's tailor-made character was added to the second season as a love interest for Scott Wolf's Bailey Salinger, and the ensemble family drama proved to be a perfect home for the young star. She is portrayed by Jessica Biel. She escapes the Sawyer family in time for their hide out to explode (thanks to Drayton) which supposedly kills the family. Dean then admits that the draft card (in which Hoyt found before capturing them) was his and then shoves up a knife into Eric's mouth making him cough up blood, but it allows him to breathe. He even comments that Leatherface is retarded. Hoyt drives them to the Hewitt house where he has Thomas butcher Alex's body. Not noticing this, he continues to try to kill Sally. He is a supercentenarian, a former butcher/slaughterman and, it is implied, a mass murderer. His name has been given differently in different films. The Hewitt Family are the main antagonists of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake series. Bailey is a character in the prequel to the 2003 remake. It is explained by Tobe Hooper that Chop Top was in Vietnam at the time of the first film. He is portrayed by Jonathan Tucker. The Hewitt family consists of Luda May Hewitt, The Tea Lady, Jed Old, Charlie (aka Sheriff Hoyt), Emma Hewitt, and Hannah Hewitt. As a bit of impromptu "surgery", Hoyt orders Leatherface to remove the wounded leg with his chainsaw. The Slaughter family is comprised of brothers Leatherface, Vilmer Slaughter, W.E. [citation needed], Luda Mae also appears in the one-shot The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: About a Boy. When Kemper enters to look for her, Leatherface finds him and kills him with a sledgehammer. The film was to feature Chop Top who had been captured and placed into a psychiatric prison. Where is the Hewitt house in Texas? In the 1995 film, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, a character referred to as "Grandfather" (Grayson Victor Schirmacher) appears. 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. [citation needed]. Also, the young children and babies taken from victims are kept by Henrietta and the Tea Lady, who raise them up as Hewitts. I don't really want to say if that was Hoyt or not, it might have been him, might have been his twin, who knows (okay I know but I'm not telling). [15] Alfredo appears similar in character to his brothers the Hitchhiker and Chop Top, whom he was based on. Babi is Leatherface's daughter, apparently conceived from the rape of one of his victims. The show not only documented the girls' lives, but it also followed Adam and Danielle as they navigated parenthood. A member of the Hewitt family and brother to Leatherface and an unnamed, Drayton Sawyer-esque character (simply called "The Cook"), the Hitchhiker look-alike utilizes a sledge hammer and bolt stunner as his weapons. She graduated from Yeshiva University with a B.A. The show not only documented the girls' lives, but it also followed Adam and Danielle as they navigated parenthood. The Hewitt family was associated with Canadian sports well before Foster's pubescence. Erin runs outside and flags down a trucker, who she tries to convince to drive away from the Hewitt house, but he stops to find help at the eatery. Tink often makes devices to assist his family in the slaughtering of people, he also drives a very large, suped up pick up truck, which is basically a monster truck. They were without three centre-backs, they were embarrassed on Thursday, yet they managed to keep a clean sheet against one of the best attacking teams in Europe right now. She finds a slaughterhouse and attacks Leatherface with a meat cleaver, chopping off his right arm. 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WebThe final fate of Luda May Hewitt is unknown. After "killing" Jason, the Hitchhiker's brother Drayton (called Cook Slaughter in the comics) implicates that the Hitchhiker killed his own cousin named Emery with a two-by-four after a losing a game of checkers, to which the hitchhiker replies "He shouldn't have laughed at me". After knocking them both out with a cattle-prod, Hank proceeded to torture and ultimately murder the cameraman in the same exact way that the animals were prepared (by slitting the throat and letting the blood drain, and then tossing him into a vat of scalding hot water before 'rendering' the meat) while the newswoman watched. Anne's role is expanded upon in the Leatherface comics, which depict her as a stereotypical kindly old woman, capable of speaking under her own power and is also shown to be more dangerous than in the film. Afterwards, she finds Morgan handcuffed in a bathtub. When the sheriff forces Morgan to reenact the death of a hitchhiker, pepper pressures Morgan to shoot him, while Erin begs him not to. Kennedy. Although they had always Alex soon draws a shotgun and orders the group to pull over. Photograph: Stephen Shepherd/The Guardian. Old Monty has an unnamed pet dog and is the third member of Leatherface's family to meet the stranded teenagers in the first film who eventually become Leatherface's victims (the first being Luda Mae and the second being Jedidiah Hewitt) and he is the one to first summon the killer by repeatedly tapping his cane against the floor. Jedidiah, who does not agree with his family's actions, leads them out of the house and distracts Leatherface long enough for them to escape. Darryl tries to open the metal door in the cellar, but it is locked, so he walks away and continues to steal more belongings. [5] A four issue comic series based on the film, entitled Leatherface, was also created. Fast forward, eight seasons later, the last time viewers saw the Busbys on the popular network was in May 2021. He was portrayed by Joe Stevens. Hartman also shoots Jackson in the face, disfiguring him. Spending the bulk of the film trying to escape from the family, Jennifer is eventually saved by the enigmatic Agent Rothman. On August 19, 1973, she is shown as a baby when the townspeople of Newt, Texas led by Burt Hartman against the sheriff's horror shoot out the house killing nearly all the Sawyers and burn down their house with a Molotov cocktail. She risks her life many times to save her friends but eventually the Hewitts capture her. He has her abducted and taken to a slaughterhouse, where Leatherface eventually turns up. Drayton gives in, and Boss yells out to Hooper that they are bringing him out and asks that "Jed gets a good lawyer." He is also Sheriff Hoyt's son. He wears a tattered jumpsuit and drives an old pickup truck. She had her breakthrough as Sarah Reeves Merrin on the Fox teen drama Party of Five [8] Though sadistic and violent, he is generally one of the least threatening characters in the movie, being not very intelligent, and behaving erratically. 1. While Hewitt typically keeps her family life on the more private side, she shared a rare glimpse into what shes most grateful for: her childrens joy! In this series his family never refers to him as Leatherface, but by his real name. When Peter Cooper Hewitt died in 1921, his estate was worth more than $4 million, which is approximately $61 million in today's money. Loretta, wounded via a gunshot, attempts to receive help from one of the townspeople, only to be killed and have her baby taken. [15] Like his brother Drayton Sawyer, Tink appears as the head of the family household, this role is also explained by writer David J. Schow on the audio commentary for the Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, in which he refers to Tink as the "brains" of the operation. Brighton wont die wondering. He and his brother try to capture victims with his cousins, and also steal a vehicle that Leatherface hides in. He is portrayed by Keram Malicki-Sanchez. Henrietta appears as a sickly, homely girl in a dirty house coat and slippers. She is portrayed by Erica Leerhsen. The filmmakers attempted to make the series darker and grittier like the original, but interventions from the MPAA quashed their vision and had them tone it down and change the ending. He lives in the Hewitt household in Travis County with Leatherface and an unnamed butcher. Walter appears to own a gas station/country store and an old pickup truck. They come across a plantation house and Erin is allowed inside by an amputee namedMontyto call for help. With the family exposed after the events of the first film, the comics finds the Hewitt family living in a series of tunnels in the sewers of Travis County. 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. Though he tries to rebuff her advances, she eventually seduces him into a barn to have sex. 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. A crazed Texas Ranger who seeks vengeance against the Sawyers for killing his daughter and the father of Burt Hartman who appears in Leatherface. WebDied. It is known that Ryan and Nikki are having an affair behind Heather's back, but he is persistent in keeping her away so as not to ruin his relationship with Heather, something he doesn't follow through well. DEATH 29 Oct 1810 (aged 7778) [2] Chop Top follows her and horribly attacks her wielding a straight razor until she grabs a chainsaw and attacks him with it, knocking him over an edge down into the abandoned theme park (where the family lived). Kyle Hartman is a storyteller, musician, and actor. Chrissie hears Leatherface coming and hides under the table. He, in a way, was the one who was responsible for the death of the Sawyers. Charlie apparently grows to like the taste of human flesh and later introduces the grisly practice to his family, the Hewitts, who also start to like the taste of human meat.[22]. But Leatherface strikes her with a tire iron. While slashing Sally with a knife, an 18-wheeler[8] fast approaches him. The newswoman managed to escape, with Hank in hot pursuit. Leatherface's sister-in-law and Vilmer's apparent wife who appears in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. [4] Leatherface is also mute, aside from making bizarre, baby-like gibberish and screams, which his family somehow understands. Edwin Neal portrays him as a mentally unstable and murderous cannibal and grave robber; he lives with his equally depraved family, the Sawyers, in the back roads of Texas, capturing, torturing, and feasting on unwary travelers. "Got Ava back behind the camera," he wrote. Decades later, when Heather inherits her grandmother's mansion, Leatherface turns up. The family also owns a gas station, where they sell the meat from the victims as barbecue and chili. The Tea Lady also has a good relationship with the Hewitts, Henrietta and Luda Mae are very close friends, leading to the possibility that they are related. Angela Hewitt performing at St Georges concert hall in Bristol. Nubbins' pouch contains a grenade, which Drayton uses to blow up the family's lair after Lieutenant Lefty Enright infiltrates their home. [8], Grandpa (Ken Evert), now 137 years old, later appears in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, inhabiting an abandoned theme park named the "Texas Battle Land" with what remains of his family; when the film's heroine, Vanita "Stretch" Brock (Caroline Williams), is captured by his grandson Chop Top (Bill Moseley), Grandpa is brought forth to kill her (in the same way he tried to do to Sally) with help from Chop Top, unlike in the first film here he actually lands a hit, though he succeeds in only causing a minor head wound to her with a sledgehammer (and a second wound caused by an impatient Drayton). He is portrayed by Shaun Sipos. He later hangs Kenny on a hook and Kenny tries to fight back, but Leatherface revs up his chainsaw and cuts Kenny in half. 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 Kenny is the boyfriend of Nikki and the best friend of Ryan. Luda Mae tells Erin that Leatherface was tormented his whole life because of a skin disease that left his face disfigured, and she felt that no one cared for her family besides themselves. He is portrayed by Matt Bomer. At the same time he kisses the head, he mentions that he had a girl in Tupelo, but that she had to "go down below", implying that Alfredo has murdered women outside the state of Texas. The corpse is treated as if he is still alive, and is most often seen with his twin brother, Chop Top. As Cain attempts to flee with his nephews, Cain Jr. and Abel Jr., he is caught in a flash flood, just like his mother was before him. It is revealed by his brother Tex, that Alfredo worked at the slaughterhouse, but like the rest of his family, he lost his job and went insane. The group are soon encountered by Leatherface and attempt to run away with Heather. Leatherface is later seen in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III which is a follow-up to previous two films. 3. Specifically, it refers to a group featured in the remake series, Some time after Sally is awakened, Drayton, Leatherface and the Hitchhiker decide to allow Grandpa to end her life through the use of a hammer; due to his advanced age, Grandpa is largely incapable of using the hammer efficiently and continues to drop it. Verna dies, leaving her vast estate to Edith Sawyer, now "Heather Miller" who she tracked down years before but decided would be safer away from Newt, Texas. Well, if this is any indication on what's to come, then longtime fans will be in for a new ride. In the comics, Henrietta tried to leave the family to give her sons a normal life, but during the escape, she and Cain were swept away by a flash flood. In 2012, Edith-Rose, who survived, was adopted, and renamed Heather Miller, walks through the Sawyer cemetery at her grandma Verna's house, and one of the gravestones has Drayton's name on it. It is revealed in the audio commentary on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, by Tobe Hooper, that she is in fact "Great-Grandma Sawyer". 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. This is a list of characters that appear in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre horror film franchise. While driving through Texas, the group picks up a distraught hitchhiker they see walking in the middle of the road. She is revealed as Dean's girlfriend. He is later rescued by Erin, and the two hide in a shack pursued by Leatherface. He is caught and beaten brutally by Burt Hartman and Ollie (another one of the men that killed his family). Based in Los Angeles, CA, Kyle also maintains a consistent output of original tracks for the Extreme Music Library in collaboration with musicians at Bleeding Fingers. Tobe Hooper stated on the audio commentary for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 that Chop Top's character was originally that of the Hitchhiker, who had a metal plate grafted onto his skull after the events of the 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and was referred to as "Plate-Head", but the character later evolved into his twin, Chop Top. He is portrayed by Eric Balfour. Abigail Burt. Dean intervenes, but Leatherface kills him with the chainsaw. He then holds Eric, Dean, and Bailey captive. Gein was known for exhuming corpses from graveyards and making mementos with their bones and skin, which clearly served as inspiration for the scene in [17], In the 1995 film Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, a character named Walter Edward appears. Slaughter's" by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel as a joke. WebHewitt is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Hewitt family when they migrated to the region after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Dean is a character from the prequel. Like the other members of her clan, Luda Mae has a deranged sense of family pride. After Alex goes missing (murdered by Hoyt), Holden searches for her and finds Chrissie. He often bickers with Vilmer's wife Darla, stating that before she entered the family, it was Walter who "put things together", referring to the murders. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. You can find this story in My Bookmarks. The fate of the Hewitts, after the events of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remain unknown. The more humane side of Drayton is revealed during the so-called "dinner scene" when he states: "I just can't take no pleasure in killing" after the Hitchhiker accuses him of doing nothing but cooking for the family while he and Leatherface do all the killing, which explains why Drayton beat and captured Sally rather than killing her. Kyle is an Entertainment Writer for ScreenRant, and also the author of "10 Steps to a Film Score," a free resource for filmmakers looking to enhance their projects with original music. He is played by Lee Tergesen. Although Adam and Danielle have continued providing frequent looks at their daily lives away from TV, folks can't help but wonder, is OutDaughtered coming back for season 9 on TLC? She sees a state trooper in the distance, but as Chrissie pulls over, Leatherface appears in the backseat and impales her with the chainsaw, causing her to lose control and run over both the trooper and the man he pulled over. While they think Heather is exploring, Ryan and Nikki have sex in the barn. The 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. Another brother,Edward "Tex" Sawyer, is introduced in Leatherface:TexasChainsaw Massacre III(1990), which also introduces Leatherface's daughter,Babi Sawyer. Although Hank is never identified as Hoyt, he did bear a strong resemblance to the character, leading some to believe that he was in fact the sheriff from the remake films. 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). The Hewitt family is nothing more then a work of fiction inspired by by guys like Gein and as mentioned above John Wayne Gacy. The character returned for a cameo in the fourth film where she is seen alive, being wheeled through a hospital on a gurney. Chop Top often remarks about Ho Chi Minh and napalm, as he is a Vietnam veteran, and he also talks about having flashbacks from the war. A hitchhiking cowboy and brother of Leatherface, Edward (simply referred to by the shortened name Eddie) completely despises his real name - for unknown reasons - and prefers to be called "Tex", and goes into a rage when referred to by his true name. [25] It is also implied in the films and comics, that over time Monty became more of a sexual predator/paraphiliac as his family's killing spree began to increase. Presently, Adam and Danielle have not shared any news about OutDaughtered season 9. She is portrayed by Diora Baird. 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. He was stopped dead in his tracks by FBI Agent Baines, the uncle of Pepper (one of Leatherface's victims from the remake film). After a fight happens between Jason and the family, the Hitchhiker "kills" Jason by bashing him in the head with a hammer. Later after Sally is captured by his grandchildren, Drayton (Jim Siedow), Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) and the Hitchhiker (Edwin Neal), Grandfather is taken from the second floor of the house and brought to her by them. When artist Wes Craig was asked, he responded by saying while he wouldn't confirm whether or not Hank was Hoyt, that the similarity between the two characters was indeed intentional. " 2. He is pressured by Pepper and Erin to shoot the sheriff, but when he pulls the trigger, he realizes the gun was empty, and Sheriff Hoyt drives him to the Hewitt house and brutally beats him along the way. Both director Tobe Hooper and actor Bill Moseley state that if he scratches in the right spot, Chop Top will instantly "get off". [17] She also informs a group of teens (her family would later capture) that she had breast implants. Chop Top and Leatherface kill the two men, not realizing that their attack on the drivers was being recorded at a radio station the two drunken teens had called using a car phone prior to the attack. It is in Vietnam where Chop Top receives his head wound by a "lucky gook with a machete". Bec Hewitt (born 1983), Australian actress and singer. Two days later, two investigating officers are killed by Leatherface while doing a crime scene walk through of the Hewitt residence, and a narrator states that the case still remains open. After finding marijuana on the dashboard, he orders Erin and Pepper to get out of the van, gives Morgan the gun he took from the hitchhiker, and tells him to reenact how she killed herself. They post regularly on their YouTube channel, with updates on how their children are doing along with milestones the girls are hitting as they grow up. That wasn't the only clue Adam gave about their series potentially coming back to air. He is portrayed by Stephen Dorff. With his brother, Zeke kidnaps several victims and drives a truck that Leatherface hides in. Drayton often bickers with the rest of his brothers and is abusive towards them. He is smarter than his brother, but still lacks sanity. As soon as OutDaughtered fans picked up on what seemed to be a hint from Adam, they immediately begged for answers about whether the Busbys would be back on TV for season 9. The character was loosely inspired by serial killer Ed Gein, who also wore the skin of his victims, cross dressed, and was possibly a cannibal.[2]. He is an aspiring cook who is learning to become a chef. In Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Alfredo serves as the film's antagonist and is killed when, attacking Michelle with a sledgehammer in his pickup truck, she grabs his shotgun lying on the truck's floor and blasts him, his last words being "What are the chances a brainless bitch like you knows how to use that thing?". James Hewitt. In the 2003 film Jedidiah helps Erin and Morgan escape the Hewitt's home. [citation needed]. The grenade explodes, apparently killing Lefty and everyone else except Vanita and Chop Top. She was the daughter of John Tisdale and prob. The chainsaw goes through the table nearly going through Chrissie and Eric's blood splatters all over Chrissie. She is not present in the novelization of the 2003 remake, but instead her character has been replaced by the Tea Lady, whose name is revealed to be Henrietta.