The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts



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  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • There's a homage to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) regarding each film's leading ladies Erin (2003) and Sally (original). In the remake, Erin pulls out a knife to pick a lock. When asked where she got it from, she replies "from my brother." In the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Sally's brother Franklin is obsessed with his knife, and at one point in the film gives it to Sally. She never returns it.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • The character "Kemper" shares a name with American serial killer Edmund Kemper who murdered 10 people between 1964 and 1973.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • In a deleted epilogue scene, Erin is being interviewed from a mental institution, where she has been living for the several decades after the events of this film. This sub-plot hearkens back to two persistent rumors about the original film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) ; in one rumor, the supposed true-life survivor of the original actual events spent her subsequent years in a mental facility. The second rumor alleges that filming was so arduous that the actress Marilyn Burns who played the original survivor went insane and was committed after shooting.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • Actress Marietta Marich (Luda May) came out of retirement in 2013 to film the 8 time international "Best Picture" award winning, suspense thriller House of Good and Evil (2013), as Mrs. Anderson, with Rae Olivier and Christian Oliver.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • Body Count: 8.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • In the original script, the character Jedidiah was going to wear a Felix the Cat T-shirt throughout the movie. This was later scrapped because the copyright holders of Felix the Cat wouldn't allow it. However, the novelization of the movie features the character wearing the shirt. Also, Jedidiah was going to be killed by Leatherface by slicing his chainsaw through his back because he let Erin and Morgan go. This was later scrapped because the filmmakers thought it was too intense.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • Banned in Ukraine by the Ministry of Culture.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • Lauren German, who plays the Hitchhiker, originally auditioned for the role of Erin.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • In the original script, the Hitchhiker was 15-16 years old. The filmmakers later decided to changed her age to make her about the same age as the principal cast.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • After learning about the remake, Andrew Bryniarski (Leatherface) went up to producer Michael Bay at a Christmas party and personally asked him for the role.

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  • Pepper is the only one of the victims not to see or enter the Hewitt house.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • The bumper sticker on Kemper's van reads: "Nothing is true / Everything is permitted," a reference to the movie's "Based on actual events" claims.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • To prepare for his role as Leatherface, Andrew Bryniarski ate a diet of brisket and white bread in order to get his weight to nearly 300 pounds.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • Sheriff Hoyt carries a Ruger Vaquero as his duty sidearm. The firearm is anachronistic as the Ruger Vaquero was not produced until 1980.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts


  • Evan Rachel Wood was considered for the role of the hitchhiker.

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