Your Ultimate Guide to Watching Every Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movie in Order

“Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III” sets a new tone for the franchise, showing a shift in the Sawyer family patterns, even if it results in similar endings to the first two films. Michelle (Kate Hodge) and Ryan (William Butler) keep running into issues on their trip through Texas, from a strange interaction and possible murder at a gas station to consistent car troubles. Leatherface comes after them, clearly trying to use their car trouble to his advantage and lure them toward the family home. The couple and others are chased in and around the house, history repeating itself, but it’s still a welcome change in the franchise. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III” has several parallels to the 1974 movie, and it chronologically takes place after the 1986 entry, so it’s best to watch this one third. Similar imagery, like getting away in the truck with Leatherface revving the chainsaw in the background, Grandpa at the table, and the use of the meat hooks in the house, feels like a return to form. However, there are new inclusions, like a gilded, engraved chainsaw, showing how the operation is continuing to change. It’s a bit more of an active, hunting Leatherface than audiences are familiar with, though he’s still getting help luring in victims. This time it’s from Tex, played by Viggo Mortensen, whom the couple first sees at the gas station.