Details

Release year: 1986

Storyline

A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.

Top credits

Directors

Tobe Hooper

Writers

Cast

Dennis Hopper — Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Caroline Williams — Vanita 'Stretch' Brock
Jim Siedow — Cook
Bill Moseley — Chop-Top

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Did you know

• The corpse that Chop-Top and Leatherface carry around with them and affectionately call 'Nubbins' (also appearing on the original cover art) is that of the hitchhiker from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Nubbins Sawyer.

• The "family group shot," as seen in the advertisements, posters, and video covers, uses the same positioning as the promotional group shot for the movie The Breakfast Club (1985).

• Director, Tobe Hooper and co-writer of the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Kim Henkel originally had an idea for a sequel that would feature an entire town of cannibals, and also be a satire of the film Motel Hell (1980), which itself was a satire of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The title of that sequel was to be 'Beyond The Valley Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', but the studio forced considerable changes to be made to the screenplay, even hiring a new screenwriter, and the result of those changes are what became Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2.