Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)

Directed by

Jeff Burr

Genre

horror film, slasher film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 648 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple driving through rural Texas is stalked by Leatherface and his cannibal family. They must fight to survive the night.

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What happens

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III is a 1990 American slasher film serving as the sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) and the third installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre film series. Directed by Jeff Burr and written by David J. Schow, the film stars Kate Hodge, Viggo Mortensen, William Butler, Ken Foree, Joe Unger, Tom Everett, Toni Hudson, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, and R.A. Mihailoff. The film follows Leatherface and his cannibalistic family stalking a motorist couple in the backroads of Texas. The film was distributed by New Line Cinema, who bought the rights to the series from the Cannon Group, Inc. after producing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Initially, this film was given an X rating by the MPAA, which limited the studio's release possibilities. After the studio made cuts, it was re-rated R, and New Line released it in the USA on January 12, 1990. It was refused classification in the UK upon its initial release. It has since been released on home video in both unrated and rated versions, and a cut version was accepted with an 18 certificate in the UK. The film was both a critical and commercial failure, grossing $5.8 million at the U.S. box office, making it the poorest-performing film in the series until the release of the next film, The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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