Rick tries shooting Leatherface with his revolver, but Leatherface kills Buzz. As the two pass a pickup truck, Leatherface emerges from the back of the truck and rips up the roof using his chainsaw. Unable to convince them to hang up, Stretch is forced to keep the line open. Heavily intoxicated, they use their car phone to call and harass on-air radio DJ Vanita 'Stretch' Brock. Two high school seniors, Buzz and Rick, race along a desolate stretch of Texas highway, en route to the Texas-OU football game at the Dallas Cotton Bowl.

It was followed by Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III in 1990. Despite the mixed reception, the film eventually gained a cult following. Director Tobe Hooper decided to focus on its black comedy as this was present in the first film, but was unacknowledged by viewers because of its gritty content. Positives and negatives referred to its emphasis on black comedy and gore, which departed from the first film's approach that used minimal gore, low-budget vérité style and atmosphere to build tension and fear. The sequel received a mixed reception from critics and audiences alike. Starring Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, and Jim Siedow, the plot follows a radio host victimized and captured by Leatherface and his cannibalistic family, while a former Texas Marshal hunts them down.ĭuring its theatrical release, the film grossed $8 million domestically against its $4.5 million budget and became popular on home video.

Kit Carson and produced by Carson, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Hooper. It is a sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, also directed and co-written by Hooper. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (also known as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2) is a 1986 American black comedy slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper.

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