Leatherface

Thomas Hewitt was born with a rare skin disease which left his face deformed at a young age. He was adopted by a family of cannibals, who would eat the people Thomas killed. He would not just kill his victims, but torture them in ways unthinkable. He took all his victims to his torture room which was the family basement, but later would become his own room. He is very strong; able to lift a human easily, and also quite fast for his height and weight, not mention carrying his chainsaw. Nicknamed Leatherface due to the masks he wore, fashioned out of the flesh from his victims. In the original film there was no explanation for the reason he wore his masks, but later in the comics we would see a history of the disease that ate away at the flesh on his face, leaving him without a nose.

The original film showed Leatherface with three different masks, the pretty lady, the grandmother and the killing mask, each mask would display his "mood" at the time. The comics continue his love of wearing the masks, but little is ever explained about the origin. It is said he wears the masks to displays his personality, but it has also been said he wears them to hide his deformity. Thomas Hewitt was born mentally retarded. With no support in his development, he possessed the mind of child into his adulthood. His speech and movements are hindered by a deformed body and impaired motor skills as result of his retardation. The family utilise Thomas as a killing machine, the brothers and grandparents having raised him from birth to kill and eat human flesh. Working from a young age at the family Abattoir, Thomas had a knack for killing the livestock, using the sledgehammer to smash their heads in, and was a passionate worker within the family business. The business however would fail years later as the new machinery emerged, taking the "fun" out of the killing. Thomas missed the job and continues to wear the suit and apron of the position to gain back the glory of those days.The Hewitts would later move on to own a local gas station and grill, where they would make money selling the meat of their victims.

Leatherface butchers his livestock.

It has often been questioned wether Leatherface loves the killing, or wether his family trained up the innocent retarded boy into the violent killing machine he has become. Thomas is one of the brothers in the Hewitt Family. The Hewitt family changes depending on the comic and film version. The original film comprised of; Grandma and Grandpa, Drayton the cook, and the Hitchhiker. Each family member plays a part in the "business of killin' " Leatherface is confined to the house at most times, due to his horrific appearance and mental illness. Confined to killing individuals that appeared at the Hewitt home, drawn or taken there by his brothers. He is the main killer in the original film version but the family takes on bigger role in both the comic and later film appearances. His brothers seek out victims, then drag or lure them back to the family home for Leatherface to have his way. One of the greatest scenes in the original film displays the familys misguided values as they have a family dinner, with the victim Sally as the entertainment, the family encouraging grandpa to hit her with a hammer.

Leatherface continuing the good work he did in the family abottior likes to kill his victims then hang and cut them up on Meat hooks. One of the most horrific scenes in the original film showed Leatherface hanging Sally up on a hook while he finished off her boyfriend.

As stated above, Thomas dearly misses the work he undertook at the abottoir, perhaps the only place he felt useful and a sense of belonging. His treatment of his vicitms displays this dissapointment as he makes excited noises and imitates the screams of his victims, like he used to do with the cattle. He swaps between knife and hammer to kill his victims, smashing in their heads as he did with the cattle, then chopping up the bodies and passing on the meat to his brother Drayton. It has never been stated why he likes his chainsaw, but it has become an iconic image of the great character.

2006	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Andrew Bryniarski
2003	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Andrew Bryniarski
2003	Jason Vs. Leatherface	R.A. Mihailoff
2003	Jason Vs. Leatherface	E.H. Jenkins
1994	Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation	Robert Jacks
1990	Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III	R.A. Mihailoff
1986	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2	Bill Johnson
1974	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Gunnar Hansen

Name	Leatherface
Gender	Male
Credited In	9 movies
Credited In	0 shows
1st Movie Credit	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1st Show Credit	n/a
Alias(es)	Thomas Hewitt Thomas Sawyer

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