A draft of the script had Leatherface's name being Jebadiah Sawyer. However, this was later changed to Jedidiah Sawyer. In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Jedidiah is the name of a young member of the Hewitt family.
In the opening scene, Bill Moseley, who portrayed Chop Top in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), portrays Drayton Sawyer, the cook from the first two films.
Gunnar Hansen's final film. He portrayed Leatherface in the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
This is a direct sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), and ignores the sequels and does not include the remakes produced by New Line Cinema.