Field guide
A guide to the different timelines
Release order is not story order. Follow the franchise’s competing continuities without forcing them into one family history.
The independent archive / 1974—2022
Field guides
Nine films. Different families. Conflicting histories. Follow the people, stories, and sources through every released chapter.
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The people behind Leatherface
A role passed between performers, with different bodies, masks, names, and family histories.
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Listening to the massacre
An entry point into experimental scoring, recorded songs, cinematography’s relationship with sound, and later composers.
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Cuts, censorship & preservation
Why an edition’s territory, cut, transfer, and supplements matter when researching these films.
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The printed archive
Participant memoirs, making-of books, and licensed comics offer different ways into the franchise.
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The multiplayer game archive
Official character and map material opens another branch of the property’s fictional world.
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How to research the franchise
A practical reading path through interviews, institutional catalogs, critical writing, and edition documentation.
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Beyond the nine released films
A separate shelf for development reporting, so announcements are not confused with completed films.