The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is something of a mess.
Leatherface was a prequel that tells the origin story of the famed killer from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The original classic spawned four sequels, ending with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.
Since Campbell Grobman Films and Millennium Films, the two studios behind the recent Texas Chainsaw movies, took so long to release Leatherface, they lost the rights to the franchise.