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).
In 2007, Platinum Dunes announced they were abandoning the series following The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006). In 2009, Twisted Pictures negotiated a multi-picture deal with Robert Kuhn and Kim Henkel, who own the rights to the series.
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.