Directed by Tobe Hooper   Written by L.M. Kit Carson   Tobe Hooper   Cast Dennis Hopper ... Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright Caroline Williams ... Vanita 'Stretch' Brock Jim Siedow ... Cook Bill Moseley ... Chop-Top Bill Johnson ... Leatherface Ken Evert ... Grandpa Harlan Jordan ... Patrolman Kirk Sisco ... Detective James N. Harrell ... Cut-Rite Manager Lou Perryman ... L.G. McPeters (as Lou Perry) Barry Kinyon ... Mercedes Driver Chris Douridas ... Gunner Judy Kelly ... Gourmet Yuppette John Martin Ivey ... Yuppie Kinky Friedman ... Sports Anchorman Wirt Cain ... Anchorman Dan Jenkins ... T.V. Commentator John Bloom ... Gonzo Moviegoer (scenes deleted) (as Joe Bob Briggs) Uncredited Cast Ed Guinn ... Chili Cook-Off Judge Tobe Hooper ... Man in Hotel Corridor Tom Morga ... Leatherface Produced by L.M. Kit Carson   Yoram Globus   Menahem Golan   Henry Holmes   Tobe Hooper   James Jorgensen   Original Music by Tobe Hooper   Jerry Lambert

Additional Info Premiere: August 22, 1986 DVD Release: August 01, 2000 Blu-ray Release: September 11, 2012 Country: Distributor: Scream Factory Websites: Production Companies Cannon Films Golan-Globus Productions Distributors Cannon Film Distributors   (1986) (USA) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) (The Gruesome Edition) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2012) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (1996) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (2000) (USA) (DVD) Media Home Entertainment   (1986) (USA) (VHS) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (2006) (USA) (DVD) Paramount Television   (USA) (TV) (Currently has TV rights) Scream Factory   (2016) (USA) (DVD) (Blu ray) Trifecta Entertainment and Media   (2015) (USA) (TV) Viacom   (1989) (USA) (TV) (syndication) Video Treasures   (1992) (USA) (video) (on behalf of Media Home Entertainment) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2020) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (reprint for MGM) Warner Home Video   (1998) (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.7 / 10 Our Rating 5.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.9 / 10 Female Users 6.9 / 10 Site Ranking #2,793 / 21,074 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Almost Perfect 4 total ratings Average 8 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 4 total ratings Site Ranking #2,789 Heavy Metal (1981) #2,790 Orgazmo (1997) #2,791 Batman: Year One (2011) #2,792 Barbarella (1968) #2,793 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) #2,794 Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie (2021) #2,795 Caligula (1979) #2,796 Spice World (1997) #2,797 Bug (2006)