The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part III

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part III is a 2010 American slasher film and a sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II. The film is directed by Greg McLean and follows a woman traveling across Texas, only to be stopped in the town of Fuller and preyed upon by the surviving members of the Hewitt family, who have since taken over the town in the last couple of years, having forced them into cannibalism. The film stars John Gallagher Jr. as Nate; Gallagher Jr. previously starred in McLean's 2016 horror film The Belko Experiment. The film also features Callie Hernandez as Laura, a young woman on the run from her abusive husband.

Plot
On June 22nd, 1974, Kim Burns, a popular news anchor for the local WTX news, passes out wondering down the highway after escaping from the Hewitt family. She is rescued by a passing motorist, who gives her a lift to the nearest police department. However, when the police investigate the town of Fuller they find nothing to support Kim's claims; the locals likewise don't say a word about the family, despite knowing of the family's crimes.

A couple of months later, a young woman named Laura fights with her abusive husband in Austin, TX. Their argument turns physical when he begins choking her, leading Laura to strike him on the head with a lamp. He lays unconscious, and Laura, fearing she has killed him, packs a bag and begins heading for California to meet her boyfriend, Nate. She stops during the night, pulling off to the side of the road to sleep. She awakens the next morning to a police officer knocking on her car window. A shaken Laura assures him everything is fine and continues onward.

Back in Austin, Laura's husband Joel awakens and searches for her. He begins tracking Laura down. Meanwhile, Laura stops at a motel in the town of Fuller, which has since been renamed following the claims murders in the previous films. She stops at Fuller Gas Stop, but finds that it has been abandoned and is unable to get gas. Without gas and a phone, Laura decides to stay at a nearby motel, where she is hit on by the clerk. Laura rejects his advances, before going to her room. She hears strange knocking on the walls and on the door, and receives weird phone calls.

Laura calls Nate to let him know of her predicament. He promises to be on his way, before hanging out. As more strange occurrences happen, Laura becomes more and more unnerved. She suddenly hears another knock at the door, before hearing something move in the shower. When she goes outside to look, she finds no one. She returns to her room and hears the buzzing of flies and a foul smell in the bathroom. Laura discovers the corpse of the real motel clerk, before she hears more knocking outside, this time louder.

Laura goes to the door, where she is suddenly attacked by Leatherface, wielding a chainsaw. She locks him outside, as he begins to saw his way through the door. Suddenly, another disfigured man emerges from beneath the bed, revealing a secret trap door. Laura retreats to the bathroom, where she attempts to escape out the window, smashing the glass. As she attempts to climb out, she cuts her leg. Leatherface forces his way inside the bathroom with Zeke, where they capture Laura.

The next day, Nate arrives in town searching for Laura. He questions the locals, who tell him that no such person has ever stayed in the town. Also all records of Laura at the motel have been destroyed. A distraught and skeptical Nate discovers the smashed window and blood and forces his way into the room, where he discovers the body of the clerk. A frightened Nate goes to Fuller Gas Stop to call the police, but he finds the phone is dead. He also discovers remnants of Sheriff Hoyt's offices and the murders that occurred.

Meanwhile, Laura awakens nailed to a chair in the Hewitt family's former home, surrounded by Leatherface, a mute Luda Mae, Henrietta, and the remains of Monty. Nate eventually goes to the bar, where he asks for help, but the patrons ignore him. He attempts to use the phone, but the patrons attack him and tie him up. They deliver him to the Hewitt family, where he is forced to eat dinner with the family. Leatherface prepares to kill Laura, but is stopped by Nate.

Laura and Nate are tortured by the family. Suddenly, Joel appears with a pistol and attempts to intervene, buying him enough time to free Laura and Nate. He ends up shooting Henrietta dead when she attempts to attack him with a knife, which leads to much confusion. An enraged Leatherface kills him, while Nate and Laura escape the house together. They take refuge in cabin, where they discover a tunnel leading down into the sewers. The two descend into the cistern, with Leatherface in hot pursuit.

The two begin climbing up a ladder, but Leatherface grabs Nate by the ankle, pulling him back down into the tunnel and murdering him. A traumatized Laura escapes and takes refuge in the now abandoned Blair Meat Factory, where takes a machete to defend herself with. Leatherface chases her through the factory, before cornering her on a ledge. He chargers at her, knocking them both into a large cistern filled with blood. Leatherface attempts to drown Laura, who in turn fatally wounds him with a machete. She leaves him to drown in the blood.

A bloody Laura emerges from the cistern victorious. The film ends as Laura flags down a passing motorist. As Laura climbs into the truck, Leatherface appears and kills the man. Laura presses down on the gas pedal, pushing the man's body out of the truck. Leatherface swings his chainsaw in frustration as Laura drives away into the night.

Cast
Callie Hernandez as Laura, a young woman on the run from her abusive husband.

John Gallagher Jr. as Nate, Laura's love interest and best friend, who lives in California.

Joel Cole as Joel, Laura's abusive husband.

Andrew Bryniarski as Thomas Brown Hewitt aka Leatherface, a serial killer who is responsible for more than a hundred murders, along with his family.

Marietta Marich as Luda Mae Hewitt, the matriarch of the Hewitt family. She is now paraplegic due to the explosion at the end of the previous film.