The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part IV

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part IV, also known as The Legacy of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, is a 2012 American slasher film directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett. The film was produced by Blumhouse Pictures and stars Jane Levy as Jennie, a young woman on a mission to figure out who she is and where she is from. The film also stars Jessica Rothe as Jennie's friend Darla. The film focuses on a group of kids making a documentary about the murders, which Jennie is somehow connected to. It takes place twenty years after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with Jennie's friends interviewing people who had something to do with the murders, such as Erin Hardesty.

The film was shot on location in Grange, Texas at the same plantation, while some of the scenes where shot on a lot in California.

The film is based upon the comic "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Cut!" which follows a group of young filmmakers as they attempt to film a documentary about the Texas Chainsaw murders. The storyline of one of the group trying to connect the murders to her mysterious past was incorporated by writer Simon Barrett.

Plot
The film begins as a young woman named Jennie is on a road trip with her friends. She reveals that she had argued with her parents about going on the road trip, due to Jennie's boyfriend making a documentary about them trying to find Jennie's real parents and where she is from. Throughout her life, Jennie has struggled with numerous issues, such as drug addiction and depression. She was a foster child, whose parents were apparently murdered by the infamous Hewitt family.

The group drive up to a psychiatric hospital, where they attempt to gain entry. Jennie's boyfriend and director Mike attempts to speak with Erin Hardesty, as well as infamous reporter Kim Burns, who has since become a household name following her alleged escape from the Hewitt family. The group, composed of Mike, Jennie, Vince, Darla, and Marty arrive in Fuller, Texas where they attempt to interview locals, who ignore them and refuse to give them any kind of information.

The five discover that there is Meatfest '94 going on in the town and decide get some footage. An annoyed Jennie and Darla walk around and speak with numerous people. They end up interacting with a man who claims to be related to the Hewitt family and know where the house is. An excited Mike takes him up on his offer, while Jennie and the others aren't so sure. The group follow the man out to the house, where they explore and shoot some footage.

While exploring the house, Jennie discovers a photograph of her with her birth mother, who is revealed to be the suicidal woman from the first film. Jennie pockets the photo. Outside, Darla is smoking a cigarette, when suddenly a disfigured man comes up behind her and bludgeons her with a sledgehammer. Mike is walking around the house with the Cook, when they find Jennie with the photograph. As they talk, Leatherface sneaks up on Marty in the front room and impales him with a chainsaw.

Vince goes outside and discovers Darla's blood and hair on the front porch. He runs back inside to let Jennie and Mike know, when suddenly Leatherface emerges from the darkness and amputates his right leg, leaving him to bleed to death. A panicked Jennie pulls Mike away with her upstairs. She attempts to escape out of an upstairs window. Leatherface runs upstairs with the Butcher, and the two begin to break the door down. Mike urges Jennie to jump down, leaving him behind.

Jennie escapes the house by jumping from the window, while Mike is captured by the three men. They drag him back to their lair, which is now the abandoned Blair Meat Factory. Meanwhile, Jennie attempts to make it back to the town, when she is attacked by Leatherface in the woods. He chases her through the woods and back to town, where she begs for help in the streets. Suddenly, Leatherface and the Butcher appear to take her back with them. They pull her into their truck and drive back to the meat factory. The Butcher knocks her unconscious with a stun gun.

Sometime later, Jennie awakens strung up on a hook, watching as the men torture her and Mike. The men taunt Jennie, before revealing Vince is alive and hanging up next to them. Surrounding Mike, Jennie, and Vince are Darla's disfigured corpse and Marty's body. Suddenly, the Butcher disembowels Mike. Jennie is able to break free of her ties and succeeds in killing the Cook, splitting his head open with a chainsaw. A traumatized Jennie escapes the factory by leaping out of a window. The Butcher and Leatherface chase after her.

Jennie is able to flag down a newly married couple, who help him. However, Leatherface and the Butcher appear and shoot out the couple's tires, causing them to wreck. The Butcher kills the couple with an bolt gun, while Jennie sobs over her coming demise. Jenny attempts to take the gun from the Butcher, leading to a struggle in which Leatherface accidentally impales his brother through the torso with his chainsaw and Jennie shoots him in the leg. A passing truck stops for Jennie, who hops in the bed just as Leatherface is about to kill her.

A traumatized and unhinged Jennie laughs, as Leatherface swings revs his chainsaw in the distance.

Cast
Jane Levy as Jennie, a young woman who grew up in the foster system.

Andrew Bryniarski as Thomas Brown Hewitt aka Leatherface, a serial killer known for the murders he perpetrated with the help of his psychotic family.

Daniel ZoVatto as Mike, Jennie's boyfriend and a young filmmaker.

Jessica Rothe as Darla, Jennie's best friend and Vince's girlfriend.