The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tobe Hooper
Produced by	L. M. Kit Carson Yoram Globus Menahem Golan Tobe Hooper
Written by	L. M. Kit Carson
Starring	Dennis Hopper
Music by	Tobe Hooper Jerry Lambert
Cinematography	Richard Kooris
Edited by	Alain Jakubowicz
Production company	The Cannon Group, Inc.
Distributed by	Cannon Releasing
Release date	August 22, 1986 (1986-08-22)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.7 million
Box office	$8 million (US)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (also known as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2) is a 1986 American dark comedy slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper and serves as a sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, also directed and co-written by Hooper. It was written by L. M. Kit Carson and produced by Carson, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Hooper. Starring Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley and Jim Siedow, the plot follows a radio host victimized and captured by Leatherface and his cannibalistic family while a former Texas Marshall hunts them down.

During its theatrical release, the film grossed $8 million against its $4.7 million budget and became popular on home video. Despite the sequel received a mixed reception from critics and audiences alike; both positives and negatives referred to its emphasis on black comedy and gore, and departing from the first film's utilized minimal gore, low-budget vérité style and atmosphere to build tension and fear. Director Tobe Hooper decided to focus on its black comedy as he believed this was present in the first film, but was unacknowledged by viewers because of its gritty content. Despite the mixed reception, the film eventually gained a cult following.

In 1986, thirteen years after the events of the first film, two high school seniors, Buzz and Rick, race along a desolate stretch of Texas highway, en route to the OU-Texas football game at the Dallas Cotton Bowl. Heavily intoxicated, they use their car phone to call and harass on-air radio DJ Vanita "Stretch" Brock (Caroline Williams). Unable to convince them to hang up, Stretch is forced to keep the line open. While passing a pickup truck, Buzz and Rick are attacked by Leatherface (Bill Johnson), who had emerged from the back of the truck. Leatherface rips up the roof using his chainsaw. After a short struggle, Rick tries shooting Leatherface with his revolver but Leatherface fatally slices off part of the driving Buzz's head, and the car ends up crashing and killing Rick.