7. A Texas Chainsaw Massacre Ripoff

“Cindy just lost her job and home. Desperate for money and a place to live, she accepts a job offer but doesn’t know that her new employer is a deranged psychopath who specializes in hunting humans. Metalface is a degenerate killer who does not know any compassion and makes trophies from his sacrifices…and Cindy is next.”

After an unsuccessful run as Playing With Dolls, Lightning Pictures released this in the UK as Leatherface: The Legend Lives On. Legally, how could they even do that? Director Rene Perez was upset about this and has made two sequels.

Cindy Tremaine (Natasha Blasick) has no money, major life issues and the chance to be a housekeeper in a cabin in the woods, one watched all the time by The Watcher (Richard Tyson), who has set masked serial killer Prisoner AYO-886 loose with the goal of him killing Cindy.

So the guy has a barbed wire mask, and that’s all we learn. In fact, the movie ends before there’s even a beginning. Is it better or worse than recent Chainsaw movies? It’s close. That’s no praise. It’s frustrating because this feels so close to actually being something.

You can watch this on Tubi.