Texas Chainsaw Massacre: What Happened To Sally Hardesty
Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) was the lone survivor of Leatherface's rampage in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but her life failed to return to normal.
Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) was the lone survivor of Leatherface's rampage in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but her life failed to return to normal. Although not nearly bloody and gory as its reputation suggests - in fact, it's one of the least graphic R-rated films in horror history - director Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is still a harrowing descent into insanity. This is probably best epitomized by the infamous dinner scene, in which Sally is tied up and tormented by the Sawyer family.
To paraphrase John Larroquette's famous opening narration, Sally Hardesty could not have expected nor would she have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as she was to see that day. For her, an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare. Unlike her friends Kirk, Pam, and Jerry, as well as her brother Franklin though, Sally survived. Sadly, she didn't really survive intact.
(oh wow, that’s John Laroquette’s voice in the original opening)
Sally Hardesty doesn't appear in 1986 sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, although that film's opening narration sheds a bit of light on what happened to her. After escaping in the back of a truck at the end of the original, Sally had become understandably unhinged, ranting and raving about her experiences with the Sawyers. She then slipped into a catatonic state. This led her uncle and former Texas Ranger Boude "Lefty" Enright (Dennis Hopper) to track down Leatherface's family and take them on directly as revenge.
From here on, Sally's ultimate fate becomes murkier, thanks to the loose continuity found in further entries in The Texas Chainsaw Massacrefranchise. The opening narration of 1990's Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 says that Sally died in 1977, while a patient at a private healthcare facility. It's unclear if this connected to the catatonia Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2mentions. Even more confusing is that in 1994's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, actress Marilyn Burns is seen on a gurney inside a hospital near the end of the film, with some of the available info suggesting she's making a cameo as Sally.
Interestingly, while it's never specified in the film, the last name of Jessica Biel's character Erin in the 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacreremake was supposed to be Hardesty, making her a direct counterpart of Sally in the remake's universe.
Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) was the lone survivor of Leatherface's rampage in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but her life failed to return to normal.
Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) was the lone survivor of Leatherface's rampage in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but her life failed to return to normal. Although not nearly bloody and gory as its reputation suggests - in fact, it's one of the least graphic R-rated films in horror history - director Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is still a harrowing descent into insanity. This is probably best epitomized by the infamous dinner scene, in which Sally is tied up and tormented by the Sawyer family.
To paraphrase John Larroquette's famous opening narration, Sally Hardesty could not have expected nor would she have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as she was to see that day. For her, an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare. Unlike her friends Kirk, Pam, and Jerry, as well as her brother Franklin though, Sally survived. Sadly, she didn't really survive intact.
(oh wow, that’s John Laroquette’s voice in the original opening)
Sally Hardesty doesn't appear in 1986 sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, although that film's opening narration sheds a bit of light on what happened to her. After escaping in the back of a truck at the end of the original, Sally had become understandably unhinged, ranting and raving about her experiences with the Sawyers. She then slipped into a catatonic state. This led her uncle and former Texas Ranger Boude "Lefty" Enright (Dennis Hopper) to track down Leatherface's family and take them on directly as revenge.
From here on, Sally's ultimate fate becomes murkier, thanks to the loose continuity found in further entries in The Texas Chainsaw Massacrefranchise. The opening narration of 1990's Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 says that Sally died in 1977, while a patient at a private healthcare facility. It's unclear if this connected to the catatonia Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2mentions. Even more confusing is that in 1994's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, actress Marilyn Burns is seen on a gurney inside a hospital near the end of the film, with some of the available info suggesting she's making a cameo as Sally.
Interestingly, while it's never specified in the film, the last name of Jessica Biel's character Erin in the 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacreremake was supposed to be Hardesty, making her a direct counterpart of Sally in the remake's universe.
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So does that mean Alvarez will have to film a montage of Leatherface going on a diet and workout regimen to deal with his obesity, hypertension and diabeetus? Because otherwise an old Leatherface should be missing a foot and have a heart condition.
