THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: SAWYER STORIES

EXT. STREET

TEXAS

THE AREA FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE VALLEY OF THE SNAKE... NOW KNOWN AS THE TOWN OF MINEBRO POPULATION 2032

19 YEAR OLD MEGAN THOMPSON IS STARING AT AN OLD HOUSE FROM ACROSS THE ROAD

A TEENAGER CALLED CHRIS WALKS UP TO MEGAN

CHRIS

HEY

MEGAN

HI

CHRIS

I'M CHRIS, IS THAT YOUR HOUSE

CHRIS POINTS AT THE OLD HOUSE

MEGAN

NO NOT ANYMORE... I HAD A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES THERE THOUGH... I'M MEGAN

CHRIS

SO HAVE YOU LIVED IN MINEBRO LONG

MEGAN

I WAS BORN HERE... MY MOM AND DAD THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO RAISE A FAMILY HERE... RATHER THAN A CITY

CHRIS

SAME I MOVED HERE 3 MONTHS AGO... ALL BECAUSE THEY WANTED A QUIETER PLACE TO LIVE

MEGAN

IT'S NICE LIVING HERE, I GUESS... BUT IT'S KIND OF...

CHRIS

DEPRESSING

MEGAN

I WAS GOING TO SAY DULL... IT USED TO BE A LOT MORE FUN GROWING UP HERE

MEGAN LOOKS OVER AT THE HOUSE

CHRIS

SO WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW

MEGAN

WE OWN THE OLD REILLY FARM

CHRIS

THE REILLY FARM... THE ONE WHERE ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE KILLED

MEGAN

YEAH

CHRIS

MY GRANDDAD TOLD ME GHOST STORIES ABOUT THAT PLACE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP

MEGAN

IT'S REALLY NOT THAT BAD NOW

CHRIS

YEAH... COULD I SEE IT

MEGAN

YOU WANT TO SEE MY HOUSE

CHRIS

IS THAT OK... I MEAN IT'S KIND OF GONE INTO THE STUFF OF LEGEND

MEGAN

... OK BUT REALLY IT'S NOT THAT PLACE ANYMORE

MEGAN AND CHRIS WALK DOWN THE STREET

EXT. THOMPSON FARM

CHRIS AND MEGAN ARE STANDING IN THE FARM OUTSIDE A LARGE GREY HOUSE

CHRIS IS STARING AT THE BUILDING

CHRIS

WOW... SORRY IT'S JUST WHEN I WAS A KID AFTER MY GRANDDAD TOLD ME THOSE STORIES... I USED TO PRETEND IT WASN'T REAL... I TRIED TO FORGET IT

MEGAN

DO YOU WANT TO COME IN FOR A DRINK OR SOMETHING

CHRIS

WON'T YOUR FOLKS MIND

MEGAN

NO THEY'LL BE OK WITH IT

MEGAN OPENS THE DOOR, CHRIS WALKS INSIDE AND MEGAN FOLLOWS HIM IN CLOSING THE DOOR BEHIND HER

INT. THOMPSON FARM HOUSE

INSIDE THE HOUSE IS A MESS WITH OLD NEWSPAPERS AND CANS OF BEER LYING AROUND

CHRIS

MAYBE I SHOULD GO

MEGAN

WHY, YOU JUST GOT HERE... AND YOU SHOULD REALLY MEET MY FAMILY

A MAN WALKS OUT OF THE SHADOWS HIS NAME IS CHARLES SAWYER JR

MEGAN

THIS IS MY UNCLE CHARLIE

A MAN WALKS INTO THE HOUSE, HE HAS A METAL PLATE IN HIS HEAD HE IS CHOP TOP

MEGAN

THAT'S MY UNCLE CHOP TOP

CHRIS IS STARTING SHAKE NERVOUSLY

UPSTAIRS A DOOR OPENS AND SOMEONE STARTS TO WALK DOWNSTAIRS - THEY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS

A CHAINSAW IS THE FIRST THING THAT CAN BE SEEN - HE STEPS OUT OF THE DARKNESS REVEALING HIMSELF TO BE LEATHERFACE

MEGAN

AND HE... IS MY DADDY

LEATHERFACE STARTS THE CHAINSAW

CHRIS

IS THIS A JOKE

CHOP TOP

YOU WISH IT WAS, KID

LEATHERFACE SLAMS THE CHAINSAW INTO CHRIS'S STOMACH - BLOOD SPLATTERS EVERYWHERE

LEATHERFACE STOPS THE CHAINSAW AND RETRACTS IT FROM CHRIS'S BODY

MEGAN LOOKS AT WHAT'S LEFT OF CHRIS

MEGAN

I BET HE'LL TASTE GOOD