Your Favorite Leatherface Mask

[Zach]

In the original film, Leatherface wore three different masks;
"Killing Mask",
"Grandmother Mask"
"Pretty Woman Mask".

Gunnar Hansen commented: "the reason he wore a mask, according to Tobe and Kim, was that the mask really determined his personality. Who he wanted to be that day determined what mask he put on. So, when the Cook comes home, with Sally, Leatherface is wearing the 'Grandmother Mask' and he's wearing an apron and carrying a wooden spoon – he wants to be domestic, helpful in the kitchen. At dinner he wears a different face - the 'Pretty Woman,' which has make up.

The remake offered a more concrete explanation as to why Leatherface wore masks. As a child, a severe facial deformity ate away most of his nose and made him subject to cruel ridicule from his peers. Prior to killing people, he wore animal hides, cloths and leather masks that covered up the bottom of his face. Later he began to skin some of the people he killed and wore their faces as masks. In a difference with the original film, Leatherface does not seem to have different masks for different purposes, although he does change masks occasionally. He appears briefly without his mask on in some scenes of "The Beginning", but his face remains hidden in the shadows - though it oddly appears to have an abnormally pale skin color.

Okay back to my question what's your favorite mask?

[Dr. Briggs]

In the original film, Leatherface wore three different masks;
"Killing Mask",
"Grandmother Mask"
"Pretty Woman Mask".

Gunnar Hansen commented: "the reason he wore a mask, according to Tobe and Kim, was that the mask really determined his personality. Who he wanted to be that day determined what mask he put on. So, when the Cook comes home, with Sally, Leatherface is wearing the 'Grandmother Mask' and he's wearing an apron and carrying a wooden spoon – he wants to be domestic, helpful in the kitchen. At dinner he wears a different face - the 'Pretty Woman,' which has make up.

The remake offered a more concrete explanation as to why Leatherface wore masks. As a child, a severe facial deformity ate away most of his nose and made him subject to cruel ridicule from his peers. Prior to killing people, he wore animal hides, cloths and leather masks that covered up the bottom of his face. Later he began to skin some of the people he killed and wore their faces as masks. In a difference with the original film, Leatherface does not seem to have different masks for different purposes, although he does change masks occasionally. He appears briefly without his mask on in some scenes of "The Beginning", but his face remains hidden in the shadows - though it oddly appears to have an abnormally pale skin color.

Okay back to my question what's your favorite mask?

I honestly like the no-nose explanation! That's one of the few things I really dug about the remake though it originated from the original script of part 3; gives him something monstrous under that mask of other men o.O.

1st film: I think all of them work within context; the final one seemed a little bit fake though I think I may prefer it since we really get surreal closer-looks there. Originally, I thought the "grandma mask" was Jerry's face considering how freaked out Sally was by it >.>

2nd: L.G.'s face (Though I'm not sure it fully counts); the way "Bubba" used it was brilliantly disturbing!

3rd: Didn't he only use the one there? Either way, it was damn good!

Don't remember much of the others >.>

[mrblue]

In the remake you can see his face without the mask perfectly. I like remake mask the best.

[FreddysFingers]

I was always creeped out by the 'pretty woman mask' from the original movie.

[Friday The 13th]

I didn't like how he wore the fucking drag queen mask...
made no sense to me at all...
That's why I LOVE the Remake!

[Zach]

i also love the remake mask !!!!!!

[FreddysFingers]

I didn't like how he wore the fucking drag queen mask...
made no sense to me at all...
That's why I LOVE the Remake!

I think there was a hidden sexual meaning behind the mask and why he wore it. It had to do with Leatherface's character and his mismatched identity... I read it somewhere in a horror book.

[Zach]

The Remake Leatherface mask compiled completely out of 100% silicone and hand punched human hair. This would be the closest thing to owning an actual human skin "Leatherface mask" short of butchering your neighbor. And we know you're not going to do that, right?....

[FreddysFingers]

The Remake Leatherface mask compiled completely out of 100% silicone and hand punched human hair. This would be the closest thing to owning an actual human skin "Leatherface mask" short of butchering your neighbor. And we know you're not going to do that, right?....

Well yeah, because it's an updated version. The original was an indie film that was made in the mid 70's by filmmakers who didn't really know all that much about skin preservation. When watching the original, you have to make exceptions given the materials and the budget.

Hell, even in the remake of Halloween... a special effects guy stated that a mask like the one Mike had stored in the floorboards would have completely decomposed after all of those years. That didn't stop the movie from being a hit. You kinda have to cut some corners.

[Bojangles]

I'm voting for the remake mask. It was brutal, and I loved it.

[Friday The 13th]

I'm voting for the remake mask. It was brutal, and I loved it.

Same here....
I mean his old look was literally fucking GAY.

[Dr. Briggs]

Same here....
I mean his old look was literally fucking GAY.

His old look showed he was crazy enough to want to put on a different human face for different occasions; new-Leatherface just doesn't want to show his face

[Friday The 13th]

His old look showed he was crazy enough to want to put on a different human face for different occasions; new-Leatherface just doesn't want to show his face

No the old leatherface was fucking gay.... period....
I mean I loved TCM old films but... fuck me!
At least he isn't a fuckin tran in the new flick lol...
No offense to anyone, I'm not bashing gays lol.

[FreddysFingers]

I could not disagree with you more Friday.

[Friday The 13th]

I could not disagree with you more Friday.

huh? lol wha? he is a tran in those films.