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Leatherface has become synonymous with horror cinema and American 'noir-art,' so here's a Halloween-festive short-story about American teenagers being lured into an eerie and ultimately horrifying 'Leatherface-copycat haunted mansion' for Halloween Eve and finding the nerve to survive...and dare!
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It's Halloween Eve in Texas, and some popular kids from East Texas High School in Austin receive a strange invitation in their lockers to go to a special 'Leatherface Haunted Mansion' adventure by an old abandoned estate situated by cornfields and the woods. The young Americans include Derek (the high school football team captain), Louise (his beautiful blonde cheerleader girlfriend and homecoming queen), Shelbye (the senior class vice-president), Adam (a West Point future student), Elizabeth (the class comedian), Ajay (a high school wrestler), Tim (the most attractive male at East Texas), and Corinne (his gorgeous brunette girlfriend from Afghanistan). The kids decide to accept the invitation and check out the Halloween event.
When they arrive, they notice a very large and creepy-looking abandoned mansion situated by cornfields and the woods, just as the invitation indicated. No one knows who actually sent the invitations, but the young Americans are all excited to wander around inside the mansion and around the cornfields and woods. Adam leads the pack, since he's a West Point dude, and he feels confident his combo of brains and brawn can provide the right 'security' the East Texas kids want. The kids wander around inside the mansion and notice very old furniture and some shabby lighting. Shelbye spots a strange woman who seems to be wearing a bloody apron wander inside a room in the dimly-lit hallway. "This is eerie!" she says to the group.
Derek has wandered inside the library with Louise and is checking out a shelf-book copy of Treasure Island when he think he hears the sound of a buzzing chainsaw coming from the basement beneath the library-room. Derek spots a stairwell leading down to the basement, so he and Louise go towards the chainsaw-sound. When they descend, they realize to their horror that a maniac in a very realistic-looking 'Leatherface' costume carrying a real chainsaw is moving towards them. They decide to flee and notice an opening in the basement wall that leads to the cornfield. As they are being chased through the cornfield by 'Leatherface,' they run into Tim and Corinne who have been wandering around the field for about 30 minutes. "Run! This guy is a real psycho!" screams Derek, and everyone is running.
Shelbye, Elizabeth, Ajay, and Adam find themselves in the woods being stalked by another 'member' of this 'Leatherface household' --- a man dressed as a witch and wielding an axe. They are in panic-mode and do not have time to worry about what happened to Derek, Louise, and the others in the cornfield and simply hope 'Leatherface' has not gotten them. As Adam and Elizabeth get away from the axe-witch ghoul, they run towards the cornfield and find the dead bodies of Tim and Corinne. Horrified, they run inside the mansion to find Tim and Corinne and get the hell out of there. However, Leatherface is waiting for them inside and has tied up Tim and Corinne who are bleeding to death from their abdomens. Adam tells Elizabeth to run to the library and they do so, and when Leatherface reaches them there, they begin throwing books at him.
Adam swipes out Leatherface's legs, and the brute's chainsaw lands on his own lower body and gashes it terribly. Adam and Elizabeth run out of the house screaming and hop into Adam's car and zoom away as fast as they can. "What the hell was that?" Elizabeth asks in fright, and Adam replies with some degree of self-composure, "It seems someone played a prank on us and lured us into the lair of a demonic psychopath for a Halloween hell-fest. We'll keep this all a secret, and I'll go back to the house with my dad's shotgun and a flame-thrower. I'll burn that damn mansion to the ground!" As Adam prepares his uncanny 'revenge,' Elizabeth mutters to herself, "I wish I just watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacre tonight on Netflix!"
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It's Halloween Eve in Texas, and some popular kids from East Texas High School in Austin receive a strange invitation in their lockers to go to a special 'Leatherface Haunted Mansion' adventure by an old abandoned estate situated by cornfields and the woods. The young Americans include Derek (the high school football team captain), Louise (his beautiful blonde cheerleader girlfriend and homecoming queen), Shelbye (the senior class vice-president), Adam (a West Point future student), Elizabeth (the class comedian), Ajay (a high school wrestler), Tim (the most attractive male at East Texas), and Corinne (his gorgeous brunette girlfriend from Afghanistan). The kids decide to accept the invitation and check out the Halloween event.
When they arrive, they notice a very large and creepy-looking abandoned mansion situated by cornfields and the woods, just as the invitation indicated. No one knows who actually sent the invitations, but the young Americans are all excited to wander around inside the mansion and around the cornfields and woods. Adam leads the pack, since he's a West Point dude, and he feels confident his combo of brains and brawn can provide the right 'security' the East Texas kids want. The kids wander around inside the mansion and notice very old furniture and some shabby lighting. Shelbye spots a strange woman who seems to be wearing a bloody apron wander inside a room in the dimly-lit hallway. "This is eerie!" she says to the group.
Derek has wandered inside the library with Louise and is checking out a shelf-book copy of Treasure Island when he think he hears the sound of a buzzing chainsaw coming from the basement beneath the library-room. Derek spots a stairwell leading down to the basement, so he and Louise go towards the chainsaw-sound. When they descend, they realize to their horror that a maniac in a very realistic-looking 'Leatherface' costume carrying a real chainsaw is moving towards them. They decide to flee and notice an opening in the basement wall that leads to the cornfield. As they are being chased through the cornfield by 'Leatherface,' they run into Tim and Corinne who have been wandering around the field for about 30 minutes. "Run! This guy is a real psycho!" screams Derek, and everyone is running.
Shelbye, Elizabeth, Ajay, and Adam find themselves in the woods being stalked by another 'member' of this 'Leatherface household' --- a man dressed as a witch and wielding an axe. They are in panic-mode and do not have time to worry about what happened to Derek, Louise, and the others in the cornfield and simply hope 'Leatherface' has not gotten them. As Adam and Elizabeth get away from the axe-witch ghoul, they run towards the cornfield and find the dead bodies of Tim and Corinne. Horrified, they run inside the mansion to find Tim and Corinne and get the hell out of there. However, Leatherface is waiting for them inside and has tied up Tim and Corinne who are bleeding to death from their abdomens. Adam tells Elizabeth to run to the library and they do so, and when Leatherface reaches them there, they begin throwing books at him.
Adam swipes out Leatherface's legs, and the brute's chainsaw lands on his own lower body and gashes it terribly. Adam and Elizabeth run out of the house screaming and hop into Adam's car and zoom away as fast as they can. "What the hell was that?" Elizabeth asks in fright, and Adam replies with some degree of self-composure, "It seems someone played a prank on us and lured us into the lair of a demonic psychopath for a Halloween hell-fest. We'll keep this all a secret, and I'll go back to the house with my dad's shotgun and a flame-thrower. I'll burn that damn mansion to the ground!" As Adam prepares his uncanny 'revenge,' Elizabeth mutters to herself, "I wish I just watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacre tonight on Netflix!"
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