Leatherface

I’m not a fan of slasher films.  They are a little too bloody and gory for my tastes.  I prefer scary movies that ‘hint’ at evil without going into gory detail.

Nonetheless Sideshow Collectibles created an incredible Leatherface figure from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 12-inch, fully articulated collectible figure.

It is a truly horrifying figure that captures the madman butcher with chainsaw perfectly.  

The figure is packed in Sideshow’s standard flip-lid display box with clear plastic viewing panel with figure and accessory cocoon.

A large headshot photo of Leatherface decorates the cover with full figure photos decorating the sides and back.

A sheet of tissue paper protects the viewing panel.

The Leatherface figure comes with a special Texas Chainsaw Massacre stand and wire support.  Accessories include a large wooden handle axe and Leatherface’s signature blood spattered chainsaw with pull cord, red body and safety handle.

The detail on the chainsaw is amazing right down to its individual chain links, screws and bolts and aged casing.

The fully articulated Leatherface 12-inch figure is truly a miniature horror.

His face, covered by the skin of other human beings, looks dried, putrid and a ghastly yellow/gray.  

His dead looking eyes peer out from the ghastly remains of a human face and his teeth show through the slit of a human mouth drawn back by decay. 

His unkempt black hair pokes unnaturally above the discarded human flesh of a face.

He wears a wide collar black and white shirt covering a long sleeve ‘leather’ tunic with wrist straps.

The shirt and tunic are protected by a pieced together human flesh apron with wide shoulder straps and held in place at the waist with tan belt.

The figure wears black trousers and laced, heavy sole shoes giving the figure a taller appearance.

His hands look gnarled and calloused with blood specks with a row of golden rings on each finger of his left hand.

The hands are positioned so they can hold the accompanying chainsaw.

The arms of his shirtsleeves are pulled up to his upper arms and he wears leather gauntlets that cover yet another long sleeve shirt of a solid off white weaved fabric.

Facial details are amazing with a series of leather stitches holding the patchwork face together.

All of the fabrics of his cloths have their own distinctive look and the clothing is faithfully recreated using various fabric types.

Stitching, fasteners and buttons are all to scale.

Like the real Leatherface the figure’s cloths hang loosely on its body allowing the figure to pose in various positions with no binding or unrealistic folds and creases.  

The stand and wire support gives the figure the flexibility to pose in a wider range of positions.  The figure can stand on its in with more static poses.

His butcher apron is tattered and stained and blood specks cover its front.

It’s easy to see why Leatherface is considered a horror icon.  It truly is a frightening figure made even more so by the incredible amount of detail and thought that went into the piece.