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1. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

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The most underrated Texas Chain Saw Massacre sequel becomes one of the greatest horror comic adaptations of all time. This 1991 adaptation from North Star Comics adapts the story of Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) in the most unconventional way: by largely ignoring the script and whole chunks of the movie it was based on.

Well, why not? With the movie cut to ribbons by the sensors, writer Mort Castle focused on telling the story as it should have been in the first place.

Leatherface reads like a fevered retelling of that movie, featuring heavily stylised artwork, inexplicably re-designed characters (one guy is a long haired, bespectacled hippy now) and a completely different ending. Not being restricted by the MPAA like the movies were, the book featured more intense gore, and incredibly visceral violence.

No comic book has ever come closer to recreating the Texas Chainsaw Massacre atmosphere than this, the ultimate horror movie tie-in comic.

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A film critic and professional writer of over ten years, Joel Harley has a deep and abiding love of all things horror, Batman and Nicolas Cage. He can be found writing online and in print, all over the Internet and in especially good bookstores.