Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Leatherface

8. He Was One Of The First Horror Characters To Get His Own Video Game

In the early '80s, B-movie king Charles Band, producer of such schlock-fest classics as Puppet Master, Subspecies and Doctor Mordrid, owned an independent home video distribution company called Wizard Video. After some success with a string of low-budget horror films, and not being one to let a potential market (or revenue stream) go untapped, Band started looking towards the ever-expanding video game market. In 1983, the company released The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the Atari 2600. The game was, in short, a failure. Since most horror films have limited scenarios, you can only imagine how sketchy the plot was for this gem. Wielding an 8-bit chainsaw that runs out of fuel rapidly, your goal is simply to slaughter a plethora of women. And that's about it. But at least you get to play as Leatherface. And it should be pointed out that this was one of the first horror-based games that allowed you to play as the villain and not the victim. Which is pretty impressive in retrospect (if rather morally questionable).