Knowing What's Canon With Thomas Hewitt's Real Face

Knowing what's canon with Thomas Hewitt's real face

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This is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Andrew Bryanowski Leatherface makeup bust replica production material. That's a mouthful. Apparently, this is what Thomas is supposed to look like under the mask, which makes sense but also dosen’t. Thomas was known for cutting his rotting flesh away, so it's understandable to at least see some degree that there are scars there, but other than that, I just see veiny rotting flesh.

To be fair, though, the prequel wasn't considered to be made during the production. Marcus Nispel was only planning on making a single remake. Which was why, later on, the director and writers changed. It only was after fans demanded an anathor film. They wanted to see more of the family, understanding how they ended up like this, how different they are from the Sawyers, and also how some events occurred. Like Monty losing his legs, for example. The point is that Thomas's scars and disease spreading have always been inconsistent between the 2003 version and the 2006 film.

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Young Thomas is a good example of this, and although some of the major scars, like his nose being affected and then later on, cut off, are accurate. The rest just dosen’t add up to the bust replica. It's even more confusing when you recall that this photo existed in the 2003 remake. It has always been there. This was a photo that Erin had touched and picked up, it is also seen in the menu screen if you paid attention to the details.

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So either this was a last-minute change, or they didn't like how the final product looked once Andrew was supposed to have it like child Thomas, so they tried to hide this mistake by never actually showing Leatherface fully visible when he was unmasking himself in the dark. It could be that the bust replica was just a concept art, too. Who knows, I'm just throwing theories out there. I think it's interesting, though, to mention this, not just because of film errors, but for the reason that knowing what's canon or not. None of them is wrong, but they do clash with each other, so at the end of the day, it's all about preferences, really.

If you have any thoughts regarding this post or want to mention something that I could have potentially missed. You're more than welcome to comment about them, I'd love to read your thoughts concerning this topic.