Sometimes we, as human beings, become driven by our desires and passions as well as our fears and emotions. And in some extreme circumstances, some people driven by their inner beast commit crimes that most people could never even fathom. Each person on earth is a creature of duality. We have our public face, the one that is taught to conform and behave in a well-mannered way when we are among the world. However, we also have within us the personality that we display when we are not among society, with its own desires and s

This type of sympathetic relationship is established from the outset of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 between the character Stretch, played by Caroline Williams, and the audience. In homage to Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), director Tobe Hooper embraced the unique brand of suspense “which plays on the gradual development of the potential horror in a situation – known to the audience, but beyond the film character’s awareness” (Solomon 795). Stretch is first introduced to the Sawyers during a phone call to the radio station she DJs at. Despite the screams from the phone line and the sound of chainsaws she is truly unaware as to what is happening, while the audience gets to witness all of the gory mayhem. The audience knows that Leatherface and Chop Top are waiting for her on the bottom floor of the radio station. And yet Stretch goes to investigate a mysterious bang while she is alone at the station, completely unaware of whom awaits her. This theme is repeated throughout the movie, placing Stretch into situations in which common sense would tell most people to stay away, but this type of curiosity is necessary to our psyches, it is the “irrational pursuit of the nightmare” (Solomon 795) that allows us to confront our fears and survive.

As the character Lefty, the unstable sheriff who has a personal stake in the

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