<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (November 2014) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (November 2014) </Td> </Tr> <P> Originally, Tobe Hooper was just going to produce the film but he could not find a director the film's budget would afford . According to the documentary Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, the production company Cannon Films were expecting a horror film while Tobe Hooper wanted to make a black comedy . When Cannon viewed the film they were unhappy with the final product . The movie was filmed at the closed Matterhorn amusement park in Prairie Dell, Texas . </P> <P> Gunnar Hansen was approached to recreate his role as Leatherface but he claimed to have been offered "scale plus ten percent" with the ten percent going to his agent . When he replied that he had no agent, they offered scale without the additional ten percent . Hansen found the offer too low . Unit publicist Scott Holton offered an alternate story claiming Hansen vacillated about the part and the offer was rescinded . Holton didn't believe the average viewer was even aware of the original actors were claiming "who are Neal, Hansen or Burns?" </P>

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