During the summer of 2012, I watched both the 1974 and the 2003 versions of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Although both films had similar plots when it came to a group of young kids, heading to a concert, getting sidetracked and finding themselves in a house of horrors—both narrated by John Larroquette (yes, the same guy who played the sleazy public defender on the TV show Night Court)—the original 1974 film had a visual rawness that was hard to keep out of my head.
There’s a scene where the young lady dressed in white sits around a kitchen table with Leatherface’s family on either side of her. It’s this scene, where she knows she can’t escape this psycho family and their maniacal laughter, which grew to the inspiration for Guest of Honor.