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The Window Washer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre character
First appearanceThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Last appearanceThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Created byTobe Hooper
Kim Henkel
Portrayed byRobert Courtin[1]
In-universe information
OccupationWindow cleaner
NationalityAmerican
Primary locationTexas

The "Window Washer" is

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Reception and analysis[edit]

The character is often grouped together with the cannibals, but there is no confirmation in the film or supplementary materials that state that he is part of their family.[12]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The character of the "the Cook" or "the Old Man" was named as 'Drayton Sawyer' in the second Texas Chainsaw film.[11]
  2. ^ The character of the "the Hitchhiker" was named as 'Nubbins Sawyer' in the second Texas Chainsaw film.[21]

References[edit]

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Books
Muir, John Kenneth (2007). Horror Films of the 1970s. Vol. 1 (new, illustrerad ed.). Pennsylvania State University: McFarland, Incorporated Publishers. ISBN 9780786431045. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.
Lanza, Joseph (2019). The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781510737921. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.a
Hansen, Gunnar (2013). Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror Movie. Chronicle Books. ISBN 9781452129501. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.
Jaworzyn, Stefan (2012). The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Companion. Titan Books. ISBN 9781781164976. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.a
Vicari, Justin (2014). Nicolas Winding Refn and the Violence of Art: A Critical Study of the Films (new, illustrated ed.). McFarland. ISBN 9780786471829. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.
Pratt, Douglas (2000). Doug Pratt's DVD-Video Guide. Harbor Electronic Publishing. ISBN 9780966974447. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.
Rose, James (2014). The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Devil's Advocates (new ed.). Columbia University Press. ISBN 9781906733995. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.
Muir, John Kenneth (2002). Eaten Alive at a Chainsaw Massacre: The Films of Tobe Hooper (illustrerad ed.). University of Michigan: McFarland. ISBN 9780786412822. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.
Kawin, Bruce F. (2012). Horror and the Horror Film. New Perspectives on world Cinema (illustrerad ed.). Anthem Press. ISBN 9780857284501. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.
Miller, Cynthia J.; Van Riper, A. Bowdoin (2017). What's Eating You?: Food and Horror on Screen. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781501322419. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Google Books.
Websites
Harden, Tim (2019). "The Gas Station/BBQ Shack". Texaschainsawmassacre.net. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Harden, Tim (2011). "Documentaries of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Texaschainsawmassacre.net. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Swanson, Carl Joseph. "Chainsaws and Chiasmus: Affect, Form, and Generic Horror". Academia.edu. Saint Louis University. p. 20-21. Retrieved 2020-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
Camus, Slarek (November 16, 2014). "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 40th Anniversary Restoration Blu-ray". CineOutsider. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Jackson, Chuck. "Blood for Oil: Crude Metonymies and Tobe Hooper's Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)". Euppublishing.com. University of Houston-Downtown. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
Hudson, Lee (July 13, 2012). "Stock Background Characters 101: Simpletons & Weirdos". VeganVoorhees. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Brian, Dunaway (October 29, 2017). "Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)". Show Notes. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Maher, Kevin (October 2016). "Tobe Hooper, Clothes & I'm Dangerous Tonight". The Pink Smoke. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Hamman, Cody (January 19, 2016). "A Whole Family of Draculas". Life Between Frames. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Ocker, J.W. (March 28, 2016). "Harbinger Down South: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Gas Station". OTIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Recondito, Atlas (2016). "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Gas Station". Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Montgomery, Court (December 2015). "A Cinema Of Confrontation: Using A Material-semiotic Approach To Better Account For The History And Theorization Of 1970s Independent American Horror" (PDF). mospace.umsystem.edu. University of Missouri-Columbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Jones, Simon (October 2, 2016). "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre- 31 Days of Halloween- Day 1". Meat Hook Cinema. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
McDunnah, Michael G. (November 16, 2013). "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)". The Unaffiliated Critic. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Ager, Rob (September 2015). "A Taste of Darkness, Film analysis of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Collative Learning. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Cody, L.L. (January 9, 2013). "Franchises: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". FilmandTV. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Sandwell, Ian (July 23, 2012). "Brains for brunch". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Cummings, Tommy (April 4, 2016). "Creepiest B&B in Texas? Try the gas stop from 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre'". Dallas News. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
Wooley, John (October 2, 2019). "Texas Chainsaw Hitchhiker". Fangoria. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Issuu.
Gonsalves, Rob (October 25, 2019). "The Great American Horror Movie". Medium. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-19.


Annotations[edit]

^ Some, or all versions of this book may lack page numbering.

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Category:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise) characters Category:Film characters introduced in 1974 Category:Male horror film characters Category:Fictional characters without a name