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Texas Chainsaw Massacre Gender

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A characteristic of horror films is that the antagonist is commonly a male. However, if directors were to consider gender-swapping some of these villains, and create female antagonists, the films could be much more fascinating. In particular, the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was released in 2011, could be modified if Leatherface, the villain, was a female. If the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, was altered so that the main antagonist, Leatherface, was female, the film would be far superior, and could even be considered the greatest horror film of all time. Many individuals would argue that if the gender of the antagonist was reversed, the entire plot of the film would be affected. In relation to Texas Chainsaw Massacre,

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