| Sally Hardesty-Enright | |
|---|---|
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre character | |
 Marilyn Burns portraying Sally in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | |
| First appearance | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) |
| Last appearance | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) |
| Created by | Kim Henkel Tobe Hooper |
| Portrayed by |
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| In-universe information | |
| Family | Ted Hardesty (father)[1] Lefty Enright (uncle, deceased) Franklin Hardesty (brother, deceased) Unnamed Grandfather (deceased) |
| Status | Deceased (original continuity) Alive (Millennium Film's alternate continuity) |
Sally Hardesty is a fictional character in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. She made her first appearance in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) as a young woman investigating her grandfather's grave after local grave robberies—crossing paths with Leatherface and his cannibalistic family in the process. In this film and later in The Next Generation (1995), she was portrayed by Marilyn Burns. Olwen Fouéré was cast in the sequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022). The character, renamed Erin Hardesty and played by Jessica Biel, also appeared in a remake of the original film in 2003.
Filming was particularly challenging for Burns as she endured numerous injuries throughout the notoriously difficult shoot. In one such scene, Hansen cut her index finger with a razor due to the crew being unable to get theatrical blood to come out of the tube of a malfunctioned prop.[2] Burns' stage clothes were so drenched with fake blood that they were solid by the last day of shooting.[3]
The character has become a pop culture figure and is commonly referenced by film scholars when discussing the final girl theory; a trope for which Hardesty is credited for being the catalyst.
Although the character Sally Hardesty is the lone survivor of the five young protagonist friends in the original 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, her character dies in the 2022 reboot Texas Chainsaw Massacre from Leatherface chainsawing her in the stomach.
- ^ Squires, John (February 8, 2017). "[Exclusive] We Will Meet Sally and Franklin's Father in 'Leatherface'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Hansen, Gunnar (Actor) (2008). The Texas Chain Saw Massacre audio commentary (DVD). Second Sight Films. Event occurs at 1:08:17.
we couldn't get the blood out of the tube onto the knife edge and so after the fourth or fifth take... I turned away from everybody... and just cut her
- ^ Jaworzyn 2004, pp. 8–33