Leatherface dance

The Leatherface is the latest dance craze that's sweeping nation. It is named for the character of Bubba Sawyer, also known as "Leatherface", the face-mask wearing, chainsaw-slinging whack-a-doodle popularized in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre film series. A violent precursor to the Leatherface was hinted upon at the end of the original 1974 grindhouse classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but didn't come into full swing until its 1986 sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

Dancing the Leatherface is quite simple, but it does require some mechanical accompaniment. It is executed by placing hands on the grip and guard of a chainsaw, holding it above one's head with arm's at a roughly 45 degree angle and then gyrating violently from side to side while shaking your Laffy Taffy. Think of it as a twisted version of the "Truffle Shuffle" from Goonies.

A less graceful variation of the classic Leatherface is more akin to moshing or slam dancing. In this example, one simply holds onto their chainsaw with one hand and then begins spinning about in a circle, wildly swinging the saw with reckless abandon. Leatherface first did this little number after Sally Hardesty managed to escape from him during the August, 1973 massacre.

Leatherface demonstrated this dance step using the proper and time-honored techniques many years later while he was chasing a DJ named Vanita "Stretch" Brock, whom Leatherface had a crush on.