The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (also known as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The Buzz is Back) is a 1986 American horror dark comedy slasher film, directed by Tobe Hooper. It is a sequel to the 1974 horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, also directed and co-written by Hooper. It was written by L. M. Kit Carson and produced by Carson, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Hooper.