Kurtis "Kirk" Waisanen is a supporting character from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. He is the first victim of Leatherface in the whole series, He is the boyfriend of Pam (Teri Mcminn) and friends with Jerry (Allen Denzinger), Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) and Franklin Hardesty (Paul A. Partain).
Biography[]
Kirk (William Vail) accompanied his girlfriend Pam and friends Jerry and Sally, along with Sally’s brother Franklin, to see if Sally and Franklin’s father had been grave robbed. The group picked up a disturbed hitchhiker, though Kirk through him out of the van after the hitchhiker attacked Franklin.
They arrived at a gas station to refuel their van, only for the owner to tell them that the station was out of gas. Sally decided the group should go to Sally and Franklin’s old house. While there, Kirk and Pam went to a creek that Franklin told the couple about, only to discover it dried up. Wandering around, Kirk and Pam stumbled upon the Sawyer house. Against Pam’s advice, Kirk went in to see if he could trade his guitar for gas. When he wandered into a room filled with cow skulls, Leatherface bashed Kirk’s head with a sledge hammer.
Notable quotes[]
| “ | This must be it. The water hole. If Franklin's been a cripple all his life, how do you suppose he got down here in his wheelchair? | „ |
| ― Kirk [src] |
Trivia[]
- His death won the Golden Chainsaw Award in Dead Meat's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" kill count
- Kirk was Leatherface's first victim in the whole Texas Chainsaw series.
- Kirk's death is somewhat ironic as he is shown to be the jock of the group and Franklin even says “Probably afraid Kirk will kill him.” Yet he is the first of the group to die.
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