 Many characters in the movie have names in homage to other horror  movies. Not only Officers Krueger and Voorhies, but Courtneys last  name is Bates. The neighbors from the original have been renamed the  Cravens instead of the Deverauxs in homage to Wes Craven. One of the  main characters are named Sally Burns because Marilyn BURNS plays  SALLY Hardesty in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.