The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
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- Directed by
- Tobe Hooper
- Written by
- Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
- Produced by
- Tobe Hooper, Jay Parsley, Richard Saenz, Kim Henkel
Why it’s HorroRated
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre feels like something that escaped. Shot in real Texas heat with a cast pushed to actual exhaustion, it communicates distress through the screen. Tobe Hooper understood that the horror isn't the chainsaw: it's the family, it's the meal, it's the fact that this world exists just off the highway and always has.
Synopsis
A group driving through central Texas encounters a family living off the main road in ways that don't invite questions. Tobe Hooper shot it to feel relentless, and decades later it still does. The horror isn't the chainsaw — it's the family, the meal, the fact that this world has always existed just off the highway.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- October 11, 1974
- Runtime
- 1 hour 23 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Blood and gore
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