The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · Movie · R · 83 min · ★ 7.3 · 89% critics
A group of friends travels through rural Texas to visit a family grave and ends up stopping near an isolated house. What seems like a simple detour turns into a terrifying ordeal when they realize they’ve wandered into the path of a violent local threat armed with a chainsaw.
Also known as Headcheese · Leatherface · Stalking Leatherface · Saturn in Retrograde
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Details
- Years
- 1974
- Release date
- 1974-10-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (3,823 votes)
- Box office
- $30,860,378
- Budget
- $83,532
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a raw, disturbing horror classic with a simple setup and nonstop dread, in the vein of Halloween; Not for you if you dislike harsh intensity, frantic screaming, or minimal plot.
Pros: relentless tension; gritty, unsettling vibe; iconic horror moments | Cons: thin, straightforward story; lots of screaming; uneven pacing at times
Themes
- van
- gas station
- sadistic
- texas
- leatherface
- hitchhiker
- slaughterhouse
- slasher
- chainsaw
- cannibal
- family
- polaroid
- +9 more
Cast & crew
Marilyn Burns
as Sally
Allen Danziger
as Jerry
Paul A. Partain
as Franklin
William Vail
as Kirk
Teri McMinn
as Pam
Edwin Neal
as Hitchhiker
Jim Siedow
as Old Man
Gunnar Hansen
as Leatherface
John Dugan
as Grandfather
- RC
Robert Courtin
as Window Washer
Directed by Tobe Hooper