The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
Who will survive and what will be left of them?
Directed by Tobe Hooper
User Rating
Intensity
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
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- Director
- Tobe Hooper
- Written by
- Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
- Produced by
- Tobe Hooper
- Cinematographer
- Daniel Pearl
- Editors
- J. Larry Carroll, Sallye Richardson
- Sound Designer
- Wayne Bell
- Studios
- Vortex, Bryanston Pictures, Hooper Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (3,929 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 85% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 91/100
- IMDb
- 7.4/10 (206,161 votes)
Cast
Marilyn Burns
Sally
Allen Danziger
Jerry
Paul A. Partain
Franklin
William Vail
Kirk
Teri McMinn
Pam
Edwin Neal
Hitchhiker
Jim Siedow
Old Man
Gunnar Hansen
Leatherface
John Dugan
Grandfather
Robert Courtin
Window Washer
William Creamer
Bearded Man
John Henry Faulk
Storyteller
Jerry Green
Cowboy
Ed Guinn
Cattle Truck Driver
Joe Bill Hogan
Drunk
Perry Lorenz
Pick Up Driver
John Larroquette
Narrator (voice)
Crew
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Links
Trailer
Score
Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Original Motion Picture Score)
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — FOLK Pt 8: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Collection
Appears in
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
Carol Clover — Men, Women, and Chain Saws
Folk Horror - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Stephen King — Danse Macabre
The Wages of Sin / Final Girl Horror
Time Out: 100 Best Horror Films
Transgressive Horror
Variety: 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
You're Not From Around Here
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Notes
The greatest horror film ever made.
The greatest horror film ever made.