The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974

Name: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Genre: Horror, Slasher, Folk Horror, Survival, Psychological
Released: 1974
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn

“Who will survive and what will be left of them?”

Directed by Tobe Hooper

IMDb 7.4RT Critics 85%Metacritic 91TMDB 7.3

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Trailer

Year

1974

Runtime

83 min

Box office

Budget

$140,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$30,922,680

Domestic

$30,859,000

🏆 4 wins & 2 nominations total

Synopsis

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.

The Fear Score take

A sun-blistered descent into something that feels less like a film and more like documented fact. Hooper strips horror down to raw nerve endings: heat, dust, the whine of an engine, and a screaming that goes on far past comfort. It abandons you in the dirt and refuses to look away.