The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974 film] (1974)

by Tobe Hooper (Director), Kim Henkel (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger

Series: Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movies (1)

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40 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper's THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was unleashed on a politically and socially tumultuous America in 1974.… (more)

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Some people get murdered.

1/4 (Bad).

Brutal cruelty with no apparent cause. Lots of screaming. It's clearly a very influential movie, which is one of the worst things about it. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Hooper, Tobe	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Henkel, Kim	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Burns, Marilyn	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Danziger, Allen	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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501 Must-See Movies (Emma Beare, 2004) (Horror)

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974 film]

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Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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1974

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40 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper's THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was unleashed on a politically and socially tumultuous America in 1974.

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