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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Kim Henkel (story) and
Tobe Hooper (story)
Release Date:
1 October 1974 (USA) more
Tagline:
The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood... [UK Video] more
Plot:
Five friends visiting their grandpa's old house are hunted down and terrorized by a chainsaw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(27 articles)
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User Comments:
Scariest movie I've seen in a long time. more (706 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Marilyn Burns | ... | Sally Hardesty | |
| Allen Danziger | ... | Jerry | |
| Paul A. Partain | ... | Franklin Hardesty | |
| William Vail | ... | Kirk | |
| Teri McMinn | ... | Pam (as Teri Mcminn) | |
| 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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Headcheese (USA) (working title)
Leatherface (USA) (working title)
Stalking Leatherface (USA) (alternative title)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
83 min | Germany:75 min (new longer Version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:(Banned) | New Zealand:R18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (re-rating: 2004) | Sweden:15 (re-rating: 1994) (cut) (re-rating: 2001) (uncut) | Sweden:15 (re-rating) (2001) (uncut) | UK:18 (re-rating: 1999) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating: 1974) | UK:R (original rating: 1975) | Finland:(Banned) (1984) | Finland:K-18 (1996) | UK:(Banned) (original rating) | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) (2003) | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Brazil:18 (1998) | Brazil:(Banned) | Australia:(Banned) (original rating) | Belgium:16 (video rating) | West Germany:18 (cut) | New Zealand:R16 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut) | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Italy:VM18 (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Chile:(Banned) (re-rating) (1978) | Chile:18 (original rating) | Denmark:15 (video rating) | France:-16 (re-rating) | France:X (original rating) | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:(Banned) (original rating) | Iceland:16 (re-rating) | Ireland:(Banned) (original rating) | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:(Banned) (video rating) | Norway:18 (re-rating) (1997) (uncut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:(Banned) (1984) | USA:R | Singapore:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Trivia:
Gunnar Hansen hit his head on doorways and other objects several times during the shoot because the Leatherface mask severely limited his peripheral vision and the three-inch heels he wore made his 6'4" frame too high to clear all obstacles. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Sally has run back to the service station for refuge from Leatherface, there is a broom by the door, which changes position a couple of times during the scene. more
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[first lines]
Narrator:
The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths, in particular Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother, Franklin. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had they lived very, very long lives...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Future-Kill (1985) more
Soundtrack:
FERIA DE LAS FLORES more
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I decided to get this movie for my annual Hallowe'en scarefest, a week early...as the new one was out in theatres, I felt a need to see the original first, and bow am I glad I did...
The whole movie just blew me away, I turned off all the phones, chat programs and so on, and just let the story hit me. I think what is still with me after this is the sense of fear and utter WEIRDNESS that emanates from the movie...
And it all seemed so realistic...no hokey fountains of blood, no running into the shower, or overused cliches, just a bunch of kids that need to get some gas, meet some very odd characters (The Hitchhiker is superb) and then fall into the wrong place at the wrong time...
I think Hooper must have had some divine inspiration, because each of Leatherface's scenes is exquisitely planned and executed, from the first guy who gets dragged down, to Pam, to the encounter with Franklin and Sally in the woods (how chilling and scary was that, and yet how clever, to chase someone in the woods equipped with...a chainsaw) to the end.
Very, very unsettling as well, from the beginning to the final dinner scene, to the unforgettable whirling dance by Leatherface at the end.
Simply put, the best horror movie ever...if this doesn't scare you, then nothing will, sadly.