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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 7.5
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7.5/10 from 61,836 users
Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 764 user | 186 critic | 5 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Tobe Hooper |
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Title: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
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Cast
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Pam
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En route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside gas station, before ending up at the old family home... where they're plunged into a never-ending nightmare as they meet a family of cannibals who more than make up in power tools what they lack in social skills... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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It Really Happened. It's Terrifying. It's Here. [Australia, Video] See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 October 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Headcheese See more »Box Office
Budget:
$83,532 (estimated)Gross:
$30,859,000 (USA)Company Credits
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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, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day. For them an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare. The events of that day were to lead to ...
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Timberline Rose
(Recorded at Hill on the Moon, Austin, TX., Engineer: Jim Inmon)
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Leatherface had "lines" in the script that were gibberish with little side notes indicating what he was trying to say. See more »Goofs
The blood the hitchhiker smears on the van is gone in the long shot a few seconds later. See more »Quotes
[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, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day. For them an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare. The events of that day were to lead to ...
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"GLAD HAND"Timberline Rose
(Recorded at Hill on the Moon, Austin, TX., Engineer: Jim Inmon)
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Let me begin by saying that there are precious few movies that can actually scare the crap out of you, and this is one of them. The tension that this movie generates is overwhelming at times, and if you watch it with someone who's never seen it before, be sure to keep your eye on them. You'll probably notice a look of disbelief on their unsuspecting face.
Anyone who doesn't like being scared will end up being unable to finish this movie. People who have a taste for the brutally bizarre will probably hit play again after the credits roll. In light of all this, I must also say that in some respects, TCM's bark is much worse than it's bite. Being banned in so many countries for so long, and having a title that includes the phrase 'Chainsaw Massacre', has seemingly led many people to believe that there is an undue amount of gore in it. However, there simply isn't. Gore is not where the scares are in this one. The scares come from the absolutely brutal and bizarre scenarios that befall poor Sally Hardesty.
In closing, I'd also like to go out on a limb and make the following grandiose statement: TCM is the greatest horror film of all time! Not bad for Tobe Hoopers' first effort.