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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

R ★ 7.3/10 83 min Horror United States English
Director: Tobe Hooper
Story by: Kim Henkel
Screenplay by: Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel
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Who will survive and what will be left of them?

Description

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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Top Cast

Marilyn Burns
Marilyn Burns Sally
Allen Danziger
Allen Danziger Jerry
Paul A. Partain
Paul A. Partain Franklin
William Vail
William Vail Kirk
Teri McMinn
Teri McMinn Pam
Edwin Neal
Edwin Neal Hitchhiker
Jim Siedow
Jim Siedow Old Man
Gunnar Hansen
Gunnar Hansen Leatherface

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Appears on 41 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #418
BFI The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
British Film Institute #149
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #300
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #905
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #120

Critic Curated

"(Paste Magazine) An Authoritative Ranking of 60 Distinct Horror Franchises, From Halloween to Puppet Master"
Paste Magazine #189
Collider's 100 Best Horror Movies Of All Time
Collider #12
Entertainment Weeklys Top 50 Cult Movies
Entertainment Weekly #06
Esquire’s 50 Scariest Movies of All Time
Esquire #50
Indiewire's Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time
IndieWire #02
Paste Magazine 50 Best Serial Killer Movies
Paste Magazine #08
Paste Magazine The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Paste Magazine #12
Paste Magazine The 50 Best Slasher Movies
Paste Magazine #06
Rolling Stone - 101 Best Horror Movies Of All Time
Rolling Stone #09
Rolling Stone - The 100 Best Movies Of The 1970s
Rolling Stone #32
Slashfilms Top 100 Movies Of All Time
SlashFilm #86
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #14
The Telegraph - 100 Greatest Films Of All Time
The Telegraph #20
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #158

Filmmaker Curation

Adam Wingard's Favorite Movies
Rotten Tomatos #06
Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #197
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #514
Park Chan Wook's List Of 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #25
Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #10
Sean Baker's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #13
The Letterboxd Show: Four Favorites with Ana Lily Amirpour
Letterboxd #16

Fun Lists

Under 90 Minutes
Letterboxd #27

Genre Curation

100 Cult Films by BFI
British Film Institute #40
Discomfort Movies by BFI
British Film Institute #69

Jimmy Lists

Jimmy Weber's 100 Favorite Movies
Jimmy Weber #017

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxds Top 250 Horror Films
Letterboxd #110
Showdown Cheap Thrills
Letterboxd Showdown #08
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Letterboxd Showdown #01
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Letterboxd Showdown #17
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Letterboxd Showdown #04
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Letterboxd Showdown #04
Showdown The Runaways
Letterboxd Showdown #14
Showdown This Must Be The Place
Letterboxd Showdown #14

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