The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Name: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Genre: Horror
Released: 1974-10-04
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 7.50
Cast: William Vail, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger, Marilyn Burns

– Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.50 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 23 Minutes

Release Year:

1974

Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.

Styles:

Banned Film, Macabre, Twists And Turns, Dark Humor, Suspense, Scary, Rough, Suspenseful, Realistic, Serious

Story Timeline:

Year 1973, 1970s, 20th Century

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Texas, USA

Genre:

Horror

Editor's Pick for:

Teens

Release Date:

04 Oct 1974

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

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Directed by:

Tobe Hooper

Story Written By:

Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel

Main Actors:

William Vail, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger, Marilyn Burns

Plot:

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...

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Production Company:

Bryanston Pictures

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

88%

Metacritic:

75%