The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
83 minutes,
USA (1974), 18
Average user rating 
(4.2 / 141 votes)
(4.2 / 141 votes)
Classic horror inspired by the activities of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein. A grisly fate awaits five young adults in an isolated old farmhouse inhabited by a family of crazed cannibals
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Review
By Ben Cobb
Classic horror inspired by the activities of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein. A grisly fate awaits five young adults in an isolated old farmhouse inhabited by a family of crazed cannibals
A triumph of style and atmosphere, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is without doubt one of the most influential horror films of all time.
A gang of hippies, consisting of two couples - Pam (McVinn) and Kirk (Vail), and Sally (Burns) and Jerry (Danziger) - and the irritating but oddly knowing wheelchair-bound Franklin (Partain), Sally's brother, are travelling across rural Texas, where they visit an abandoned family house.
Straying onto a neigbouring property, the hapless youngsters find themselves the victims of family consisting of a manic, disgusting Hitchhiker (Neal) they'd earlier picked up, the huge, brutish simpleton Leatherface (Hansen), the local garage owner and Cook (Siedow), and their wizened, ancient grandfather (Dugan). With skills picked up from working at the local abattoir, the family prey on those unfortunate enough to come their way. Only one of the group, Sally, has a chance of surviving the terror, torture and slaughter.
A gang of hippies, consisting of two couples - Pam (McVinn) and Kirk (Vail), and Sally (Burns) and Jerry (Danziger) - and the irritating but oddly knowing wheelchair-bound Franklin (Partain), Sally's brother, are travelling across rural Texas, where they visit an abandoned family house.
Straying onto a neigbouring property, the hapless youngsters find themselves the victims of family consisting of a manic, disgusting Hitchhiker (Neal) they'd earlier picked up, the huge, brutish simpleton Leatherface (Hansen), the local garage owner and Cook (Siedow), and their wizened, ancient grandfather (Dugan). With skills picked up from working at the local abattoir, the family prey on those unfortunate enough to come their way. Only one of the group, Sally, has a chance of surviving the terror, torture and slaughter.
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