The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
A publicity still for the film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), a sequel of the film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
film by Hooper [1974]
Also known as: “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, famous American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Hooper and Kim Henkel. Released in 1974, the film follows a group of young people who are victimized by a family of cannibals in rural Texas after their van runs out of gas at their abandoned family home. The film has proved both controversial and enduring, spawning an eight-film franchise and earning its chainsaw-wielding antagonist, Leatherface, a spot among...