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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

1974

Tobe Hooper

Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow ...

6.7

46,655

Horror A group of five close friends are heading through the back roads of Texas en route to their grandfather's potentially vandalized grave. Among them are Sally Hardesty, and her invalid brother Franklin. They encounter an unpleasant hitchhiker (Neal) who slashes both himself & Franklin with a wicked-looking knife. The others manage to eject the hitchhiker from the vehicle, but shortly after wards, they are forced to stop & wander over to a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie is some kind of weird, off-the-wall achievement. I can't imagine why anyone would want to make a movie like this, and yet it's well-made, well-acted, and all too effective (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"The horror scenes are staged with unforgettable force, using the soundtrack as much as thevisuals to batter you senseless (...) Genuinely disturbing, even now (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"Though often crude and raw, really leads the imagination. What also works in its favour is that it doesn't pretend to do anything more than scare the pants off you.	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"The film has outstanding sound effects, art direction and editing, and a clutch of effective, if necessarily, one-note performances (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Over forty years later, 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' remains one of the most influential horror films in history."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The picture gets to you more through its intensity than its craft, but Hooper does have a talent."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Despite the heavy doses of gore in 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre', Tobe Hooper's pic is well-made for an exploiter of its type."	POS

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