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Plot. In the early hours of August 18, 1973, a grave robber steals several remains from a cemetery near Newt, Muerto County, Texas. The robber ties a rotting corpse and other body parts onto a monument, creating a grisly display that is discovered by a local resident as the sun rises.
Oct 11, 1974 · The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Directed by Tobe Hooper. With Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail. Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather.
- (187K)
- Horror
- Tobe Hooper
- 1974-10-11
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, released in 1974, written and directed by Tobe Hooper, was the first and most successful entry in the series. It is considered to be the first of the 1970s slasher films, and originated a great many of the clichés seen in countless later low-budget slashers.
Oct 17, 2003 · The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Directed by Marcus Nispel. With Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel. After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
- (154K)
- Horror
- Marcus Nispel
- 2003-10-17
A horror film about a group of young people terrorized by a family of cannibals in Texas. Ebert praises the technical and special effects, but criticizes the lack of purpose and background of the story.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. When Sally (Marilyn Burns) hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin (Paul A. Partain), set out...
- (73)
- Horror, Mystery & Thriller
- R
Aug 12, 2024 · Learn how Ed Gein, a real-life killer who made furniture out of human body parts, and Elmer Wayne Henley, a teenage serial killer who recruited victims, inspired the horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Discover how director Tobe Hooper drew from his own dark fantasies and the political climate of 1970s America to create the iconic cannibal Leatherface.