Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
- van
- gas station
- sadistic
- texas
- leatherface
- hitchhiker
- slaughterhouse
- slasher
- chainsaw
- cannibal
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Teri McMinn — Pam
- Edwin Neal — Hitchhiker
- Jim Siedow — Old Man
- Gunnar Hansen — Leatherface
- John Dugan — Grandfather
- Robert Courtin — Window Washer
- William Creamer — Bearded Man
- John Henry Faulk — Storyteller
- Jerry Green — Cowboy
- Ed Guinn — Cattle Truck Driver
- Joe Bill Hogan — Drunk
- Directed
- Tobe Hooper
- Written
- Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 3,909 ratings
- Studio
- Vortex, Henkel Productions, Hooper Productions, Bryanston Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1974 · You’re hereThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Where it starts.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2022
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