Between the unsettling performances of these actors and the sets filled with furniture made from human skin and bones, the film is legitimately difficult to watch at times and never more so than when Burns' screams fill your ears as her character goes from one horror to the next. Almost as scary is his family of fellow nut-jobs led by the manic Neal as the clearly deranged hitchhiker and Siedow as the more subtle psychopath leading them. Hansen's performance as the almost mute killer is perfectly pitched, giving him an inscrutable manner beneath the mask that makes any attempt at understanding him impossible. It is not to be confused with the 2003 remake, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, directed by Marcus Nispel.īut from the moment the hulking Leatherface bursts out and makes the first kill, we're thrown head-first into a genuine nightmare. Today, the film is now regarded as one of the best pure horror films ever made and it went on to create a franchise of sequels, spin-off and prequels. Nevertheless, the film was popular with audiences and earned a massively profitable $30.9 million in the US alone, but critics were more divided at the time.
The film proved hugely controversial upon release with many audiences unable to see the film due to it being banned in many countries. Despite the low budget and cast of relative unknowns at the time, Hooper resorted to shooting many hours in uncomfortable conditions which resulted in a high level of tension on set. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen. The film is presented as a true story, depicting a group of five youths in rural Texas who stumble across a murderous family of cannibals. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a horror film released in 1974 that was directed and co-written by Tobe Hooper.
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