The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

  • Director: Tobe Hooper
  • Writer: Kim Henkel,Tobe Hooper
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 11, 1974
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Headcheese
  • "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is a thriller horror film starring Marilyn Burns , Terry McMinn , Allen Danziger , Paul A. Palant and Gunnar Hansen , released by the New Line Film Company, directed by Tobe Hooper , in 1974 It was released in the United States on October 1, 2015 . 
    The film is adapted from a real case and tells the story of a penniless drug dealer passing through the town of Travis, Texas and being chased by a perverted murderer   .

    Details

    • Release date October 11, 1974
    • Filming locations Hester's Crossing Road and Co Road 172, Round Rock, Texas, USA
    • Production companies Vortex

    Box office

    Budget

    $300,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $30,859,000

    Gross worldwide

    $30,860,378

    Movie reviews

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    • By Christop 2022-03-23 09:01:40

      creative background

      The film is a remake of the 1974 horror classic "The Texas ChainSaw Massacre" (old version titled: The Texas ChainSaw Massacre), based on the 1957 American massacre, Ed Gein of Plainfield, Wisconsin. ). Movies based on the Ed Gayn incident have long appeared in an endless stream, especially his cruel method of sewing "skin face" with human skin, which has been vividly depicted in many horror films, even "Silence of the Lambs" is also deeply loved. Influence.
        The 1974 version of "The...

    • By Albertha 2022-03-23 09:01:40

      Let's open a straight academic post

      This score is because it has awakened my pursuit of science~
      As a new youth in the new era, we should firmly believe in Mao Zedong Thought, resist the four olds just like the four evils, fully develop the scientific spirit, firmly believe in scientific theories, and overthrow feudal superstitions. This is of great significance to the scientific development of our country and the establishment of correct values ​​for young people!

      The slot of the live broadcast~ After...

    • By Pablo 2022-03-22 09:01:35

      challenge

      I've always avoided horror movies, but I can't stop my curiosity, so if someone accompanies me, I'll be eager to try it.
      "Battle Royale" I don't know if it counts~ A girl in the same room as a freshman who loves Japanese culture and has a fetish for horror movies showed this movie to our whole house. It was her birthday that day, and everyone ate cake after watching the movie. Think about it, really perverted.
      Later, accompanied by her and another Korean brother, I watched Korean...

    • By Damian 2022-03-22 09:01:35

      a little suspicious...

      The first half is a bit dull, but the second half is quite exciting, at least it makes people nervous. I personally feel that as long as it can make people watch nervous and tremble, a horror movie is a good movie~ Hehe~
      There are two The question is quite puzzling~
      First of all, the man with glasses is the one who has been driving before~ Why did he disappear after being hit by a chainsaw? After the pervert pushed the woman back into the freezer, didn't he look back and realize that...

    • By Violette 2022-03-20 09:01:34

      The milestone is true, the viewing experience is really bad.

      The milestone is true, the viewing experience is really bad. For the sake of it being the first of its kind, give it to Samsung.

      Horror movies slowly turned from Frankenstein and dracula to morbid killings and blood-type crimes. This film is indeed one of the masterpieces of the transition period.

      This film was classified as a cult in the early days, just to entertain young American moviegoers, and the midnight stall of the movie theater,...

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    • By Brooke 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Can that girl stop calling me, she's been screaming for the next 20...

    • By Napoleon 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Special effects films have no special effects. In today's view, they are just a brick. The lens and editing are also very...

    • By Dewayne 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      ...

    • By Alexandrine 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Emma laughed at me to death. In the second half, the wife kept yelling and didn't stop. I thought it was quite perverted, but when she screamed, I wanted to...

    • By Sandra 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      The visual impact is also too weak, but the rough texture of the low-cost in the 1970s added a lot of chilling...

    Movie plot

    A large number of police secretly surrounded Thomas Hewitt's farm in a remote rural village. He was a worker peeling skins for animals at the Travis County Slaughterhouse in Texas. When the police attacked and rushed into his residence, he was stunned on the spot. The house was filled with fishy debris. In addition to the fur of some animals, there were 33 corpses of the killed. This creepy piece The murder immediately shocked the...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    In the film, Marilyn Burns, the actor of Sally, was severely scratched by a tree branch in the jungle when she was chased by a chainsaw murderer, so the blood on her body was real.
    The film was only allowed to be screened in Australia in the early 1980s.
    In order to produce the film, Hopper and Kim Henkel teamed up to form the Vortex Film....
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    Creative background

    The idea of ​​the film began in the early 1970s. Toby Hopper, then a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin and part-time documentary photographer, came up with the idea of ​​a film with the themes of isolation, forest and darkness. He learned from the violence in San Antonio. The creative inspiration was obtained from the crime picture news, and a series of murders committed by the American serial killer Ed Gein was also...
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    Evaluation action

    The success of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" has inspired a large number of pioneering directors and provided a framework for more and more imitators. The film has had a great impact on the audience and the film creators. The audience will remember the scene of “five people driving through Texas meet a murderer with a chainsaw.” The film creator will follow This framework creates movies. Because of its low production cost, the plot design...
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    Movie quotes

    • Hitchhiker: You could have dinner with us. You like head cheese? My... my brother makes it real good. You'll like it.

    • Old Man: Shut up, you bitch hog!

    • Hitchhiker: You just shut up and remember you're just the cook and me and him'll handle this!

      Old Man: Shut your mouth!