THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
Who will survive and what will be left of them?
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.
About This Film
Sally Hardesty, her paraplegic brother Franklin, and their friends, Jerry, Kirk, and Pam visit the grave of the Hardestys' grandfather to investigate reports of vandalism and grave robbing. Afterwards, they decide to visit the old Hardesty family homestead. Along the way, they pick up a hitchhiker, who talks about his family who worked at the old slaughterhouse. He borrows Franklin's pocket knife and cuts himself, then takes a single Polaroid picture of Franklin, for which he demands money. When they refuse to pay, he burns the photo, and slashes Franklin's left arm with a straight razor. The group forces him out of the van and drive on. They stop at a gas station to refill their vehicle, but the proprietor tells them that the pumps are empty.
They continue toward the homestead, intending to return to the gas station once it has received a fuel delivery. When they arrive, Franklin tells Kirk and Pam about a local swimming hole, and the couple go to find it. They stumble upon a nearby house, and Kirk calls out for gas, entering through the unlocked door, while Pam waits outside. Leatherface, a large mute man wearing a mask made from human skin, suddenly appears and kills Kirk with a hammer. Pam enters soon after and trips into a room filled with furniture made from human bones. She attempts to flee, but Leatherface catches her and impales her on a meathook, making her watch as he butchers Kirk with a chainsaw. Jerry heads out to look for Pam and Kirk at sunset. He sees the house and finds Pam, still alive, inside a freezer. Before he can react, Leatherface kills him.
With darkness falling, Sally and Franklin set out to find their friends. As they near the neighboring house and call out, Leatherface lunges from the darkness and kills Franklin with a chainsaw. Sally runs toward the house and finds the desiccated remains of an elderly couple upstairs. She escapes from Leatherface by jumping through a second-floor window, and she flees to the gas station. The proprietor calms her with offers of help, but then he ties her up, gags her, and forces her into his truck. He drives to the house, arriving at the same time as the hitchhiker, now revealed as Leatherface's brother. The hitchhiker recognizes Sally and taunts her.
The men torment the bound and gagged Sally while Leatherface, now dressed as a woman, serves dinner. Leatherface and the hitchhiker bring down one of the desiccated bodies from upstairs, that of their Grandpa. He is revealed to be alive when he sucks blood from a cut on Sally's finger. They decide that Grandpa, the best killer in the old slaughterhouse, should kill Sally. He tries to hit her with a hammer, but he is too weak. In the ensuing struggle, she breaks free, leaps through a window, and flees to the road. Leatherface and the hitchhiker give chase, but the latter is run over and killed by a passing truck. Leatherface attacks the truck with his chainsaw, and, when the driver stops to help, he knocks Leatherface down with a pipe wrench, causing the chainsaw to cut his leg. The driver flees, and Sally escapes in the back of a passing pickup truck as Leatherface maniacally flails his chainsaw in the air in anger and defeat.
They continue toward the homestead, intending to return to the gas station once it has received a fuel delivery. When they arrive, Franklin tells Kirk and Pam about a local swimming hole, and the couple go to find it. They stumble upon a nearby house, and Kirk calls out for gas, entering through the unlocked door, while Pam waits outside. Leatherface, a large mute man wearing a mask made from human skin, suddenly appears and kills Kirk with a hammer. Pam enters soon after and trips into a room filled with furniture made from human bones. She attempts to flee, but Leatherface catches her and impales her on a meathook, making her watch as he butchers Kirk with a chainsaw. Jerry heads out to look for Pam and Kirk at sunset. He sees the house and finds Pam, still alive, inside a freezer. Before he can react, Leatherface kills him.
With darkness falling, Sally and Franklin set out to find their friends. As they near the neighboring house and call out, Leatherface lunges from the darkness and kills Franklin with a chainsaw. Sally runs toward the house and finds the desiccated remains of an elderly couple upstairs. She escapes from Leatherface by jumping through a second-floor window, and she flees to the gas station. The proprietor calms her with offers of help, but then he ties her up, gags her, and forces her into his truck. He drives to the house, arriving at the same time as the hitchhiker, now revealed as Leatherface's brother. The hitchhiker recognizes Sally and taunts her.
The men torment the bound and gagged Sally while Leatherface, now dressed as a woman, serves dinner. Leatherface and the hitchhiker bring down one of the desiccated bodies from upstairs, that of their Grandpa. He is revealed to be alive when he sucks blood from a cut on Sally's finger. They decide that Grandpa, the best killer in the old slaughterhouse, should kill Sally. He tries to hit her with a hammer, but he is too weak. In the ensuing struggle, she breaks free, leaps through a window, and flees to the road. Leatherface and the hitchhiker give chase, but the latter is run over and killed by a passing truck. Leatherface attacks the truck with his chainsaw, and, when the driver stops to help, he knocks Leatherface down with a pipe wrench, causing the chainsaw to cut his leg. The driver flees, and Sally escapes in the back of a passing pickup truck as Leatherface maniacally flails his chainsaw in the air in anger and defeat.
Film Details
Director
Tobe Hooper
Writers
Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
Tags
Keywords
Independent Film
Murder
Psychotronic Film
Violence
Blood
Death
Cult Film
Gore
Grindhouse Film
Sadism
Slasher
Corpse
Serial Killer
B Movie
Knife
Psychopath
Blood Splatter
Escape
Chase
Decapitation
Kidnapping
Low Budget Film
Fear
Brutality
Insanity
Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship
Screaming
Photograph
Cemetery
Serial Murder
Cannibal
Scream
1970s
Impalement
Beating
Family Relationships
Rampage
Maniac
Drunkenness
Voice Over Narration
Foot Chase
Brother Sister Relationship
Criminal
Massacre
Falling From Height
Bound And Gagged
Video Nasty
Flashlight
Old Man
Knocked Unconscious
Villain
Woman In Jeopardy
Hostage
Nipples Visible Through Clothing
Mutilation
Skeleton
Stabbed In The Chest
Panic
Friendship
Psychopathic Killer
Terror
Tied Up
Ambush
Cannibalism
Grave
Survival
Suspense
Inheritance
Double Cross
Threatened With A Knife
Wheelchair
Gas Station
Stalking
Camera
Mercilessness
Damsel In Distress
Escape Attempt
Cult Director
Homicidal Maniac
Danger
Van
Death Of Friend
Paranoia
Vomiting
Murder Spree
Brother Brother Relationship
Urination
Beaten To Death
Rural Setting
Victim
Masked Killer
Darkness
Truck
Graveyard
Hitchhiking
Slasher Killer
Covered In Blood
Farm
Chainsaw
Human Monster
Skull
Group Of Friends
Redneck
Bloodbath
Insane Man
Hippie
Barn
Running
Hit On The Head
Hitchhiker
Old Dark House
Captive
Woman Bound And Gagged
Countryside
Pursuit
First Part
Dysfunctional Family
Gothic
Radio
Slashing
Hillbilly
Bad Guy
Tied To A Chair
Disturbed Person
Kitchen
Full Moon
Killing
Crypt
Spider
Tragic Event
Drunken Man
Anthropophagus
Cross Dressing
Physical Abuse
Survivor
Scar
Survival Horror
Truck Driver
Butcher
Midnight Movie
Sadistic Violence
B Horror
Eating Human Flesh
Backwoods
Self Mutilation
Listening To A Radio
Gasoline
Death Of Brother
Pickup Truck
American Horror
Butchery
Four Word Title
Pig
Rope
Beard
Animal Cruelty
Dinner
Loss Of Friend
Captivity
Road Trip
Chicken
Lifting Someone Into The Air
Attack
Leg Injury
Laughter
Vandalism
Animal In A Cage
Horror Movie Remade
Grave Robbing
Proto-slasher
Mute
Skin
Texas
News Report
Human Skull
Screaming In Fear
Sadistic Man
First Of Series
Gagged
Death Of Boyfriend
Facial Scar
Near Death Experience
Tension
Abandoned House
Hammer
Running Through The Woods
Straight Razor
Reference To Dracula
Horror Icon
Deranged Brute
Moon
Sole Survivor
Evil Laughter
Cow
Meat Hook
Decomposing Body
American South
Slaughterhouse
Rocking Chair
Macabre
Hysteria
Glasses
Summer
Mad Killer
Cult Classic
Screaming In Horror
Loss Of Brother
Farmhouse
Hell On Earth
Gas Station Attendant
Barbecue
Astrology
Head Wound
Remade
Radio News
Tank Top
Grandfather Grandson Relationship
Grandfather
Swing
Bone
Vegetarian
Cook
Murdered With A Chainsaw
Teen Horror
Road Movie
Dying Young
Shed
Co Written By Director
Creep
Social Decay
Car Wash
Car Trouble
Jumping Through A Window
Man Uses A Wheelchair
Dinner Party
Masked Villain
Estate
Psychological Torture
Bludgeoning
Cut Hand
Old House
Final Girl
Reference To A Zodiac Sign
Sinister
Rotting Corpse
Pocket Knife
Windmill
Territory Name In Title
Dinner Table
Leatherface Character
State Name In Title
Meat
Human Skin Mask
Grave Robber
Sledgehammer
Power Tool
Running Out Of Gas
Hit By A Truck
Wearing Human Skin
Urban Legend
Crime Victim
Reference To Bela Lugosi
Car Keys
Comic Relief
Psychological Horror
Sicko
Strapped To A Table
Frozen Body
One Day Timespan
Grave Digger
Desecration
Finger Cut
Meat Grinder
Cut Finger
Jumping Out A Window
Based On Ed Gein
Southern Gothic
Zodiac Sign
Sadistic Serial Killer
Tragic Ending
Gas
Paraplegic
Animal Skull
Chased In The Woods
Yelling
Year 1973
Grandmother
Leatherface
Foreshadowing
Murder Victim
Generator
Sucking Blood
Frozen Alive
House Of Horrors
Human Bone
Bell Bottoms
Perverse
Shrine
Armadillo
Disorientation
Dead Teenager
Cut Arm
Tooth
Self Inflicted Injury
Inbreeding
Man Eater
Location In Title
Back Country
Cannibal Family
Hit On The Head With A Hammer
Hit With A Hammer
Reference To Zorro
Horoscope
Radio News Report
Camera Shot Of A Woman's Butt
Cult Horror
Male Pervert
Mallet
Furniture
Texan
Broom
Evil Family
Family Of Serial Killers
Swimming Hole
Family Home
Gunpowder
Burning A Photograph
Cutting The Palm Of One's Hand
Rolling Downhill
Slashing With A Razor
Radio Announcement
Pile Of Bones
Wallpaper
Creepy House
Sunspot
Solar Flare
Meat Eating
Animal Slaughter
Woman Runs Through The Woods
Writer Director Producer
18 Wheeler
Evil Smile
Dread
Broomstick
Penknife
Blowing A Raspberry
Desolate
Hen
Headlights
Blockbuster
Hung From A Meat Hook
Homicidal Family
Head Cheese
Defenestration
Heat Wave
Saturn In Retrograde
Slaughterhouse Worker
Gas Station Owner
Male Hitchhiker
Hit With A Broom
Shouting Someone's Name
Shot In Sequence
Music Score Composed By Director
Flashbulb
Dried Up Swimming Hole
Diesel Generator
Lighting A Fire
Saturn
Capricorn
Dropping A Flashlight
Family Of Cannibals
Man Wears A Green T Shirt
Two Dollars
Demanding Money
Cow Skull
Green Van
Ford Van
Blood Smear
Lost Knife
Honking A Van Horn
Zodiac
Retrograde
Family House
Broom As A Weapon
Animal Bone
Locked In A Freezer
Locked In A Food Freezer
Trapped In A Freezer
Urinating On The Side Of A Road
Urinating In A Coffee Can
Trapped In An Ice Chest
Woman Runs
Disturbed Grave
Woman Hanging From A Hook
Woman Hanging From A Meat Hook
Picking Up A Hitchhiker
Dinner Party Murder
Cut Leg
Power Generator
Birdcage
Misdirection
Food Tray
Hypothermia
Head Trauma
Escape By Car
Yelling For Help
Having Picture Taken
Victim Invited To Dinner
Undergrowth
Soda Machine
Screen Door
Posed Corpse
Porch Swing
Meat Freezer
Head Cut
Wrench
Monkey Wrench
Hand Wound
Eighteen Wheeler
Also Known As
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