Other Titles • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) • Headcheese • Bloodright in Texas (1974) • Blutgericht in Texas (1974) • Das Kettensägenmassaker (1974)
Trivia from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
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This low-budget exploitation horror film became a cult hit and favorite midnight movie. It spawned hundreds of imitators and helped define the splatter genre by introducing such standard features as the house of terror where innocent victims meet horrible ends and the girl in peril who survives the mayhem to become the heroine.
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TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE was director Tobe Hooper's first feature film.
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Theatrical Release: October 1974.
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Featured songs by Roger Bartlett & Friends, Timberline Rose, Arkey Blue and Los Cyclones.
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Estimated budget $350,000.
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The film was loosely based on the real-life crimes of Ed Gein, which also inspired Hitchcock's "Psycho."
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