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   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''' ([[:Category:1974|1974]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Slasher Films|Slasher film]] directed by [[:Category: Tobe Hooper|Tobe Hooper]]. It is followed by [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2]].
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*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [http://www.texaschainsawmassacre.net/TCMMain.html TCM.NET]
'''[[/Review|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''' ([[:Category:1974|1974]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Slasher Films|Slasher film]] directed by [[:Category: Tobe Hooper|Tobe Hooper]]. It is followed by [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2]].
*'''Featured in''': [[42nd Street Forever: Volume 2 - The Deuce]] | [[Mad Ron's Prevues From Hell]]
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/TV Spot|TV Spot]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[Based on a 'True' Story - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|Film Review 2]] | [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [http://www.texaschainsawmassacre.net/TCMMain.html TCM.NET] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]] | [[Chain Saw Confidential]]
*'''Featured in''': [[42nd Street Forever: Volume 2 - The Deuce]] | [[Mad Ron's Prevues From Hell]] | [[Terror in The Aisles]] | [[Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films]] | [[Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Pt. 2]] | [[Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide]]
*'''Included in''': [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics|Quentin Tarantino's Top 20]] | [[GCDb Top 20]] | [[The Lucky 13: Slasher Film Classics]] | [[GCDb Top 20 Horror Classics]]
*'''Included in''': [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics|Quentin Tarantino's Top 20]] | [[GCDb Top 20]] | [[The Lucky 13: Slasher Film Classics]] | [[GCDb Top 20 Horror Classics]]
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[[File:Texas chainsaw massacre 1 poster 04.jpg|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]
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====Main Details====
 
* Released in 1974 | Color
===Main Details===
* Released in 1974  
* Color
* Running Time: 83 min | Germany: 75 min (new longer Version)
* Running Time: 83 min | Germany: 75 min (new longer Version)
* Production Co: Vortex
* Production Co: Vortex
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* Directed by [[:Category: Tobe Hooper|Tobe Hooper]]
* Directed by [[:Category: Tobe Hooper|Tobe Hooper]]
* Written by Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper  
* Written by Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper  
* Starring Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, [[Chain Saw Confidential|Gunnar Hansen]]
* Starring Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
* Produced by Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper, Jay Parsley, Richard Saenz, Louis Peraino
* Produced by Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper, Jay Parsley, Richard Saenz, Louis Peraino
* Original Music by Wayne Bell, Tobe Hooper
* Original Music by Wayne Bell, Tobe Hooper
* Cinematography by Daniel Pearl
* Cinematography by Daniel Pearl
* Film Editing by Larry Carroll, Sallye Richardson
* Film Editing by Larry Carroll, Sallye Richardson
====Also Known As====
 
===Plot Summary===
*Two siblings and three of their friends en route to visit their grandfather's grave in Texas fall victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
 
===Also Known As===
* Akuma no ikenie (Japan)  
* Akuma no ikenie (Japan)  
* Bloodright in Texas (Germany)
* Bloodright in Texas (Germany)  
* Blutgericht in Texas (Germany)  
* Blutgericht in Texas (Germany)  
* Das Kettensägenmassaker (Germany)  
* Das Kettensägenmassaker (Germany)  
* Leatherface (USA) (working title)  
* Leatherface (USA) (working title)  
* La Masacre de Texas (Argentina)
* La Masacre de Texas (Argentina)  
* Masacre en Texas (Venezuela)  
* Masacre en Texas (Venezuela)  
* Massacre à la tronçonneuse (France)  
* Massacre à la tronçonneuse (France)  
* O Massacre da Serra Elétrica (Brazil)
* O Massacre da Serra Elétrica (Brazil)  
* Massacre no Texas (Portugal)  
* Massacre no Texas (Portugal)  
* La Matança de Texas (Spain) (Catalan title)
* La Matança de Texas (Spain) (Catalan title)  
* La Matanza de Texas (Spain)  
* La Matanza de Texas (Spain)  
* Moottorisahamurhaaja (Finland) (informal title)  
* Moottorisahamurhaaja (Finland) (informal title)  
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* Non aprite quella porta (Italy)  
* Non aprite quella porta (Italy)  
* Texasin moottorisahamurhat (Finland)  
* Texasin moottorisahamurhat (Finland)  
* The Devil of Punishment (Japan) (literal title) (English title)
* The Devil of Punishment (Japan) (literal title) (English title)  
* The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Finland) (video title)
* The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Finland) (video title)
====Taglines====
 
===Taglines===
* The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood..
* The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood..
* It Really Happened. It's Terrifying. It's Here. [Australia, Video]  
* It Really Happened. It's Terrifying. It's Here. [Australia, Video]  
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* America's Most Bizarre and Brutal Crimes!...
* America's Most Bizarre and Brutal Crimes!...
* Before Halloween...Before Friday The 13th...Before Scream...There Was The Saw.
* Before Halloween...Before Friday The 13th...Before Scream...There Was The Saw.
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[[Category:1974|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:Films|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:Hixploitation|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category: Horror/Thrillers|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:Tobe Hooper|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:Slasher Films|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:Video Nasties|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category: Cannibals|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:Bryanston Distributing|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:New Line Cinema|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:The Final Girl|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:USA|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]
[[Category:The Final Girl|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]][[Category:USA|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]

Latest revision as of 22:58, 13 December 2023

Main Details

  • Released in 1974
  • Color
  • Running Time: 83 min | Germany: 75 min (new longer Version)
  • Production Co: Vortex
  • Distribution Co: Bryanston Distributing (1974) (USA) (theatrical) | New Line Cinema (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) | Astral Films (????) (Canada) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Tobe Hooper
  • Written by Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
  • Starring Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
  • Produced by Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper, Jay Parsley, Richard Saenz, Louis Peraino
  • Original Music by Wayne Bell, Tobe Hooper
  • Cinematography by Daniel Pearl
  • Film Editing by Larry Carroll, Sallye Richardson

Plot Summary

  • Two siblings and three of their friends en route to visit their grandfather's grave in Texas fall victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.

Also Known As

  • Akuma no ikenie (Japan)
  • Bloodright in Texas (Germany)
  • Blutgericht in Texas (Germany)
  • Das Kettensägenmassaker (Germany)
  • Leatherface (USA) (working title)
  • La Masacre de Texas (Argentina)
  • Masacre en Texas (Venezuela)
  • Massacre à la tronçonneuse (France)
  • O Massacre da Serra Elétrica (Brazil)
  • Massacre no Texas (Portugal)
  • La Matança de Texas (Spain) (Catalan title)
  • La Matanza de Texas (Spain)
  • Moottorisahamurhaaja (Finland) (informal title)
  • Motorsågsmassakern (Sweden)
  • Motorsavsmassakren (Denmark)
  • Non aprite quella porta (Italy)
  • Texasin moottorisahamurhat (Finland)
  • The Devil of Punishment (Japan) (literal title) (English title)
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Finland) (video title)

Taglines

  • The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood..
  • It Really Happened. It's Terrifying. It's Here. [Australia, Video]
  • For them, an Idyllic summer afternoon became their worst nightmare!
  • Nothing Cuts Like the Original!
  • Banned for over 7 years! Now finally released INTACT! UNCUT!
  • America's most bizarre crime! Brutal beyond description! Grisley beyond comprehension!
  • Who will survive and what will be left of them?
  • For five young friends, a typical summer afternoon drive becomes a terrifying nightmare.
  • What happened is true. Now the motion picture that's just as real.
  • Once you stop screaming, then you'll start talking about it.
  • America's Most Bizarre and Brutal Crimes!...
  • Before Halloween...Before Friday The 13th...Before Scream...There Was The Saw.
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