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<em>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</em> (1974)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Country: USA
Director: Tobe Hooper
Screenwriters: Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
Stars: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen

The three most important horror movies in light of modern horror movies are Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Halloween is the prototypical slasher flick. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a slasher too, but it stands out from Halloween because of its extreme grit. Watching Tobe Hooper's 1974 film, even today, is too much like watching a snuff film.

It is one of the only films this writer has ever seen that, when the the killer first appeared, it triggered a horrible loop of: "I don't want to watch this I don't want to watch this I don't want to watch this." And the writer has seen many horror movies. But there's something so—and it seems silly to use a meaningless word like "real." There isn't a word. It's just terrifying.

The film, on paper, is patently ridiculous. Family of cannibals. Van of kids. Death. But truly, this movie is scary. Almost too scary. —RS

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