Rotten
his abattoir of a movie boasts sledgehammers, meathooks and chainsaws, and the result, though not especially visceral, is noisy, relentless, and about as subtle as having your leg sawed off without anaesthetic.
Chris Peachment, Time Out
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Who will survive and what will be left of them?
1974 · 1h 23m · R
Horror
Directed by
Tobe Hooper
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Overview
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.
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85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The picture gets to you more through its intensity than its craft, but Hooper does have a talent.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Despite the heavy doses of gore in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Tobe Hooper's pic is well-made for an exploiter of its type.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
The movie is some kind of weird, off-the-wall achievement. I can't imagine why anyone would want to make a movie like this, and yet it's well-made, well-acted, and all too effective.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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