Film

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974 · 1h 23m · Horror

Who will survive and what will be left of them?

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

85%

Metacritic

91

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.

Marilyn Burns

Sally

Allen Danziger

Jerry

Paul A. Partain

Franklin

William Vail

Kirk

Teri McMinn

Pam

Edwin Neal

Hitchhiker

Jim Siedow

Old Man

Gunnar Hansen

Leatherface

John Dugan

Grandfather

Robert Courtin

Window Washer

William Creamer

Bearded Man

John Henry Faulk

Storyteller

Jerry Green

Cowboy

Ed Guinn

Cattle Truck Driver

Joe Bill Hogan

Drunk

Perry Lorenz

Pick Up Driver

• Tobe HooperDirector · Screenplay · Producer · Original Music Composer
• Kim HenkelStory · Screenplay
• Jay ParsleyExecutive Producer
• Daniel PearlDirector of Photography
• Wayne BellOriginal Music Composer
• J. Larry CarrollEditor
• Sallye RichardsonEditor

50th Anniversary | Official TrailerOriginal TrailerRe-release TrailerOfficial Theatrical Trailer #2Official Trailer 2Texas Chain Saw Day | August 18 | One Night Only

Release date

October 11, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Budget

$140,000

Revenue

$30,922,680

Genres

Horror

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