STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Marilyn Burns Paul A Partain Edwin Neal Jim Siedow Gunnar Hansen

Directors Tobe Hooper

Screenwriters Kim Henkel Tobe Hooper

Running Time 84 minutes

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (18)

Plot
A girl and her wheelchair bound brother head for Texas, with some friends, when they hear their grandfather's grave has been desecrated. There, their investigations lead them to a house of ex- slaughterhouse workers, with a love of power tools.

Verdict
Genuinely disturbing, even now.


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