The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. The highest scoring of the 7 titles in its series. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
3,971 audience votes
Key crew
- Tobe HooperDirector
- Kim HenkelScreenplay
- Tobe HooperScreenplay
- Tobe HooperOriginal Music Composer
- Wayne BellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marilyn BurnsSally
- Allen DanzigerJerry
- Paul A. PartainFranklin
- William VailKirk
- Teri McMinnPam
- Edwin NealHitchhiker
- Jim SiedowOld Man
- Gunnar HansenLeatherface
- John DuganGrandfather
- Robert CourtinWindow Washer
- William CreamerBearded Man
- John Henry FaulkStoryteller
Stills
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Themes
vangas stationsadistictexasleatherfacehitchhikerslaughterhouseslasherchainsawcannibalfamilypolaroid
Horror Movies on Netflix, Ranked
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is #4 of 60
