53. THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper, 1974, USA) [788.13 points; 8 votes]
S&S: 237 | TSPDT: 179 | BOXD: DNP
MORBS SEZ: "I first saw it in the last 10 years, and the theater was rocking with laughter."i had never seen the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and i started it last night...and i had to turn it off. it was totally making me paranoid.
― the table is the table, Friday, January 18, 2008 10:24 AM
I have lived my entire life being afraid of seeing Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:04 PM
Leatherface's first appearance from behind the sheet metal door is easily one of the top five horror shots of all time. Masterfully executed.
― the most corrupt, deceitful, lying, caniving, treasonist, POS (Old Lunch), Tuesday, October 25, 2016 9:33 AM
The worst scene in Texas Chainsaw is where the girl gets out of the house, runs down the porchsteps, the Texas sky is so blue, and nope, Leatherface catches her and takes her back into the house.
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:40 AM
i've watched tcm so many times that the jump scares have lost a little impact (though yeah, masterfully executed), but what has never dulled for me is the unbearably...filthy vibe of the whole thing.
― a basset hound (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, October 25, 2016 9:51 AM
is there any better masterclass in scream-acting than Marilyn Burns (RIP) btw? holy God, she gets everything right, the shrieks, the mannerisms, the facial expressions, the hysterical laughing at the end.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:24 PM
(everyone else actively wanted Franklin to get killed, wheelchair or no wheelchair, right?)
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:06 PM
knowing the circumstances around the actors experiences in TCM makes lars von triers notable abuse of actors seem kinda huggalovable
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:09 PM
Pretty much everyone on that crew vomited once; some had to be hospitalized after they lit a bunch of dead dog carcasses on fire out back and the smoke seeped into the set.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:16 PM
I heard they did this on the set of Tom Hanks' "The Terminal" but they were professionals about it and walked it off.
― The Thnig, Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:17 PM
why would anyone set a bunch of dead dog carcasses on fire
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:20 PM
just another Friday at the quarry
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:21 PM
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link