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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Who will survive and what will be left of them?
( Crime / Horror / Thriller )

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Poster



US Runtime: 83 min

Premiere Date:
Oct 01, 1974   [USA]		  
Director: Tobe Hooper
 
Writers: Kim Henkel   [story]
Tobe Hooper   [story]
 
Producers: Kim Henkel   [Associate Producer]
Tobe Hooper   [Producer]
Jay Parsley   [Executive Producer]
Lou Peraino   [Producer]
Richard Saenz   [Associate Producer]
 
Music by Wayne Bell
Tobe Hooper
 
Production Design: Robert A. Burns
 
Production Company: Vortex
 

Cast:
Marilyn Burns
Sally Hardesty
Allen Danziger
Jerry
Paul A. Partain
Franklin Hardesty
William Vail
Kirk
Teri McMinn
Pam
Edwin Neal
Hitchhiker
Jim Siedow
Old Man
Gunnar Hansen
Leatherface
 
John Dugan
Grandfather
Robert Courtin
Window Washer
John Henry Faulk
Storyteller
Ed Guinn
Cattle Truck Driver
Joe Bill Hogan
Drunk
Perry Lorenz
Pick Up Driver
John Larroquette
Narrator
 
Crew:
Jim Crow
production assistant
Tobe Hooper
additional photographer
Lynn Lockwood
lighting
  
J. Michael McClary
assistant camera
Lou Perryman
assistant camera
 
Miscellaneous Companies:
Consolidated Film Industries
titles and opticals
  
Todd-AO Studios
sound mixing
  
 
Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 
Tech Info:

Budget:
$140,000 (USA)
Color Info:
Color
Laboratory:
Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA - prints
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
16 mm - Kodak 7252 Ektachrome
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Quotes:
  • Franklin: If I have any more fun today I don't think I can take it!
     
  • Old Man: Those girls... those girls don't wanna go messin' round no old house!
     
  • Old Man: I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it.
     
  • Franklin: I think we just picked up Dracula.
     
  • Old Man: Look what your brother did to the door! Ain't got no, no pride in his home!
     
Trivia:
  • When it was first released, the film was so horrifying that people actually walked out on sneak previews for it
     
  • The brand name on Leatherface's chainsaw is hidden by duct tape in order to avoid a lawsuit.
     
  • Actor John Larroquette is the voice of the narrator.
     
  • The movie wasn't released in Australia until the early 1980s.
     
  • The financing for this film came from the profits of a previous film the production company financed: Deep Throat (1972)
     
DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)

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