Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1974-10-11) |
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| Awards: | 4 wins & 2 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $30,859,000 |
| Screen: | Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper |
| Productions: | Vortex, Henkel Productions, Hooper Productions, Bryanston Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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***Disturbing iconic slasher about a demented family in rural Texas*** After a van of young people picks up a psycho hitchhiker in east Texas they stumble upon a farm house of crazies, including a burly mute man with a mask made of human-skin. Tobe Hooper’s "The Texas Chains ....
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It's maybe not fair to appraise a film 50 years after it was made too harshly, but I found this really quite over-rated and annoying. Five travellers pick up an hitch-hiker in their van but quickly discover that he has a penchant for knives and, well he isn't quite the full shilling. ....
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**One of the best and most fascinating horror movies ever made.** Just as the title says it, it is wihout any doubt one of the best and most influential horror films ever made. Its production history is also quite fascinating. If you are into horror or slasher movies, you simpl ....
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