The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · 83 min · Horror · TMDB 7.3
The short version:Grimy, sweaty, relentless. Famously almost no on-screen blood; the horror is the grain, the screaming, and the dinner scene.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary4
Not scaryExtreme
Dread4
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares2
NoneConstant
Disturbing4
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim4
Fun ridePunishing
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.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- CannibalismModerateeditorial
- TortureModerateeditorial
- Graphic goreBriefeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A meat hook and a hammer, but almost everything is implied.
- Realistic, grounded violenceBriefeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedBriefeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Dead animals and slaughterhouse talk.