About The Movie

Five young people (Kirk, Pam, Franklin, Jerry and Sally) are travelling through Texas at
their vacation and takes up a hitch-hiker, but throughs him out after a while when his
behavour starts to get really weird. After a while they run out of gas. Unfortunately the
gas station that they stop by is out of gas for a couple of days. Meanwhile they went to an
old desert house nearby owned by Franklin's father. When Jerry and Pam are going to
search the area they find a house which seems to be inhabit. They went in to ask for
some gas but is met by a really weird sight. Their are bones and skulls everywhere and
suddenly a huge man with a leathermask and a chain saw (Leatherface) runs out and kills
them.The other three started two get worried after a while and Kirk goes looking for them and
even he founds the house and gets killed. Even more worried now and the dark falls in
Sally and her crippled brother Fraanklin start to look for them their self and after a while
Leatherface came up from the bushes and kills even Franklin. Sally runs away from the
place and comes back to the gas station where she think?s she?s safe?But the station is
owned by a family which leatherface and the hitch-hiker is a part of and Sally is taken
back to the house where her friends was killed and placed at the end of the dinner table
with the whole family screaming and shouting around her. It?s grandpa?s turn to kill this
time but he?s to weak to hold the hammer and drops it every time. Sally gets loose and
jump out of the window and run out to the main road with Leatherface and his brother's after her.
A big truck came up and almost pick her up but Leatherface catch up to them and they had to
run away. Sally jumps up at the back of a Pick-Up which was passing by and went away.
Leatherface swings his chain saw in anger... She's never gonna forget the this night.

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FRIGHTFUL FACTS FROM THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

The original name for the film was "Headcheese" and also, "Leatherface". It wasn't
changed to TCM until the movie was about to be released.

Tobe Hopper was originally shoot for a PG rating for this film.

Banned in Germany and the United Kingdom.

People actually walked out on previews of the film.

Spawned three sequels, none nearly as awesome as the first. The second one is good and
stars Dennis Hooper, the three is alright with Ken Foree from "Dawn of the Dead" , and
the fourth hopefully never will be released in the U.S., because it was one of the worst
movies I ever saw.

TCM is based on the story of the serial killer, Ed Gein. Leatherface was based somewhat
on Gein.

Leatherface wears three masks in the film; the "killing mask", the "old lady mask", and
the "pretty woman mask".

"The Gone with the Wind" of horror movies....Monarch Film Studies.

The narrator at the beginning of the film is none other than John Larroquette of "Night
Court" fame.

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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

A film by Tobe Hooper

cast:
Sally- Marilyn Burns
Jerry- Allen Danzinger
Franklin- Paul A Partain
Kirk- William Vail
Pam- Terri McMinn
Hitchhiker- Edwin Neal
Old man- Jim Sedow
Leatherface- Gunnar Hansen
Grandfather- John Dugan
Window washer- Robert Courtin
Bearded man- William Creamer
Cowboy- Jerry Green
Cattle truck driver- Ed Guinn
Drunk- Joe Bill Hogan
Pick up driver- Perry Lorentz

Storyteller- Joe Henry Faulk

crew:

editors Sallye Richardson, Larry Carrol cinemaphotographer Daniel Pearl
additional photography Tobe Hooper
rerecording Paul Harryson
assistant cameraman Lou Perryman
camera assistant J. Michael McClary
production manager Ronald Bozman
executive producer Jay Parsley
story & screenplay Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel
producer Tobe Hooper
director Tobe Hooper
narration John Larroquette
assistant director Sallye Richardson
art director Robert A. Burns
lightning Lynn Lochwood
location sound recording Ted Nicolaou
post production sound/boom man Wayne Bell
sound mix Todd/Ao
dubbing mixer Buzz Knudson and Jay Harding
music score Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell
titles, opticals and prints CFI
key grip Linn Scherwitz
grip Rod Ponton
script girl Mary Church
make up Dorothy Pearl
grandfather?s makeup W.E Barnes
stunt driver Perry Lorentz
stunts Mary Church
associate producers Kim Henkel and Richard Saenz
production assistants Ray Spaw, Robert Pustejovski, N.C. Parsley, Sally Nicolaou,
Paulette Gochnour, Paula Eaton, Charlie Loving, Jerry Belinoski,
Jim Crow, David Spaw, George Beatz and Tom Foote.

music:

"Fool for a blond"- Roger Barlett and friends
"Waco", "Glad hand"- Timberline Rose
"Daddy?s sick again", "Misty hours of daylight"- Arkey Blue
"Feria de las Flores", "Poco a Poco No"- Los Cyclones

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MCMLXXIV by Vortex inc.
Original running time : 84?
first released in USA trough Bryanston Pictures

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