The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Review: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Director: Tobe Hooper

Cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn,

Marilyn Burns
Marilyn Burns
Allen Danziger
Allen Danziger
Paul A. Partain
Paul A. Partain
William Vail
William Vail
Teri McMinn
Teri McMinn

Plot: When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.

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Rethinking Kane and Chain Saws

Rethinking Kane and Chain Saws

However many times you watch a movie, there’s always a possibility to see something new and find new responses which surprise you out of complacent familiarity – two recent cases in point: Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941) and […]

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