The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

1974 - Color - Horror - Starring Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, & Gunnar Hansen - Directed by Tobe Hooper

Five friends on a road trip through Texas to visit their Grandfather's old house run into a hitchhiker who's family likes meat a little too much. The hitchhiker's brother, Leatherface, wields a chainsaw to terrorize his new prey. Who will survive, and what will be left of them?

My Review
I was actually nervous as I started to watch this classic horror film. The very beginning grabbed me and did not let go, until like 10 minutes after the film was over. Never have I seen a horror film so raw and unnerving as TCM. I was also shocked by how much blood and gore is absent from it. This is what makes it even scarier, in my opinion. It's what you don't see that scares the hell out of you...like a child and the unseen monster under the bed. The cast of youths is superb as the unsuspecting friends who discover true macabre and real-life hell. If Leatherface does not scare you chasing Sally through the woods with his chainsaw, then you truly cannot appreciate a true horror film. Without this film, there would not have been a Freddy, Jason, or Myers. My rating for TCM is a full 5 stars for the shock and wow factor. My jaw was on the floor after the film concluded, and still scares me to this day.