
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre timeline is a bloody mess – but it’s all part of the fun
Never, not once, has a TCM sequel lived up to the original…but Netflix is stepping up to try anyways.

Grisly horror classic about a small group of friends who go out to the country to visit their grandfather's house, only to be confronted by a family of cannibals and a chainsaw-wielding maniac named Leatherface. The independent production (made by writer-director Tobe Hooper for $US 300,000) was massively profitable, and has become regarded as one of the best horrors of all time and the origin of modern day slasher movies. It also led to a franchise of sequels and various remakes.
Hooper claims to have gotten the idea from standing in a large crowd inside a hardware store. Thinking of a way to get out, he spotted a chainsaw and let his imagination go wild.
A 40th Anniversary restoration of the film began a run of film festival showings in 2014.
LessThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Academy On Demand.
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