The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
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.
Books with substantial mentioning of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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Danny Peary Cult Movies, The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful New York, 1989 |
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Books with an entry on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
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Scott Aaron Stine The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2001 |
Articles on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
| Simon Braund, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, in: Empire, nr. 275 (May), 2012 pp. 138-139 |
| Jörg Gerle, Die Macht des "Kopfkinos", in: Filmdienst, nr. 14 (5. Juli), 2012 pp. 48-49 |
Articles with substantial mentioning of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
| Kim Newman, The 10 Scariest Movie Jumps, in: Empire, nr. 162, 2002 pp. 12-13 |
| Adam Lowenstein, A Reintroduction to the American Horror Film, in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chichester, 2012 |
Reviews
| Jörg Buttgereit, Der Mann mit der Säge, in: epd Film, nr. 6, 2010 pp. 55 (DVD review) |
| Frank Arnold, Einst auf dem Index, in: epd Film, nr. 7, 2012 pp. 60 (DVD review) |