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.
Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA - prints
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
16 mm - Kodak 7252 Ektachrome
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Quotes:
Old Man: Look what your brother did to the door! Ain't got no, no pride in his home!
Franklin: They just shoot a bullet in their head, and then retract it. It's just BOOM-shht-BOOM-shht. Sally: Franklin, I like meat, please change the subject!
Old Man: I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it.
Franklin: If I have any more fun today I don't think I can take it!
Franklin: I think we just picked up Dracula.
Trivia:
Director Tobe Hooper based Leatherface on mass-murderer Ed Gein, who was arrested in 1957.
When it was first released, the film was so horrifying that people actually walked out on sneak previews for it
The financing for this film came from the profits of a previous film the production company financed: Deep Throat (1972)
The actor whose character was hung up on a meat hook was actually held up by a nylon cord that went between her legs, causing a great deal of pain.
Marilyn Burns, whose character was chased by Leatherface through the undergrowth actually cut herself on the branches quite badly, so a lot of the blood on her body and clothes is real.
DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)
Edition: Pioneer Video
Region: 1
Description: Alternate takes of decomposed body
Go to a deleted scene where they have some flashing shots of decomposed skeletons cut from the flashing light dead body scene at beginning of the movie. Play the deleted scene until the end.(Do not press stop or go back to maim menu). After deleted scene is finished it has part 2 of the deleted takes also showing all the explainations highlight play and enter to see the alternate takes of the decomposed graveyard body.
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