10 Horror Movies That Got Scarier YEARS Later

10. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of the greatest horror movies of all time, and unquestionably one that actually benefits from its scuzzy, low-rent production values.

The grotty central location, ultra-grainy 16mm film stock, and unvarnished performances contribute to a movie that truly feels less like a work of cinema than a grotesque curiosity we weren't ever supposed to see.

It is perhaps cinema's quintessential "you'll want to shower after watching this movie," and in an era where even low-budget modern horror films have relatively sharp, polished visuals, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre feels like an artefact from another time.

It's a rarest instance of a film whose garishness only enhances its effectiveness, and so one can imagine that when horror fans watch it 50 years from now, they'll find it even more discomfortingly off-piste than we do now, if that's even possible.