10 Banned Movies Now Considered Masterpieces
5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
It's a hot, sticky, bloody mess of a film, and one that has permanently stamped its mark across the horror genre and the film industry altogether with one ragged chainsaw-shaped hole. Spawning plenty of ridiculous sequels, spin offs, and reboots, and influencing filmmakers the world over; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre of 1974 is where it all started.
Donning a mask made of human skin and getting manic with his gardening tools, Leatherface comes from a Redneck Torture Family intent on brutalising teenagers that trespass on their land - I guess everyone has their way of dealing with things.
It probably doesn't really need to be stated as to why the film was, and still is in some cases, considered taboo, or why it was banned in various countries, but just in case you weren't sure: killing youths in various creative and gory ways got the backs up of a few higher-ups on the film board. Using legitimate blood, filming in a Texan heat wave, and letting animal corpses decompose on set made it all a little too realistic. It's like they were actively trying for a ban...