10 Most Fear Inducing Horror Movies To Watch Alone

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is not for the easily shocked. Marking the beginning of a period of American filmmaking that attempted to expose the failure of the American dream, the defeat in Viet Nam and the scandals of Nixon, this is hard viewing.

With a setup that has become so familiar to modern audiences, a group of unsuspecting teens on a road trip encounter more than they expected on a farm in the Deep South. Leatherface and family don’t take kindly to strangers, so let the dismemberment begin.

Visual, bloody horror aside, a lot of this film's success comes from the use of sound to induce fear. The last half an hour is often nothing but the unfiltered, relentless screaming of Sally as she runs for her life, and the unstoppable, mechanical roar of the chainsaw, so much so that long after the film has ended, it’s all you can hear, screaming and shredding.

It’s a shame that the genre has become so poorly imitated over the years, yet the original will always retain its power to shock, especially if watched under the same conditions as the last remaining survivor – alone and helpless.