No other film on the list can match Tobe Hoopers groundbreaking, indie horror The Texas Chain Saw Massacrefor controversy. Upon release, the film was banned in numerous countries around the globe. Such a thing only makes a film more-talked about and that much more exciting for horror fans to seek it out. Luckily, Chain Saw lives up to the hype, and it remains today one of the most influential and disturbing slashers in the history of film. The most disturbing thing about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is how real the whole ordeal feels. A group of teens are hanging out in a house in Texas and stumble across a man, a creature that has become known to us as Leatherface. Leatherface is a chainsaw-wielding, flesh mask-wearing giant who never utters a comprehensible word throughout the entire film, but instead yells, shrieks and spins around like the madman he is. It is a dark, sweaty, atmospheric film that achieved remarkable things on such a shoestring budget. It is also remarkable to see just how little gore the film shows. For a film branded as being so brutal and adult, there is, in reality hardly any blood actually on screen, and there is never a bad word uttered throughout the whole film. Its a testament to how fear can be portrayed through what we cant see, rather than what we can.
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