20 Mind-Blowing Facts About The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
14. It’s An Allegory For The Vietnam War Too
It wasn’t just murderous fantasies about Christmas shoppers that
inspired Hooper to make The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, however. Going into
production during the closing chapters of the Vietnam War, the movie was
undoubtedly influenced by America’s dirtiest conflict.
Its grainy, documentary-style cinematography; the violence taking place and the lack of any real rationale behind it; the brutal slaughter of young people in an alien environment; the pervasive sense of doom and disillusion throughout – it’s clear the movie is a product of its politically turbulent times.
Although we’d probably rather go up against a chainsaw-wielding Leatherface than an American bomber full of napalm, given the choice.