Every Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movie Ranked Worst To Best
1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Of course Tobe Hooper's 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was going to nab the top spot here.
As alluded to in the intro to this article, Hooper's '74 picture is not just a seminal piece of horror cinema, but a film that changed the face of cinema, period.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was a movie the likes of which had never been seen before. To say this was an assault on the senses would be an understatement, with the colour palette, score, camera cuts, and imagery all adding to an intense story centred around a group of stranded young adults who run afoul of the twisted family.
What makes this inaugural film even more impressive, is there is largely a distinct lack of gore. Upon a first watch, you may think you've seen all the extreme ooey-gooey acts of Leatherface et al, but in reality, very little of the brutality of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is shown on-screen - with so much of that left up to audience's imagination.
A classic of its time that still holds up magnificently nearly 50 years after its initial release, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a true all-timer of a movie.