A band of charmless youngsters ignore all the warnings and stumble across a psychopathic family (closer to Charles Addams than Psycho) in remote farmland. Thi

D.R./IFC FILMS"The Secret of the Grain" "THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN" Don't let that this is yet another film with ethnic cuisine, family dinners and a restaurant opening dissuade you from Abdellatif Kechiche's lengthy but rewarding film about multiple generations...

Read the Empire Movie review of EMPIRE ESSAY: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A parting thought: in Texas, you are legally allowed to shoot dead someone who steps on your lawn....

A group of all-American teenagers encounter a bloodthirsty cannibalistic family off the beaten track in Texas, resulting in a film so terrifying the uncut version was not approved for general distribution in the UK until 1999, 25 years after it was made.

★★★★★ Four decades after its release, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) still justifies its place in the pantheon of all-time horror greats. Fully ingrained...

The appeal of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) was best explained by its director, Tobe Hooper, who declared, "This film is about meat." In one...

A mix of the assaultive and the artful, combined with the contributions of Austin-area filmmakers in the cast and crew, made Tobe Hooper’s ...

Tobe Hooper’s gonzo massacre movie set the template for so many horror films that were to follow – but retains a uniquely disturbing power all of its own

Tobe Hooper's creepy classic looks better than ever in this all new two-disc set.

Now here’s a grisly little item. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is as violent and gruesome and blood-soaked as the title promises -- a real Grand Guignol of a movie. It’s also without any apparent purpose, unless the creation of disgust and fright is a purpose. And yet in its own way, the movie is some kind of weird, off-the-wall achievement. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to make a movie like this, and yet it’s well-made, well-acted, and all too effective.

Originally published in the Guardian on 18 November 1976: Derek Malcolm is quietly impressed by Tobe Hooper's backwoods slasher film

What separates the film from its predecessors is its anarchic, cynical hysteria—its bizarre and dark-as-hell gallows humor.

Lo-fi, terrifying, remorseless horror with its tongue firmly not in cheek, but instead cut off with a power tool. Watch at your peril.

Clipping found in The Los Angeles Times published in Los Angeles, California on 10/30/1974. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre