In 1974, director Tobe Hooper rocked the horror genre with a piece of American cinema that ushered in a new wave of horror.
Differing from the old guard of the horror genre, these films (with often lurid titles, such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) were at once unashamed exploitation/B-movies, and studies of the socio-political climate of the time.
Often independently made with no studio interference, and frequently featuring almost documentary-style realism, this was a true cinematic revolution.
When Sally learns that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her brother Franklin set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a band of outcasts living nearby.
As Sally and her group are attacked one-by-one by the (now iconic) chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, the survivors must do everything they can to escape this living nightmare.
A special 50th anniversary screening.
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