The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
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Synopsis
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is a 1h 23min horror feature film by Tobe Hooper. Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. Selected for Mayhem Film Festival (2014).
Key facts
Original language
English
First release
October 11, 1974
Home video distributors
Wizard Video (United States), Media Home Entertainment (United States), Video Treasures (United States), Iver Film Services (United Kingdom), Astral Video (Canada), VIPCO (United Kingdom), Atlantic Film (Sweden)
Setting
Texas
Trailer
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Festival History
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2025 - Strange Hommage
- Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival 2025 - Rétromania
- Octopus Film Festival 2025 - W blasku księżyca
- San Francisco International Film Festival 2025 generic
- Golden Horse Film Festival 2024 generic
- ISLA CALAVERA Festival de cine Fantástico de Canarias Ciudad de La Laguna 2024 - Clasicos
- Ravenheart International Film Festival 2024 - Feature
- Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 2024 - Sitges Clàssics
- Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival (Festival européen du film fantastique de Strasbourg) 2024 - 50th ANNIVERSARY
- Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2023 - In-Theater
- Octopus Film Festival 2021 - Modus Operandi
- Mayhem Film Festival 2014
- Cannes Film Festival 1975 generic
- Locarno International Film Festival 1975 generic
Titles
| Alternate title | Massacre à la tronçonneuse | |
| VHS home video title | Le Massacre A La Cie | English |
| VHS home video title | Motorsågsmassakern |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Atlantic Film | Sweden, clamshell |
| VHS | Wizard Video (cat. no. 034) | 1981, United States, slipcase |
| VHS | Media Home Entertainment (cat. no. M 719) | 1984, United States, slipcase |
| VHS | Iver Film Services (cat. no. 22) | 1988, United Kingdom, clamshell |
| VHS | Video Treasures (cat. no. SV 9062) | 1988, United States, slipcase |
| VHS | Astral Video (cat. no. A902) | 1998, Canada, clamshell |
| VHS | VIPCO (cat. no. VIP080) | 1999, United Kingdom, clamshell |
| Betamax | Wizard Video (cat. no. 034) | 1982, United States, slipcase |
Versions & editions
| Home video VHS | United States | 1981 034 |
| Home video Betamax | United States | 1982 034 |
| Home video VHS | United States | 1984 M 719 |
| Home video VHS | United States | 1988 SV 9062 |
| Home video VHS | United Kingdom | 1988 22 |
| Home video VHS | Canada | 1998 A902 |
| Home video VHS | United Kingdom | 1999 VIP080 |
| Home video VHS | Sweden |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
