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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
UNITED STATES · 1974

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Tobe Hooper
slasher horror rural isolation cannibalism family dysfunction survival
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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.

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