Texas Chainsaw

Leatherface horror series

Texas Chainsaw refers to *The Texas Chain Saw Massacre*, a 1974 horror film about a family of cannibals in rural Texas, one of whom wields a chainsaw.

The film spawned a franchise and became a touchstone of the slasher genre.

As a modifier, Texas Chainsaw suggests gruesome, backwoods horror: The crime scene was straight out of Texas Chainsaw.

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power tool · gore · screaming · blood · killer · butcher · cannibals · dinner table · roadside · van · hitchhiker · meat · hooks · human skin · basement · rural · sweat · heat

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Opposites
film production style

Texas ChainsawThe Exorcist

Seminal possession horror film

A Quiet Place · family-friendly · Disney · Spielberg · sanitized

setting/atmosphere

Texas ChainsawHammer horror

British gothic film studio

The Shining · candlelit · genteel · civilized · cosmopolitan

Family

Texas, Texan, Texans, chainsaw, chainsaws, chainsawed, chainsawing, chain, chains

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R