"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was the birth of the iconic chainsaw-wielding serial killer Leatherface. When the first film debuted in 1974, it was after struggles to find a distributor, continued edits to try and change the movie's rating, and general concerns regarding the amount of violence it contained, especially since many believed it was based on a true story . However, director Tobe Hooper persevered, and his low-budget slasher became one of the largest horror franchises of all time.
The initial entry shows teens trying to get away from Leatherface, a man who wears others' faces as his own and uses a chainsaw, among other things, to kill his victims. It's a family affair, with other family members helping lure people out to the family home and partaking in the violence. As more fil

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