Before Laurie Strode survived Michael Myers and Sidney Prescott faced off against Ghostface, another horror film introduced viewers to the “final girl” trope: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the late Tobe Hooper’s original 1974 slasher remains a masterpiece of horror, with Sally Hardesty’s survival against Leatherface inspiring countless horror films in the decades that followed.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre slashed its way into theaters in October 1974 with an R rating, a rating that was adjusted from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) original X rating. Produced and directed by Hooper and starring Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen, the movie centers around the masked the chainsaw-wielding murderer Leatherface, aka Thomas Hewitt, who wears various masks constructed out of human skin. During a trip through Texas, a group of teenagers fall victim to Leatherface.
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