ooze death and decay from it open frame to it intense and gruelling finale and the texas chain saw massacre be a tour de force of raw cinematic horror and one of the fine film ever make . base on the real life story of ed gein and a grave rob cannibalistic murderer and the movie be a dark journey into the depth of sheer hopelessness and absolute brutality . make on a shoestring budget by director tobe hooper and this 1974 classic of screen terror utilises inventive cinematography combine with a truly ominous soundtrack ( but surprisingly little gore ) and to bring to life the story of five teenagerssally and pam and jerry and kirk and and wheelchair bound franklin who stumble upon a charnel house occupy by a family of maniac . set the oppressive tone immediately and hooper commences his gruesome proceeding with a news report about a spate of grave desecration in texas and whilst simultaneously show u a grisly work of art assemble atop a tombstone and make from the decay remnant of a freshly exhume corpse . the artist responsible for this macabre sculpture be a crazy hitchhiker and who be pick up by the unsuspecting group of friend and who be on their way to visit a house ( which belong to the family of one of the girl ) . the hitchhiker be unceremoniously boot out of the van when he go bonkers and cut one of the teen with a razor . but he be not the only lunatic in the area and and it isn not long before the hapless youngster meet the other member of his murderous family and include the legendary leatherface and a maniac in a butcher apron and a human skin mask with a fondness for heavy duty power tool . one by one and the teen fall prey to the crazy killer and until only sally be leave while she endure a night of terror at the hand of cannibalistic clan and before make a break for freedom and only to be pursue by the hitchhiker and leatherface ( brandish his rev chainsaw ) . the texas chain saw massacre be a relentless assault on the sens which present it audience with a series of powerful sequence which be guarantee to shock and disturb . whether it the first victim twitch uncontrollably after be club on the head with a lump hammer and witness the next be hung on a meat hook or watch poor old sally be hold down to be whack by a cadaverous old man and the nightmarish image of hooper movie will stay with you long after the film have finish . much imitated and but never better and tcm be genuinely worthy of it status a one of the most highly acclaimed horror of all time .