the ( original ) texas chainsaw massacre and be without a doubt in my mind and the most impressive horror film to date . no other horror film stay with you in the same way . you feel not only fearful for the character and but at time feel afraid for your own safety . the natural lighting and loose and improvised acting style create a strong sense of reality that no other horror film can possibly achieve . under a thin layer of dated aesthetic ( 1973 style of dress ) lie the most dangerous and horrifying and psychotic world ever commit to script or screen . a the first of it kind and this movie set the mold for the modern horror film and though none be ever to realize any comparable distinction . it give birth to the slasher genre ( for good or for bad ) . it be also one of few timeless film that have manage to combine horror and avant garde style and successfully . unlike it remake and this one be more of an exercise in minimalism and simplicity ( think even dogme ) . the expert subtlety of the filmmaker while tobe hooper ( writer or director ) and kim henkel ( co writer ) and daniel pearl ( cinematographer ) result more inpsychological terror than in gore . the air tight script and jar realism and attention to detail be unparalleled in practically any film and horror or otherwise . and last and but by far not the least marylin burn phenomenal performance be the only in cinematic history ( a close second by that of shelly duvall in the shining ) that evoke such a nature of desperate and primal fear . you truly believe in every single one of her scream that her life be hang by a single and thin thread .