The film follows Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) and her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin (Paul A Partain) as they travel to rural Texas. It is a direct sequel to the original 1974 film, with no relation to the previous sequels, or the 2003 remake. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Directed by Tobe Hooper, the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre came out when the slasher genre didn’t really exist. While briefly acknowledging the events of the preceding two sequels, its plot makes it a virtual remake of the 1974 original. The film eventually grossed more than $30 million in the United States and Canada ($14.4 million in rentals), making it the 12th highest-grossing film initially released in 1974, despite its minuscule budget. After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers. With Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre premiered in Austin, Texas, on October 1, 1974, almost a year after filming concluded. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Directed by Marcus Nispel. In 1983 New Line Cinema acquired the distribution rights from Bryanston and gave the producers a larger share of the profits. On August 28, 1974, Louis Peraino of Bryanston agreed to distribute the film worldwide, from which Bozman and Skaaren would receive $225,000 (about $ inflation-adjusted) and 35% of the profits. The film is based on the shocking crimes of post-war America in nationwide news cycles. While it initially drew a mixed reception from critics, it was highly profitable, grossing over $30 million at the domestic box office, equivalent with roughly over $150.8 million as of 2019, selling over 16.5 million tickets in 1974.ĭavid Foster, producer of the 1982 horror film The Thing, arranged for a private screening for some of Bryanston's West Coast executives, and received 1.5% of Vortex's profits and a deferred fee of $500 (about $ inflation-adjusted). However, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is based on various true stories. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen, who respectively portray Sally. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper and written and co-produced by Hooper and Kim Henkel. 30.9 million 4 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre note 1 is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel.
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