Post by bruce on Apr 1, 2011 6:59:23 GMT -5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film written by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel, and directed by Hooper. It stars Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Paul A. Partain, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen, who respectively portray Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, the Hitchhiker, the proprietor, and the main antagonist, Leatherface. The film follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. Although it was marketed as a true story to attract a wider audience and to provide subtle commentary on the political climate at the time, the overall premise is entirely fictional. The character of Leatherface and minor plot details were inspired by the actions of real-life killer Ed Gein.
Plot
Sally Hardesty and her brother, Franklin, travel with three friends, Jerry, Kirk, and Pam, to a cemetery where the grave of the Hardestys' grandfather is located. Their aim is to investigate reports of vandalism and corpse defilement. Afterwards, they decide to visit an old Hardesty family homestead. On the way there, they pick up a hitchhiker. He behaves bizarrely and slashes both himself and Franklin with a straight razor before the group forces him out of the van.
When they arrive, Franklin tells Kirk and Pam about a local swimming hole, and the couple head off to find it. Instead, they stumble upon a nearby house. Kirk calls out, receives no answer, he finds the door unlocked, and enters. Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) appears and kills him. Pam enters soon after and finds the house is filled with furniture made from human bones. She attempts to flee, but Leatherface catches her and impales her on a meathook. Jerry, Sally's boyfriend, heads out to look for Pam and Kirk. He finds the couple's blanket outside the nearby house. He investigates and finds Pam, who is still alive, inside a freezer. Before he can react, Leatherface murders him and stuffs Pam back into the freezer.
Sally and Franklin set out to find their friends. As they near the neighboring house and call out, Leatherface lunges from the darkness and kills Franklin with a chainsaw. Sally heads toward the house and finds the desiccated remains of an elderly couple in an upstairs room. She escapes from Leatherface by jumping through a second floor window and flees to the gas station. The proprietor calms her with offers of help, but then ties her up and forces her into his truck. He drives to the house, arriving at the same time as the hitchhiker, who turns out to be Leatherface's younger brother. When the pair bring Sally inside, the hitchhiker recognizes her and taunts her.
Plot
Sally Hardesty and her brother, Franklin, travel with three friends, Jerry, Kirk, and Pam, to a cemetery where the grave of the Hardestys' grandfather is located. Their aim is to investigate reports of vandalism and corpse defilement. Afterwards, they decide to visit an old Hardesty family homestead. On the way there, they pick up a hitchhiker. He behaves bizarrely and slashes both himself and Franklin with a straight razor before the group forces him out of the van.
When they arrive, Franklin tells Kirk and Pam about a local swimming hole, and the couple head off to find it. Instead, they stumble upon a nearby house. Kirk calls out, receives no answer, he finds the door unlocked, and enters. Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) appears and kills him. Pam enters soon after and finds the house is filled with furniture made from human bones. She attempts to flee, but Leatherface catches her and impales her on a meathook. Jerry, Sally's boyfriend, heads out to look for Pam and Kirk. He finds the couple's blanket outside the nearby house. He investigates and finds Pam, who is still alive, inside a freezer. Before he can react, Leatherface murders him and stuffs Pam back into the freezer.
Sally and Franklin set out to find their friends. As they near the neighboring house and call out, Leatherface lunges from the darkness and kills Franklin with a chainsaw. Sally heads toward the house and finds the desiccated remains of an elderly couple in an upstairs room. She escapes from Leatherface by jumping through a second floor window and flees to the gas station. The proprietor calms her with offers of help, but then ties her up and forces her into his truck. He drives to the house, arriving at the same time as the hitchhiker, who turns out to be Leatherface's younger brother. When the pair bring Sally inside, the hitchhiker recognizes her and taunts her.
