In the sweltering Texas heat, a group of five friends, including the wary Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) and her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin (Paul A. Partain), take a detour to visit an old family homestead. Their road trip descends into a waking nightmare when they encounter a family of isolated and deranged slaughterhouse workers. Directed by Tobe Hooper, this seminal horror film traps the audience in a relentless and gritty atmosphere of dread. As the youths are hunted one by one by the hulking, chainsaw-wielding Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) and his macabre kin, their struggle for survival becomes a raw and visceral fight against unimaginable terror. A landmark of the genre, the film crafts an experience of pure, unadulterated panic that feels disturbingly real.
