Categories: Gallery
Published by
Tim Molloy

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)


We kind of hesitate to call the Texas Chainsaw Massacre a slasher, because slasher implies a knife, but we’re going with it because chainsaws have blades. Very fast blades.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with director Tobe Hooper’s interesting parallels between human victims and farm animals, was one of the first slasher movies to offer social commentary. You can read it as a plea against eating meat, if you’re so inclined, but we see it as a commentary on the Vietnam War.

The fact that many different people read the film in so many different ways is a testament to its power.

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Tim Molloy

Recent Posts

  • Interview

Gregg Araki Queer Classics in the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy Are Ready for Gen Z

Charlie xcx made it a brat summer. But it’s writer and director Gregg Araki who…

3 days ago
  • Gallery

12 Shameless ’90s Comedies That Just Don’t Care If You’re Offended

These shameless '90s comedies don't care if you're offended. They just want to make you…

3 days ago
  • Movie News

11 Most Nightmare-Inducing Horror Movie Villains

If you need a really good scare, here are the 11 most nightmare-inducing horror movie…

3 days ago
  • Gallery

11 Best Cute Brunette Friends in ’80s Movies

Cute brunette friends are an essential part of '80s movies. Sometimes they even end up…

4 days ago
  • Movie News

7 Horror Movie Characters Who Shouldn’t Have Survived

Have you ever watched the ending of a horror movie and thought to yourself, there's…

6 days ago
  • Movie News

Scoring the Rise and Fall of Milli Vanilli

Composer Segun Akinola had never heard the story of Milli Vanilli when he was approached…

6 days ago