“What happened is true. Now the motion picture that’s just as real.” ~The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
IMDB Summary: Five friends visiting their grandfather’s house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 89%
Why I love it: It’s just so awesomely 70’s, so gritty. (And I love the bell bottoms and the halter tops.) Just ask Rob Zombie, who was admittedly obsessed with it, and whose movies all have the same feel.
This is the third movie from Tobe Hooper on this list, along with Poltergeist and The Funhouse. Oh, Tobe. Way to freak people out for a living. I kind of wish I were you. And you sure do give people their money’s worth.