The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 123movies

Watch: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 123movies, Full Movie Online – En route to visit their grandfather’s grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside gas station, before ending up at the old family home… where they’re plunged into a never-ending nightmare as they meet a family of cannibals who more than make up in power tools what they lack in social skills….
Plot: When Sally hears that her grandfather’s grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family’s old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.
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	7.4/10 Votes: 164,572
	88% | RottenTomatoes
	78/100 | MetaCritic
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Indisbutably a classic of cinema, and not just horror cinema
Those who have posted here comparing Tobe Hooper’s (one and only) masterpiece with the dreadful remake are presumably young children with no real understanding of cinema. The 1974 film is the antithesis of the slick, MTV-influenced, cynical cash-in mentality that informed the later remake. The fact that the remake’s target teen audience (well, at least some of them) appeared to lap it up is just a sad reflection of how far standards have fallen since the heyday of the horror film in the 70’s.

But Hooper’s CHAINSAW is more than just a classic horror film. With its print in the permanent collection at the NY Museum of Modern Art, it truly is a classic of cinema. I’ve shown this to Bergman fans, Tarkovsky fans and, yes, horror fans too – none of them have been prepared for its power, its inventiveness, its willingness to push the envelope of what cinema can do. And, with its simple story and powerhouse, unstoppable delivery, it is as open to interpretation as any piece of “modern art” – whether it be from the “vegetarian treatise” angle, or the post-Vietnam traumatised America school of thought. But, as I was on my first (of several) viewings, those I have introduced to this movie have been bowled over by the quality of the film-making, and the filmic techniques (soundtrack, editing, startling images) used by Hooper to capture his “waking nightmare” on screen. It is something I really don’t think any other film has quite achieved, though many have tried.

Now, of course, there is a fluke element at work here. Hooper never came close to achieving anything like this again, and many, though not all, of the film’s fascinating resonances are a product of the era and the filmmaker’s unconscious sensibilities. What he obviously had as a director was the kind of daring to take the visceral power that cinema can deliver so well to the limit, to the the edge of acceptability, skirting on exploitation. That the film is so unrelentingly dark and so unbelievably sadistic in its second half, and yet fascinates even as it traumatises, is a definite testimony to the skill of its director. What could have been sleaze is instead a horrible nightmare experience, sure enough, but one that borders on the transcendental. Should be seen by ALL students of cinema at least once in their lifetime.

One of the best and most influential horror films ever made
‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ is one of the most famous and influential horror films of all time. Its minimal budget and direction can be seen in some way in nearly all horror movies that followed it for decades.

The plot is exceptionally simple, a smart choice and another influential one. Five young adults take a trip to a desolate Texas town to honor the death of a friend’s grandfather. On what should have been a wonderful, cathartic adventure, they encounter a family of cannibals who slaughter humans with hammers, and yes, chainsaws.

All the actors were unknowns at the time, and they worked little in movies afterwards. I must admit I didn’t notice that these were amateurs. After all, they really only needed to scream and run, so hiring no-name actors was a smart cost-saving decision.

My initial reaction is that the film is not nearly as gory as people think it is-virtually all the blood and violence is shown off screen or is blocked by some clever camera work. If you dare to keep your eyes fixed to the screen during the killing scenes, you’ll be surprised to find how little you actually see.

The camera work used throughout the film is inspired and clearly inspiring. Countless horror movies that have come after have copied techniques seen here, not only to save money on necessary prosthetics and makeup, but also to let viewers visualize the gore for themselves. In most cases, what we imagine is far worse than anything a movie could actually show us.

For the most part, the movie contains very little score. Sound effects and occasional dialogue make up virtually all the sound we here. During the scariest moments, screams replace the music.

Another replacement for the creepy music we would normally hear is the sound of maniacal laughter. The cannibal family’s incessant laughter is creepy as hell. ‘Halloween’ has the famous piano music, and ‘Texas Chainsaw’ has creepy laughter.

The chase scene at the end is incredibly terrifying and brilliantly filmed. Making use of wide shots, we see the girl and the cannibals sprinting towards the camera, as carefully selected angles manipulate the viewers’ depth perception, causing the chasing cannibals to appear closer than they really are. Also, there’s a giant psychopath wielding a roaring chainsaw as he chases a helpless, shrieking girl. Fancy camerawork isn’t exactly required to make this scene terrifying. Nevertheless, the chase sequences in this film are some the best and most inventive ever in horror cinema.

When all hope seems lost, the girl with the iron will survives, the only one of her group to do so. This popularized the trope of the lone surviving girl. Watch any horror film-there’s almost always at least one girl who fights and survives. That’s just one more example of this film’s influence.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min), 1 hr 15 min (75 min) (new longer Version) (Germany), 1 hr 28 min (88 min) (Unrated Edition)
Budget 85000
Revenue 30900000
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Horror
Director Tobe Hooper
Writer Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
Actors Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Bolex HR 16, Eclair ACL16
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm (Eastman Ektachrome 25T 7252)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2016 Remaster), Dolby Vision, Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm (blow-up)