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9 unusual facts about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre


Bryanston Distributing Company

Among the company's more notable releases was the 1974 horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Devil's Rain.

Homelite Corporation

In addition, the XL-12 achieved infamous notoriety among horror film aficionados as being one of the chainsaws used by "Leatherface" in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre film series.

Kingsland, Texas

Before the structure was moved from Round Rock, Texas to Kingsland, it had been used as part of the set for the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

My Brother's Blood Machine

"The Blood Machine revolves around three families, one being the Bleam family, who are our horrific sort of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' family," he continued.

Obscenity

Four films that were originally refused a certificate, The Exorcist, Straw Dogs, The Evil Dead and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre were granted a certificate in the late 1990s and have subsequently been screened on mainstream television.

Poulan

A poulan chainsaw model 245a was featured in the 1974 movie The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Songs of Muerto County Revisted

The two CD version of Muerto County's 'lost' soundtrack to the classic cult horror flick The Texas Chain Saw Massacre originally a limited edition release to coincide with their tour of US Colleges and theatres with the original 'Leatherface'.

Studio S

Reporters interviewed children who claimed that they had seen movies such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and showed that children could easily rent violent videos.

Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them?

Its title is a reference to the tagline of the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.


Andrew Bryniarski

Andrew Bryniarski (born February 13, 1969) is an American actor and former bodybuilder, best known for portraying Leatherface in the remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Zangief in Street Fighter, and Steve Lattimer in The Program.

Chain Saw Confidential

Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World’s Most Notorious Horror Movie is a 2013 non-fiction book by actor Gunnar Hansen, who is best known for portraying Leatherface in the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Kill to Believe

As frontman Brandan Schieppati said, it is "a sort of Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets The Devil's Rejects", interlaced with performance footage of the band.

Love in Slow Motion

In frontman Brandan Schieppati's words it is "a sort of Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets The Devil's Rejects".

Scott Kosar

During the years that it took for The Machinist to be produced, the script attracted the attention of producer-director Michael Bay, who hired Kosar to write the The Texas Chain Saw Massacre remake.

Sexykiller

Makes references to many classic horror films including Taxi Driver, Friday the 13th (1980 film), The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Evil Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Night of the Living Dead.

Teri McMinn

She was discovered by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel, director and producer (respectively) of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, after seeing an article about her in the local newspaper.


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