The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 23 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- Who will survive and what will be left of them?
- Overview
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
- Genres
- Horror
- Released
- October 1, 1974
- Budget
- $140,000
- Revenue
- $30,926,225
- Production
- Vortex
- Henkel Productions
- Hooper Productions
- Bryanston Pictures
Credits
Directing
- Tobe HooperDirector
- Sallye RichardsonAssistant Director
Writing
- Kim HenkelStory
- Tobe HooperScreenplay
- Kim HenkelScreenplay
Art
- Robert A. BurnsArt Direction
Camera
- Daniel PearlDirector of Photography
- Lou PerrymanAssistant Camera
- J. Michael McClaryAssistant Camera
- Lynn ScherwitzKey Grip
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- Tobe HooperAdditional Photography
- Rod PontonGrip
Costume & Make-Up
- Dorothy J. PearlMakeup Artist
- W.E. BarnesMakeup Artist
Crew
- Dean W. MillerSpecial Effects
- Mary ChurchScript
- Perry LorenzStunt Driver
- Mary ChurchStunts
Editing
- J. Larry CarrollEditor
- Sallye RichardsonEditor
Lighting
- Lynn LockwoodOther
Production
- Tobe HooperProducer
- Ron BozmanProduction Manager
- Jay ParsleyExecutive Producer
- Kim HenkelAssociate Producer
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- Richard SaenzAssociate Producer
- Ray SpawProduction Assistant
- David SpawProduction Assistant
- Robert PustejowskiProduction Assistant
- N.C. ParsleyProduction Assistant
- Charlie LovingProduction Assistant
- Sally Nicholaou HamiltonProduction Assistant
- Paulette GochnourProduction Assistant
- Tom FooteProduction Assistant
- Paula EatonProduction Assistant
- Jim CrowProduction Assistant
- Jerry BellnoskiProduction Assistant
- George BaetzProduction Assistant
Sound
- Wayne BellSound Designer
- Tobe HooperOriginal Music Composer
- Wayne BellOriginal Music Composer
- Ted NicolaouLocation Sound Recordist
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- Wayne BellBoom Operator
- Robert 'Buzz' KnudsonOther
- Jay M. HardingOther
- Paul HarrisonOther
Trailers
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