I have to be honest and say right off the bat that I didn't get into this movie from the start. I was actually rather disappointed until I stepped back and realized what a great achievement this was. Tobe Hooper made a wonderfully real and scary classic out of this movie. I thought it would be disgusting and graphic from all I heard about it. I dreaded watching it. Then, after it was over, I was shocked that so many critics had misled me with all that too-graphic-to-be-seen crap. There's hardly any blood seen in the film which, in my opinion, is a plus. Still, the sudden and unexpected jolts the film springs on the viewers are well placed. (And get me everytime.) Anyone who likes to be scared will enjoy this low-budget masterpiece.
Review of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
