re: Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

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But compared to other old horror movies (The Amityville Horror, Halloween, The Exorcist, Carrie) I don't get it. I'm glad it inspired the remakes. I'm just shocked it has the following it does.

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The title itself was quite a jolt at the time. The themes, grittiness, suggestions, and general sense of trauma was pure 1970's. You have to understand the 1970's was the first time that filmmakers felt like you could put anything on screen, and thus it was the era of experimentation.

I agree it doesn't exactly hold up, but its inclusion in the history of cinema is warranted.