Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
When Sally hears that her grandfather’s grave has been vandalized, she and her brother, Franklin, set out with friends to investigate. After a detour to the family farmhouse, they discover a murderous cannibal lives next door. Once Leatherface starts to attack, they try everything to escape.
When Sally hears that her grandfather’s grave has been vandalized, she and her brother, Franklin, set out with friends to investigate. After a detour to the family farmhouse, they discover a murderous cannibal lives next door. Once Leatherface starts to attack, they try everything to escape.
Vietnam changed everything for the American horror movie, forcing a seismic reckoning with the fragility of the nation’s value systems. Ruthlessly unsentimental and shot through with gallows humour, Tobe Hooper’s grimy, era-defining classic takes a sledgehammer to any remnants of the summer of love.