The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Tobe Hooper★ 7.3
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.
Themes and style
Tone
bleakbrutalhauntingchaotic
Pacing
slow burnescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
survivalpursuitescape
Emotion
feeling powerlessloss of innocenceparanoiarage
Themes
class and moneypovertyfamily wounds passed downold ways vs. new world
Feel
exhaustinggut punchquietly hauntingdiscussion starter
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
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Foreign films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
28 Weeks Later
2007UK★ 6.65.5 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on class and money. The feel is the same: bleak, brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
High Tension
2003France★ 6.85.5 pt match
Like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, this one is rooted in paranoia and feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, bleak, brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Amityville II: The Possession
1982Mexico★ 5.85 pt match
Like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, this one is rooted in feeling powerless and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, bleak, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Creep
2004Germany★ 65 pt match
Like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, this one is rooted in paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: class and money and poverty. The feel is the same: bleak, brutal, escalating, and slow burn.
The Purge: Anarchy
2014France★ 6.64.5 pt match
Both films sit with rage. They share the same lens on class and money and poverty. Both move the same way too, bleak, brutal, and escalating.
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[REC]
2007Spain★ 7.24.5 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Both move the same way too, brutal, chaotic, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Train to Busan
2016South Korea★ 7.74 pt match
What ties these together is loss of innocence. They share the same lens on class and money and family wounds passed down. Same energy: brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.