Texas Chainsaw Massacre – The Shocking Truth

In the scorching summer of 1973 a group of young filmmakers and actors produced a low budget exploitation flick for the drive-in market. The film would become one of the most notorious pictures of all time and would change the face of horror. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is famous for the level of terror it creates without showing the gratuitous violence that the title promises. But there are many levels to the story behind the film: the distant inspiration of the Ed Gein case from '50s Wisconsin; the political climate in the U.S. and the new American independent cinema; the tortuous shoot which nearly drove the participants over the edge; the distribution deal which made someone a lot of money but not the filmmakers; and the creation of a cult classic which still holds as much power today as it did when it was first released on an unsuspecting public almost 50 years ago.