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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 horror film directed by Tobe Hooper. It scores 7.4 on IMDb, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, 92 on Metacritic, 7.3 on TMDB. Audiences and critics disagree: scaled to 100, IMDb users give it 74 while Metacritic critics give it 92, a gap of 18 points in favor of critics. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 13 of 78 films from 1974 in our catalog and number 62 of 1,143 horror films.

Billed cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Edwin Neal.

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