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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Shows Almost No Gore. Here’s How Tobe Hooper Made It Feel So Brutal
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), directed by Tobe Hooper, has a reputation as one of the most brutal horror films ever made, yet it contains surprisingly little on-screen blood or gore. Most of the violence is suggested rather than shown: the camera cuts away from the impact of a sledgehammer, never fully depicts a…
