the ban was frequent and gratuitous violence of high intensity. An 83-minute print submitted by Filmways Australia was approved for an R rating in January 1984.
Reception
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre grossed more than million in the United States, making it one of the most successful independent films. It was overtaken in 1978 by John Carpenter’s Halloween, which grossed million at the box office upon release. It was selected for the 1975 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight, though the viewing was delayed due to a bomb scare. In 1976, the film won the Grand Prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival in France. The film was generally well-received by most critics, TV Guide called it “an intelligent, absorbing, and deeply disturbing horror film that is nearly bloodless in its depiction of violence”, and Empire called it “the most purely horrifying