The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

thin line that separates it from terrorism and parody… this delicate balance is struck in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in which the decaying corpse of Grandpa not only incorporates horrific and humorous effects, but actually uses one to exacerbate the other.” Scott Von Doviak of Hick Flicks called it “one of the rare horror movies to make effective use of daylight, right from the gruesome opening shot of a decaying corpse splayed across a cemetery tombstone”. The book, Contemporary North American Film Directors called the film “a disquieting inspection of rural insanity, more intricate and less bloodthirsty than the title might connote.111] In the book Horror Films, one critic’s opinion of the film was that it was “the most affecting gore thriller of all and, in a broader view, among the most effective horror films ever made…”, and that “the driving force of The Texas