50 year anniversary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Time for some horror movie trivia! Are you aware of a Texas connection to an iconic film?

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[APx]

Imagine buying the house of a famous movie and then getting upset when fans keep coming by.

[mattmccullough]

They should use it to their advantage and make people pay to give them a tour of the house. If I was a homeowner I would open my house and give tours. I would charge people money.

[budhasachofmann]

I enjoy a good scary movie but these days nothing compares to the real scary things that's out there everyday.

[sandwichsquad]

I hate when people buy these famous homes and then complain about a lack of privacy. Nobody should be allowed to walk on or enter your property freely but if people wanna take photos and look from a distance can’t be mad at that if you bought a famous house.

[CBlizard]

Texas Chainsaw was heavily based around Ed Gein and so was Silence of the Lambs. That’s cool that house they used in the movie is still around!

[disturbedmindsyou]

Somebody actually lives there?!?! It looks like its falling apart...but that aside the owners should have known using their house for the movie would lead to people wanting to visit...

[josepaz]

Texas chainsaw massacre was not real. But the story of Ed Gein was and thats where the idea for the movie came from,

[steelwayne]

The 2003 house is definitely more iconic than the original house. Most people probably wouldn't recognize the latter unless there was a sign right in front of it.

[TheMentalmalist]

The Gas Station from the original movie is open to the public now. It’s a BBQ restaurant and they have cabins you can rent. It’s located in Bastrop Texas and it’s called the Gas Station. They have all kinds of Horror memorabilia, if I’m not mistaken Tyler Mane from Halloween is doing a meet and greet there soon.

[ChristyKyles-tm]

My oldest sister snuck me into the very 1st movie...they re-released around Halloween time years later...I wanted to see it but as a lil kid it shook me up. Had nightmares for several nights afterwards. To this day when someone cranks up a chainsaw anywhere near me I get to stepping away 😳. By today's standards it really wasn't that bloody but more of a psychological scary movie. Classic horror flick 👍🏼

[jpowell]

My mother took myself and my little brother to see this at the drive in movie theater. We were 5 and 3 years old. 😂😂

[Tcmx]

The Sawyer family makes one hell of a chili.

[DEthe]

Funny that they celebrate the 50th anniversary of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"... while showing mostly clips from the 2003 remake and showing the house from the remake for good chunk of the video. Then they remember, "Oh, that's right! We were talking about the 50th anniversary of the 1974 film!", and they show the house from the original and clips from the 1974 film.
Anyway, happy 50th Anniversary to the 1974 original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"!

[RALA]

This house is so awesome. Love how the Windmill is still standing.

[deborahlarive]

I am 60 years old and am a native Texan. I lived during the time this was going on in real life. It is sad that all of you think it was just a moive and never happened. Unless you lived in Texas during this time then you have no idea of what really went on here. They changed the story a bit to make it more scary. What happened was a man kidnapped many children and cut them up and put them in the freezer and he did use lime and concrete to bury the bodies. It changed our lives here. We were not able to play outside alone anymore. We could not walk or ride our bikes to our friends house anymore. It was a real part of our childhood history here in TX. Need to read the book and see the real photos of the law enforcement officers finding the many bodies. The real house has been destoryed. The house were they filmed was one the producers used for the movie only.

[ryanchristiansen]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake with Jessica Biel is one of my favourite horror movies 😍 Love it! ❤

[LouziannaCreoleQueen]

Well they should have known that people would be drawn to the house !

[kellycuckoo]

Explains why I just started randomly thinking about this today.😳

[bryanspilner]

Ive been there, homeowner was checking mail as I was snapping a pic lol

[TarIsCool]

One of the few movies where the remake is better then the original 🔥