Is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre scary?

Moderately so — The Texas Chain Saw Massacre mixes scares with other modes. As a slasher film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 8.6/10 for atmosphere, and 8.3/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has 2 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?

Films similar to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on Watch Darkly include The Woman in Black (2012), Ouija (2014), The Dark and the Wicked (2020) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Name: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Genre: horror
Released: 1974-10-11
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 8.3

1974 · R · 1h 23m

Who will survive and what will be left of them?

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

8.3

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has 2 jump scares. Compare counts

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8.3Overall

Fear6.0

Gore1.0