The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper's 1974 verite slasher. Leatherface, sledgehammer dinner, fifteen-thousand-dollar budget.
Actor: Jim Siedow
Jim Siedow played the Cook in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the only member of the family who speaks reasonably, which makes him more disturbing. He was a Houston theatre actor and returned for the sequel.