The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper's 1974 verite slasher. Leatherface, sledgehammer dinner, fifteen-thousand-dollar budget.
Writer: Kim Henkel
Kim Henkel co-wrote The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Tobe Hooper and produced several sequels. The film was marketed as based on a true story on the strength of a very loose connection to Ed Gein.