Directed by Tobe Hooper Written by Kim Henkel   Tobe Hooper   Cast Marilyn Burns ... Sally Allen Danziger ... Jerry Paul A. Partain ... Franklin William Vail ... Kirk Teri McMinn ... Pam Edwin Neal ... Hitchhiker Jim Siedow ... Old Man Gunnar Hansen ... Leatherface John Dugan ... Grandfather Robert Courtin ... Window Washer William Creamer ... Bearded Man John Henry Faulk ... Storyteller Jerry Green ... Cowboy Ed Guinn ... Cattle Truck Driver Joe Bill Hogan ... Drunk Perry Lorenz ... Pick Up Driver John Larroquette ... Narration (voice) Uncredited Cast Levie Isaacks ... Radio Announcer Produced by Kim Henkel   Tobe Hooper   Jay Parsley   Richard Saenz   Original Music by Wayne Bell Tobe Hooper

Additional Info Premiere: October 01, 1974 DVD Release: October 06, 1998 Blu-ray Release: September 30, 2008 Country: Distributor: Dark Sky Films Websites: Production Companies Vortex (as A Vortex/Henkel/Hooper Production) Distributors Bryanston Distributing   (1974) (USA) (theatrical) New Line Cinema   (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) New Line Cinema   (1981) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) New Line Cinema   (1983) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Universal Television   (2000) (USA) (TV) (syndication) Elite Entertainment   (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) MCA TV   (1996) (USA) (TV) (syndication) Universal Domestic Television   (2000) (USA) (TV) (syndication) NBC Universal Television Distribution   (2004) (USA) (TV) (syndication) Dark Sky Films   (2006) (USA) (DVD) Dark Sky Films   (2008) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Netminds   (2020) (USA) (TV) (Licensed from CDI FILMS) The Criterion Channel   (2020) (USA) (TV) (digital) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.6 / 10 Our Rating 7.8 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.9 / 10 Female Users 7.5 / 10 Site Ranking #1,055 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 31 total ratings Almost Perfect 14 total ratings Average 2 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 5 total ratings Site Ranking #1,051 She-Hulk: Attorney At Law: Season 1 (2022) #1,052 The Black Phone (2021) #1,053 Army Of The Dead (2021) #1,054 Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008) #1,055 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) #1,056 Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) #1,057 Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) #1,058 Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018) #1,059 101 Dalmatians (1961)