Halloween is coming up on us quick, and today we've learned that Netflix is celebrating by offering none of the than director Tobe Hooper's macabre masterpiece (cue John Larroquette voice) THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE starring Marilyn Burns and Gunnar Hansen to their streaming service as of TODAY. So make sure to grab a few friends and check out the killer classic this Halloween courtesy of Netflix.
For the one guy out there that might not know, the original classic begins
When Sally (Marilyn Burns) hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin (Paul A. Partain), set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen), who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.
Directed by Tobe Hooper (POLTERGEIST) from a screenplay he co-wrote along with Kim Henkel, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE was produced by Hooper and starred Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface. Bryanston Distributing Company unleashed the classic into theaters back on October 11, 1974. You can go ahead and head on over to Netflix and stream the flick right HERE.