In the ‘70s, few things scared moviegoers more than deranged rural people. Wes Craven cemented his budding horror career with this Texas Chainsaw Massacre homage that pits a roadtripping whitebread family (Dee Wallace makes clear why she’s the only one who had a bigger career) against mutant desert cannibals (ditto for Michael Berryman). Drive-in schlock of the highest caliber. -Lee Gardner
1977 Wes Craven 1.37:1 Color DCP 90 min.
