# The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

**German title:** Blutgericht in Texas


**Genres:** Horror

**Duration:** 83 min

**Age rating:** FSK 18

**IMDb:** [7.4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.8](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 85%, Popcornmeter: 82%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1021112-texas_chainsaw_massacre)

## Description

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

## Details


**Director:** Tobe Hooper

**Cast:** Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan, Robert Courtin, William Creamer, John Henry Faulk

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntirBs-Or-8)

## Showtimes in Cologne in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-31 (Saturday)

- **[Cinenova](https://cologne.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/267-cinenova.md) (Ehrenfeld):** [2026-10-31 22:15](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/koeln/cinenova-kino-koeln/vorstellung/468057)  (OmU)