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INTRODUCTION At the time of its release in 1974, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre provoked outrage and condemnation with its extreme and surreal images sharply dividing critical opinion. The film depicted a group of youngsters who stumble across a cannibal family during a road trip to rural Texas. As a result, these innocent characters are dispatched in various gruesome ways. The film’s finale finds the heroine Sally Hardesty (played by actress Marilyn Burns) as the