The film presents a true, honest, and ultimately entertaining look at an ugly time in the city’s past, a time of cynicism and pessimism when New York City was like living in a hellscape.

“Halloween”, the 1978 horror film from John Carpenter, really did set the template for the slasher films to come in the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond.

What makes “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” so effective is Tobe Hooper’s knowledge of and ability to let the audience know that rural American can be absolutely terrifying.

Like other great horror movies, Jaws is all about fear.