Decostruction of Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Richard McLachlan

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Toby Hooper, 1974)                 3 min 21 sec

Budget: $83,000
US Takings: $31,000,000

August 18, 1973 – anchorage of date

Documentary style – Verisimilitude (Realism)
Audio bridge linking date to filmSounds of digging – diagetic?

Music – no diagetic underlining 
Bones being hit and seen in the flashes when photographs are being taken 

1 min 22 seconds until first shot – different approach to the genre.
   Horror – best in the mind of the audience- off screen

Flash photography

Narrative enigma (Barthes) mystery – intentional, unsettles audience

Radio playing over the top – exposition

Not met any main characters,

One shot used – different approach, lack of money, plays on audience’s minds.

Equilibrium – killer on the lose