OTT audiences are devouring horror content like never before and standing out among them is a bone-chilling film that’s as vintage as it is vicious. Streaming now on Amazon Prime Video The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) has made its OTT presence felt all over again — proof that pure terror never goes out of style. Directed by Tobe Hooper 7.8 IMDb ratings the horror thriller still has the power to disturb decades after it first shocked theatres. The film stars Marilyn Burns Allen Danziger Paul A. Partain William Vail and Teri McMinn and is set in the desolate rural stretches of Texas. It begins with a grave The story starts in 1973 with reports of grave robbing shaking a small Texan town. A group of five — Sally Hardesty her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin and friends Jerry Kirk and Pam — set off on a road trip in a van to check if their grandfather’s grave was safe. But things spiral quickly. On the road they offer a hitchhiker a ride — a decision that cuts deep. “He stabbed Franklin with a knife” a line that marks the shift from curiosity to chaos. The man behaves erratically discusses slaughterhouses and family secrets and then turns violent. Hes thrown out but the unease lingers. The house where nightmares live The group stops at a gas station only to be told theres no fuel. With nowhere else to go they head to Sally’s grandfather’s now-abandoned home nearby. Kirk and Pam explore the area and spot a farmhouse. Kirk enters — and that’s when horror greets them in the flesh. Behind the door waits Leatherface a masked figure wielding a chainsaw who strikes with terrifying force. One by one the friends vanish into his familys cannibalistic trap. Leatherface and the Cannibal Kin This isn’t just a killer — it’s an entire household of human flesh eaters. Pam is next. Then Jerry. And soon the only one left fighting for her life is Sally. Bound hunted and tormented Sally’s escape becomes the heart-stopping climax of the film. The tension set design and raw brutality make it hard to believe this movie was made on a shoestring budget (around INR 66 lakh / $140000). Will she escape or will she be served? Sally’s screams still echo in horror history. Will she survive this feast of fear? Or become another forgotten meal on the Leatherface family table? You’ll have to watch The Texas Chain-Saw Massacre to find out. And with its return on OTT now’s the time to revisit — or discover — the scream that started it all.