Editing The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (section)

==Post-release {{anchor|DVD}} ==
[[File:Texas Chainsaw Hollywood Theater.png|thumb|right|''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' screening at the [[Hollywood Theatre (Portland, Oregon)|Hollywood Theatre]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], in July 2014.]]
''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' has appeared on various home video formats. In the US, it was first released on videotape and [[Capacitance Electronic Disc|CED]] in the early 1980s by [[Wizard Video]] and [[Vestron Video]].<ref>{{cite magazine|year=1982|title=Video Cassette: Top 25 Rentals|magazine=Billboard|volume=94|issue=7|page=48|issn=0006-2510}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=American film|author=American Film Institute; Arthur M. Sackler Foundation|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|year=1983|volume=9|page=72}}</ref> The [[British Board of Film Classification]] had long since refused a certification for the uncut theatrical version and in 1984 they also refused to certify it for home video, amid a [[moral panic]] surrounding "[[video nasty|video nasties]]".<ref>{{cite book|last=Cherry|first=Bridget|title=Horror|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2009|edition=illustrated|page=90|isbn=978-0-415-45667-8}}</ref> After the retirement of BBFC Director [[James Ferman]] in 1999, the board passed the film uncut for theatrical and video distribution with an [[18 (British Board of Film Classification)|18 certificate]], almost 25 years after the original release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/D35CE290A629176B80256737002B7882?OpenDocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320100026/https://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/D35CE290A629176B80256737002B7882?OpenDocument |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre rated 18 by the BBFC |access-date=June 1, 2008 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |year=1999 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' was released on [[LaserDisc]] in the United States in November 1993.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=November 6, 1993|title=Letterbox Format's Popularity Widens|last=McGowan|first=Chris|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-11-06.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=73|access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref> It was initially released on [[DVD]] in October 1998 in the United States,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/737/737317p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504184610/http://dvd.ign.com/articles/737/737317p1.html |archive-date=May 4, 2011 |title=Double Dip Digest: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |first=Todd |last=Gilchrist |access-date=August 21, 2008 |website=[[IGN]] |date=October 5, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> May 2000 in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/10/02/txs_chainsaw_massacre_1974_dvd_review.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102154031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/10/02/txs_chainsaw_massacre_1974_dvd_review.shtml |archive-date=January 2, 2009 |title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) |last=Coates |first=Tom |date=October 2, 2001 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=August 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 2001 in Australia.

In 2005 the film received a [[2K resolution|2K]] scan and full restoration from the original [[16mm film|16mm]] A/B rolls,<ref name="2006DVD">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205055410/http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=3508 |archive-date=February 5, 2005 |work=[[Fangoria]] |url=http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=3508 |title=RIP Paul Partain; new CHAINSAW & HENRY DVDs |date=March 2, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was subsequently released on DVD and [[Blu-ray]]. In 2014, a more extensive [[4K resolution|4K]] restoration, supervised by Hooper, using the original 16mm A/B reversal rolls, was carried out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3282090/full-details-4k-stills-for-restored-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre/|title=Full Details, 4K Stills for Restored 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422035943/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3282090/full-details-4k-stills-for-restored-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre/|first=Brad|last=Miska|archive-date=April 22, 2017|url-status=live|publisher=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=April 21, 2010}}</ref> After a screening in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] section of the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="Cannes2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-directors-fortnight-2014-lineup-unveiled/5070844.article |title=Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424163202/http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-directors-fortnight-2014-lineup-unveiled/5070844.article|archive-date=April 24, 2014|date=April 22, 2014|first=Melanie|last=Goodfewllow|access-date=April 28, 2014|work=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref> this was also released on DVD and Blu-ray worldwide. [[Dark Sky Films]]' US 40th Anniversary Edition was nominated for Best DVD/BD Special Edition Release at the 2015 [[Saturn Award]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films |url=http://www.saturnawards.org |publisher=[[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107012143/http://www.saturnawards.org/ |archive-date=November 7, 2015 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2024, for the film's 50th anniversary, the film was released to [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] and re-released to VHS in a collector's edition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2024-09-17 |title='The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' 50th Anniversary 4K Collector's Set Includes the Original Classic on VHS! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3831455/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-50th-anniversary-4k-collectors-set-includes-the-original-classic-on-vhs/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1982, shortly after ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' established itself as a success on US home video, Wizard Video released a mass-market video game adaptation for the [[Atari 2600]].<ref name="TCMGame">{{cite magazine|last=Shea|first=Tom|date=February 28, 1983|title=Horror films' themes reappear in video games|magazine=InfoWorld|publisher=InfoWorld Media Group|volume=5|issue=9|issn=0199-6649}}</ref> In the game, the player assumes the role of Leatherface and attempts to murder trespassers while avoiding obstacles such as fences and cow skulls.<ref name="TCMGame"/> As one of the first horror-themed video games, ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' caused controversy when it was first released due to its violent nature; it sold poorly as a result, because many game stores refused to stock it.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Al|title=The Film Yearbook, 1984|year=1983|publisher=[[Random House]]|edition=illustrated|page=143|isbn=978-0-394-62488-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Montfort|first=Nick|author2=Bogost, Ian |title=Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System|publisher=MIT Press|year=2009|edition=illustrated|page=128|isbn=978-0-262-01257-7}}</ref>

The film has been followed by eight [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)|other films]] to date, including sequels, prequels and remakes. The first sequel, ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2]]'' (1986), was considerably more graphic and violent than the original and was banned in Australia for 20 years before it was released on DVD in a revised special edition in October 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/5b64ebc56e443789ca25767100791b86?OpenDocument |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110405182222/http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/5b64ebc56e443789ca25767100791b86?OpenDocument |archive-date=April 5, 2011 |title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 – SE Film (DVD) |access-date=June 2, 2008 |publisher=[[Australian Classification Board]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III]]'' (1990) was the second sequel to appear, though Hooper did not return to direct due to scheduling conflicts with another film, ''[[Spontaneous Combustion (film)|Spontaneous Combustion]]''.<ref>[[#Jaworzyn04|Jaworzyn 2004, p. 188]]</ref> ''[[Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation]]'', starring [[Renée Zellweger]] and [[Matthew McConaughey]], was released in 1995. While briefly acknowledging the events of the preceding two sequels, its plot makes it a virtual remake of the 1974 original.<ref>{{cite book|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|author-link=Leonard Maltin|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide|publisher=Signet|year=2000|page=[https://archive.org/details/leonardmaltins200000malt/page/1400 1400]|isbn=978-0-451-20107-2|title-link=Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide}}</ref> A straight remake, ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', was released by [[Platinum Dunes]] and [[New Line Cinema]] in 2003.<ref name="PM">{{cite web|work=[[PopMatters]] |title=No Texas, No Chainsaw, No Massacre: The True Links in the Chain |first=J. C. III |last=Maçek |date=February 5, 2013 |access-date=February 9, 2013 |url=https://popmatters.com/pm/column/167248-no-texas-no-chainsaw-no-massacre-the-true-links-in-the-chain/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208051707/https://popmatters.com/pm/column/167248-no-texas-no-chainsaw-no-massacre-the-true-links-in-the-chain/ |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was followed by a prequel, ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]]'', in 2006. A seventh film, ''[[Texas Chainsaw 3D]]'', was released on January 4, 2013.<ref name="PM"/> It is a direct sequel to the original 1974 film, with no relation to the previous sequels, or the 2003 remake.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php/home/all-news/1-latest-news/6651-date-shifts-for-qsinisterq-and-qtexas-chainsaw-massacre-3dq |title=Date shifts for Sinister and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D |last=Zimmerman |first=Samuel |date=February 27, 2012 |magazine=[[Fangoria]] |access-date=March 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101174724/http://fangoria.com/index.php/home/all-news/1-latest-news/6651-date-shifts-for-qsinisterq-and-qtexas-chainsaw-massacre-3dq |archive-date=November 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/texas_chainsaw_3d/|title=Texas Chainsaw 3D|date=January 9, 2013|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> Another prequel, ''[[Leatherface (2017 film)|Leatherface]]'', was released exclusively to [[DirecTV]] on September 21, 2017, before receiving a wider release on [[video on demand]] and in [[limited release|limited theaters]], simultaneously, in North America on October 20, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3444651/official-leatherface-release-date-exclusive/|publisher=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=June 30, 2017|title=We Have the Official 'Leatherface' Release Date! (Exclusive)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031214106/https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3444651/official-leatherface-release-date-exclusive/|archive-date=October 31, 2017|access-date=October 31, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another sequel, ''[[Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022 film)|Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', was released exclusively on [[Netflix]] on February 18, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/18/texas-chainsaw-massacre-review-its-leatherface-vs-gentrifiers-in-nasty-sequel|title=Texas Chainsaw Massacre review – it's Leatherface vs gentrifiers in nasty sequel|website=The Guardian|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|date=February 18, 2022|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/netflix-texas-chainsaw-massacre-1235095495/|title=Netflix's 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre': Film Review|website=Hollywood Reporter|last=Scheck|first=Frank|date=February 18, 2022|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/leatherface-netflix-melody-texas-harlow-b2018244.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/leatherface-netflix-melody-texas-harlow-b2018244.html |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Review: From hippies to hipsters, 'Texas Chainsaw' is back|website=The Independent|date=February 18, 2022|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39091819/texas-chainsaw-massacre-review-netflix/|title=Texas Chainsaw Massacre review: Is Netflix's horror sequel any good?|website=Digital Spy|last=Sandwell|first=Ian|date=February 18, 2022|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref>

===Adaptations===
In 2023, both a tabletop game and a pinball machine based on the film were released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romanchick |first=Shane |date=2023-07-07 |title=Funko's 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Tabletop Game Offers Bloody Family Fun |url=https://collider.com/texas-chainsaw-massacre-tabletop-game-image/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DeVore |first=Britta |date=2023-12-09 |title=Leatherface's Reign of Terror Continues With 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Pinball Game |url=https://collider.com/texas-chain-saw-massacre-pinball-game-trailer/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> In 2025, a haunted house attraction called [[Universal Horror Unleashed]] will feature characters from the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/universal-horror-unleashed-las-vegas-haunted-houses-1236050104/ |title=Universal Plans Year-Round Haunted Houses Based on 'Exorcist' and 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Alex |last=Weprin |date=October 31, 2024 |access-date=November 4, 2024}}</ref>