The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtitled VHS Video Tobe Hooper 1973, Texas. During summer vacation, five young people on a road trip in a station wagon pick up a hitchhiker. The man repeatedly engages in bizarre behavior, such as cutting himself with a knife, and the group, sensing danger, kicks him out of the car. Eventually, they stop at a Western-style house, where they are attacked by unimaginable horrors. Director: Tobe Hooper Screenplay: Kim Henkel Tobe Hooper Producer: Tobe Hooper Lou Peraino Executive Producer: Jay Parsley Cast: Marilyn Burns Allen Danziger Paul A. Partain William Vail Teri McMinn Edwin Neal Jim Siedow Gunnar Hansen John Dugan Music: Wayne Bell Tobe Hooper Cinematography: Daniel Pearl Editor: Larry Carroll Sally Richardson Distribution: USA: Bryanston Distributing Company Japan: Herald Ace Release Date: USA: October 1, 1974 Japan: February 1, 1975 Running Time: 83 minutes