It’s an impressive feat to give one of the most revered horror writers in history the chills. Well, it turns out that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre did just that for Stephen King, as revealed in a recent confession from the author that gave the world killer clowns and a kid who could see dead girl ghosts.
In an interview with Variety, King recalled the first time he saw Tobe Hooper’s revved-up fearfest that even now still makes fans' blood freeze. The dirt and grit from this horrifying backwater tale stuck with the writer, who managed to get his own accidental private screening when he finally sat down to see it.
“I should say that I never saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre when it came out,” King recalled. “I saw it in 1982 in Colorado. I was a young father, and I was writing to stay ahead of the bill collectors. I was in the theater almost by myself. That’s when a movie really has a tendency to work on you, to get its cold little fingers under your skin.”
