When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n Credit: Warner Bros.<\/p>\n It\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n In an interview with Variety<\/a>, King recalled the first time he saw Tobe Hooper\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n \u201cI should say that I never saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre when it came out,\u201d King recalled. \u201cI 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\u2019s when a movie really has a tendency to work on you, to get its cold little fingers under your skin.\u201d<\/p>\n Considered one of the greatest of horror movies ever<\/a>, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre shocked King for its realism, which was only aided by the version he remembered sitting through at the time. \u201cIt had that kind of washed-out \u201970s look, for want of a better term. You could tell that this print had been around for a while, and it\u2019s better for it, because it just looks fucking real,\u201d explained King. \u201cIt works because there\u2019s no artifice about it, there\u2019s no buildup, there\u2019s no character nuance. I mean, there are scenes in the graveyard \u2026 they\u2019re not extras, they\u2019re not Hollywood people at all. They look like they came from the nearest little Texas town. It\u2019s fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n Admittedly, since then, the legacy of Leatherface and his messed-up family has had its ups and downs with sequels, reboots, and legacyquels not quite cutting the same way as the original. That might all be about to change, though, given that the rights for the IP are up for grabs and several creatives are keen to get their hands on the chainsaw and give it a swing themselves, including someone who has actually dabbled in King\u2019s works recently.<\/p>\n Whispers from the Sawyer house have revealed that a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre TV show may be in the works from A24<\/a> and The Long Walk<\/a> screenwriter, J.T. Mollner, and backed by Glen Powell, who has been eyeing the franchise for a while<\/a>. When they do, let\u2019s hope it gets the nod of approval from someone who knows their way around a horror story. Speaking of King, get a look at our ranking of every movie and show that\u2019s adapted his work here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Warner Bros. It\u2019s an impressive feat to give one of the most revered horror writers in history the chills. 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