The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (narration)

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (narration) is the iconic opening voice-over for the 1974 horror film, delivered in a grave, documentary-style tone that sets its ominous, pseudo-true-crime atmosphere.

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instanceOf film narration
horror film narration
opening narration
voice-over
associatedWith cult horror
slasher cinema
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
function frames story as quasi-true events
sets ominous atmosphere
genre horror
hasReputation iconic opening voice-over
one of the most memorable horror film narrations
influenced later horror film opening narrations
true-crime styled horror marketing
language English
medium film
narrativeMode expository
narrativePerspective omniscient
openingLine “The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths…”
partOf The Texas Chain Saw Massacre NERFINISHED
purpose to present fictional events as factual case history
style pseudo-true-crime
tone documentary-style
grave
year 1974

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John Larroquette notableWork The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (narration)