The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Quotes

Morgan What are we gonna do?

Kemper I don't know... uh... we gotta call the cops, I guess.

Morgan Um, yeah, on a list of bad ideas, that one goes, way up there. Oh, police officers, please, as you inspect a crime scene, which is now our van, please, ignore the colorful pinata, filled with marijuana, in case you happen to come across it, because it played no part, you know, whatsoever in the demise of this unfortunate, young, woman.

Pepper It just seems so wrong.

Sheriff Hoyt Don't give me any crap, young lady. Goddamn it, I got just as much respect for a dead body as anybody around here. Get that nasty, goddamn thing out of the backseat of my goddamn car. Put it in the trunk, what the hell's the matter with you?

Taglines You want scary? THIS is scary!

Sheriff Hoyt Is that where she was sitting? Because the angle don't add up for me with the blood on that back window.

Morgan Maybe she was a bit more in the middle.

Sheriff Hoyt Well, maybe you ought to move a little more over to the middle.

Morgan But...

Sheriff Hoyt What, are you afraid of a little blood? Get the fuck over there!

Taglines If it's terror what you want, it's terror that you'll have.

Erin I didn't go to Mexico to watch you get shit-faced for four days.

Kemper That's what you do in Mexico!

Sheriff Hoyt I bet she's real unhappy, real sorry that you're getting fuckin her blood all over your goddamn arm. You know, back when I was a young patrolman, I used to love wrapping up these young honies.

Andy Yeah, I bet you did.

Sheriff Hoyt Yeah, cop me a little bit of a feel every now and then, you know. Oh, look at that. She's kind of wet down there. What you boys been doing with this dead body anyway?

Andy Can we please finish this?

Narrator The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of 5 youths. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected, nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day. For them, an idyllic summer afternoon became a nightmare.

Narrator For 30 years, the files collected dust in the cold-cases division of the Travis County Police Department. Over 1,300 pieces of evidence were collected from the crime scene at the Hewitt residence. Yet none of the evidence was more compelling than the classified police footage of the crime-scene walk-through.

Officer Adams Test test test... Okay, uh, this is, uh, August 20th, 1973. The time is, uh, 3:47 P.M. Our location is the Hewitt residence on Route 17; it's where victim one was found. We're gonna do a walk-through, and we're now descending the stairs into the furnace room... uh... There's - over here - there's scratch marks along the wall.

Officer Adams There's some more over here, right over here and oh, there's something over here. Seems... Looks like a clot of hair and an embedded fingernail. All right, we're gonna go move into the actual furnace room.

Narrator The events of that day were to lead to one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Pepper What are the odds of you guys passing through "El Paso", just as I started to hitch? I mean, it's like synchronicity.

Pepper It's like I.S.D. It's like this shit does not just happen.

Erin Oh, baby, They got to play "free bird.

Kemper Oh, they have to. We paid a fortune for these tickets.

Andy Hey yo Kemp, can you do something about the A.C. Back here? I'm melting.

Kemper No.

Kemper But if you or Pepper get too hot, You could always take your clothes off.

Andy You'd like that, wouldn't you?

Erin You are such a perv. Don't listen to him, Pepper.

Pepper Why not? I think he's funny.

Erin She's only known you for 19 hours. I've lived with him for 3 years. And trust me, He is not funny!

Taglines Inspired by a True Story.

Narrator The crime scene was not properly secured by Travis County Police. Two investigating officers were fatally wounded that day. This is the only known image of Thomas Hewitt, the man they call Leatherface. The case today still remains open.

Narrator The events of that day were to lead to one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Taglines What you know about fear... doesn't even come close.

Pepper Can you believe? We didn't even know each other yesterday.

Andy I know. It's just amazing.

Morgan You know what's even more amazing? Hello? Hello? What are you, like at a pause or half-time?

Morgan Okay, The fact that Americans each day are infected with a sexually-transmitted disease, and two-thirds of them are just about your age.

Kemper Hey, Morgan. How are you the expert on the dumbest shit?

Andy Erin, I'm dead. Please finish it. You can do it.

Erin I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't.

Andy Here's a knife. Erin, do it. Do it!

Erin I can't do it.

Andy Do it! Do it! Do it!

Erin Please forgive me... Please forgive me.

Morgan Would anybody please make her stop singing?

Kemper I think you got a beautiful voice, baby.

Erin Thank you.

Narrator The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of 5 youths. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected, nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day. For them, an idyllic summer afternoon became a nightmare. For 30 years, the files collected dust in the cold-cases division of the Travis County Police Department. Over 1,300 pieces of evidence were collected from the crime scene at the Hewitt residence. Yet none of the evidence was more compelling than the classified police footage of the crime-scene walk-through.