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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre premiered in Austin, Texas on October 1, 1974, and was released across the United States on October 11, 1974. The plot followed Sally (the late Marilyn Burns), her brother Franklin (the late Paul Partain), and their friends Jerry ( Allen Danziger), Kirk ( William Vail), and Pam ( Teri McMinn) as they traveled to visit her grandfather's grave.