Headscratchers / The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

• Why is it called Texas Chainsaw Massacre, if only one person is actually killed by a chainsaw. I'm probably reading too much into it. But I find it a little odd.
  • This is actually a main undertone of the film. A social commentary on how media likes to blow stories out of proportion and make things sound ten times worse than they really are. The story literally begins like a documentary and if you pay close attention in the first act, the news on radio doesn't sound too bright and colorful.
  • While only one person actually gets killed, it's entirely possible that the chainsaw was used to butcher the rest of the corpses, leaving them chainsawed when the authorities finally found what was left of them.
• Why doesn't the trucker start the engine once sally is safe in the cab? Leatherface is still hacking at the iron door with a chainsaw and they could drive safely away.