What is the best horror movie set in Texas?

Chainsaw-wielding cannibals, aging rock icons battling mummies and sun-baked farmhouse slashers all share one very big state. Cult classics, grindhouse oddities and modern A24 nightmares compete, so where do you stand?

1. 1
   Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

   Netflix's 2022 legacy sequel in which Sally Hardesty returns to confront Leatherface in the abandoned town of Harlow, Texas.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Devil's Rejects

   Rob Zombie's 1978-set 2005 sequel to House of 1000 Corpses, following the murderous Firefly family on the run across Texas.
   927pts
3. 3
   The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

   Hooper's 1986 gonzo, darkly comic sequel in which a Texas Ranger hunts the Sawyer family.
   709pts
4. 4
   The Hitcher

   A 1986 thriller in which a young driver is stalked across the Texas desert by a murderous hitchhiker played by Rutger Hauer.
   709pts
5. 5
   The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

   Marcus Nispel's gritty 2003 remake of the original, set in 1973 Texas.
   600pts
6. 6
   Texas Chainsaw 3D

   A 2013 direct sequel in which a young woman learns she inherited a Texas estate tied to Leatherface.
   600pts
7. 7
   Eaten Alive

   Tobe Hooper's 1976 slasher about a motel owner in the Texas swamps who feeds guests to his pet crocodile.
   600pts
8. 8
   The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

   Tobe Hooper's 1974 landmark of grindhouse horror in which a group of friends meets Leatherface and his cannibal family in rural Texas.
   466pts
9. 9
   X

   Ti West's 2022 slasher about an adult film crew shooting on a remote 1979 Texas farm with murderous elderly hosts.
   466pts
10. 10
    Bubba Ho-Tep

    A 2002 cult comedy-horror in which an aging Elvis and a man who believes he is JFK battle a mummy in a Texas nursing home.
    466pts
11. 11
    Race with the Devil

    A 1975 occult road thriller in which two couples on an RV trip across Texas stumble onto a Satanic cult.
    466pts
12. 12
    Pearl

    Ti West's 2022 prequel to X following a young woman's descent into madness on a 1918 Texas farm, starring Mia Goth.
    466pts
13. 13
    Frailty

    Bill Paxton's 2001 Texas-set thriller about a father who believes God has ordered him to slay demons disguised as people.
    0pts
14. 14
    Planet Terror

    Robert Rodriguez's 2007 Grindhouse zombie splatter feature set in a small Texas town overrun by infected soldiers.
    0pts

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