Pyscho VS Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Psycho and Texas chainsaw massacre are two of the most renowned and popular horror films to date and for good reason, both films were cannon to many horror films of the current generation and also help to create the sub-genre know as 'slasher' films. This is was mainly done through the key elements that are used through out bout both films like having a human killer, the larger emphasis on tension and suspense and being based on real life killer Ed Gein, but as similar as the films are the have their difference and it's because of these differences that these films stood on their own and were able to create many of the ideas and conventions used in horror films today.

There is much similarty between both films. As I mentioned before they both have human killers unlike the majority of old horror films having some sort of monster like Dracula or the wolf man, they have a large emphasis on tension and suspense since there the films aren't gore fest and they used their creepy atmosphere and music very effectively and that they were both based on the killer Ed Gein. There are other similarities like the use of a date and time in the opening credits which makes the events that take place in the film look like they could have actually occurred, both films have strong female leads who survive the killer and even help to some-what defeat them (though not to the extent of 'Halloween' and 'aliens'), and that both films use remote locations to signify the isolation of the character like with the bates motel being in the middle of no where and the town where Texas chainsaw massacre takes place being almost deserted. 

Despite their similarities there are also many differences between the films. These consist of: Texas chainsaw massacre while not being a gore fest has a larger emphasis on blood compared to psycho since there is more blood present and the killer has more brutal methods of killing people, the fact that Texas chainsaw massacre is shot in colour compared to psycho being in black and white (relates to the gore factor), the fact that there is suspicion as to who the killer is in psycho were as in Texas chainsaw massacre leather face is the obvious killer, Texas chainsaw massacre uses as documentary style of story telling since there is a narration at the beginning of the film, in Texas chainsaw massacre the entire family are psychopath where as in psycho it's just Norman, also Texas chainsaw massacre is in-conclusive since the girl escape but lather face is still as large where as Norman is captured and section.