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A Nightmare on Elm Street vs The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: which is scarier?

A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are about as scary as each other: 3.5 and 3.3 out of 10 on the Scare Scale.

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is gorier (6.5 against 4.9).
A Nightmare on Elm Street19843.5 /10The Texas Chainsaw Massacre20033.3 /10

Scare by scare

Gore
A Nightmare on Elm Street4.9
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre6.5
Creepy
A Nightmare on Elm Street4.8
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre4.4
Jumpscares
A Nightmare on Elm Street3.4
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre2.6
Suspense
A Nightmare on Elm Street4.6
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre4.0
Psychological
A Nightmare on Elm Street3.8
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre3.0

Seen one of them? Open the film and answer a few quick questions about how it scared you. Every answer moves its score.