OK, I'm a bit biased. Horror movies have always been my passion. One of my earliest memories is watching A Nightmare On Elm Street and Cat's Eye when I was either 4 or 5. My parents allowed it because it didn't cause any problems with my young mind (or so they thought, HEH HEH HEH!). Just kidding. Doing away with most of the stereotypes people put on these flicks, such as they're cheesy (mostly true), poorly acted (mostly true), plotless (all right, forget it-you got me), there are some that actually go much deeper and incorporate everything the other genres have as well. The following represents the good, the bad, and the laughable.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2