The fact that the story was reported to have been based on actual events made it even more unsettling. Finding out that the wasn’t actually the case, did not lessen the cult following and popularity of the horror movie. It is still highly regarded today as one of the greats.

The main house in the movie (above) is now a restaurant called the Grand Central Café. Built in Red Rock, Texas (where the movie took place), the current owners had it moved piece by piece to Kingsland, Texas after purchasing it.

The house is now a quaint and charming stopover and tourist attraction; no longer the home of a menacing psychopath. This does not, however, deter tourists who are diehard fans of horror movies from traveling across the country to eat at that famous house where Leatherface once lived