You’re entire critique is about the lack of gore. The film was never about gore. You have fundamentally misunderstood it. It’s about the audience. It asks you to fill in the blanks, and if you’re too busy scrolling Twitter you’ll never see that. I don’t know how anyone can dare to call themselves a horror fan and not understand the brilliance of that film. I’ve seen it once and I never want to see it again. It’s a grinding, hellish, amazing film. It’s been copied, ripped off and referenced so many times. It’s the pinnacle of 70s horror. Claiming that the house of 1000 devils is better is like claiming Coldplay are better than the Beatles. Factually wrong on every level. Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a legit, nasty, grimy, all time classic. It is the Scarface of Horror.