2024 · Spooky Pinball
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (SE)
Known for Grinder scoop, Moving door, Captive ball and Hook lock. Open scrubland horizon under a smoke-filled sky, crowd of silhouetted figures advancing in the lower foreground, barn and farmhouse at lower right and panel van driving towards the viewer.
- Year
- 2024
- Maker
- Spooky Pinball
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- LCD screen
- Players
- 4
Known for
- scoop
Grinder scoop
- Toy
Moving door
- Captive ball
Captive ball
- Lock
Hook lock
- Multiball
Door Multiball
- Multiball
Hook Multiball
- mini-wizard
Mini-wizard
- Mode
Dinner
3 games under this title
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Moving door
Orbit 1
- Inner loop loop
Hole 1
- Grinder scoop scoop
Lock 1
- Hook lock
Captive ball 1
- Captive ball
Magnet 1
- Door magnet
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Centre, young adult, wild dark curly hair, blood-smeared pale face, mouth open, cream shirt
- man Left of centre, adult with shoulder-length dark hair, gripping a wooden plank, teeth bared
- man Right of centre, thin adult, receding dark hair, white shirt, wide toothy grin
- woman Far left, long hair, dark dress, standing amid red flame, expressionless
- man Far right edge, partially cropped, screaming face
- other Large face with wide staring eyes reflected in the chainsaw blade
Setting
- Open scrubland horizon under a smoke-filled sky
- Crowd of silhouetted figures advancing in the lower foreground
- Barn and farmhouse at lower right
- Panel van driving towards the viewer
Text on it
- THE TEXAS
- CHAINSAW
- MASSACRE
How it plays
-
Modes 2
- Story modes
- Dinner
-
Multiballs 2
- Door Multiball
- Hook Multiball
-
Goals 3
- Super Shot
- Franklin progression
- Bonus Ball
-
Wizard modes 1
- Mini-wizard mini-wizard
The cast
- Grandpa
- Gas Station
- Hitchhiker
- Cook
- The Family
Reference
Linked terms
- Grinder scoop also called Character-select scoop
- Moving door also called Center door
- Hook lock also called Hook lock orbit
- Franklin progression also called Franklin
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield SE
- orange
- black
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: Grinning wild-haired man and pinstriped bulging-eyed man flanking black circular BALLY badge at exact centre, painted jack-o-lanterns and crooked white haunted house on orange wood-grain, large solid-orange flippers below round black EAT AGAIN medallion, sinister doll face on lower-left apron
A lurid cartoon-horror ensemble: a grinning wild-haired man and a pinstriped, bulging-eyed man flanking a black circular 'BALLY' badge at the exact centre of the playfield. Painted jack-o'-lantern pumpkins and a crooked white haunted house sit in a bright orange wood-grain landscape. Large solid-orange flippers sit below a round black 'EAT AGAIN' medallion, with a sinister grinning doll face painted on the lower-left apron. Bright magenta drop-target banks with black lettering line the mid-right playfield next to a cluster of playing-card letters.
Setting
- Orange wood-grain painted ground
- Haunted white house with porch
- Crooked roadside gas station
- Rural field with windmill and fence
- Night sky at top
Symbols
- Playing cards
- Letters a b c d e f
- Numbers 1 2 3
- Jack-o'-lanterns
- Windmill
- Car
- House
- Gas pump
- Chain
Notable shapes
- Black circular centre badge
- Wedge/tapered playfield narrowing at the bottom
- Large diagonal orange ramp plate upper left
- Scattered card and letter cutouts
Art motifs
- Magenta drop-target banks with black lettering
- Black circular centre badge
- Yellow-on-black value panels
- Orange and yellow spiral flower
Themes
- Horror comedy
- Cartoon
- Haunted house
- Pumpkins
- Graveyard gags
- Retro sitcom characters
Title on it
- Bally
Text on it
- 3 TIMER ESCAPE
- TIMES LOCKED
- NOVELTY
- VALUE
- GAS STATION
- SPIN
- COMBO
- HEAD QUARTERS
- GRAND PRIZE
- QUICK
- 1000000
- MONSTER
- GRAND
- EAT AGAIN
- SPECIAL
- SALLY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Tall gaunt pallid man in a black suit with slick black hair, standing centre-left with hands together, sinister grin |
| Man | Black-haired man at centre with wide wild eyes and a broad toothy grin, hands splayed |
| Man | Pinstriped man at centre bottom with a very high domed forehead, bulging eyes and a fixed stare |
| Woman | Screaming woman at upper centre, head tilted back, mouth wide open, dark hair |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in an orange top at lower right, smiling, holding something small |
| Child | Pale girl with dark pigtails at lower left, blank stare, striped top |
| Other | Huge grinning jack-o'-lantern pumpkin painted at left and another at right of the centre |
| Creature | Grinning sinister doll/monster face painted on the lower-left apron |
Photographed at a steep angle looking down a long, narrow, wedge-shaped pinball playfield with a wood-grain orange and amber ground. The art is a lurid cartoon horror-comedy ensemble cast: a tall, gaunt, pallid man in a black suit with a slick black hairline standing centre-left; a wild-eyed black-haired man with a big grin at centre; a screaming open-mouthed woman's face at upper centre; a dark-haired woman in an orange top at lower right; a pinstriped, wide-eyed man with a bulbous forehead at centre bottom; and a girl with a pale face and dark pigtails at lower left. Painted scenery includes a haunted white house with a porch, a crooked gas station, a yellow windmill/flower, a large grinning jack-o'-lantern pumpkin, a green car, and scattered playing cards and letters. Metal hardware: three white pop-bumper caps upper left, a large black-and-white striped figure at top, blue wireform ramps and rails, two orange flippers at the bottom, and a black circular badge reading a company name at centre. Dominant colours are orange, black, yellow and red.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass SE
- red
- orange
- teal
- white
Fingerprint: the texas chainsaw massacre - man's wide staring eye reflected inside polished chainsaw blade, three screaming blood-smeared faces lunging out of blood-red haze, enormous two-scale title lettering where MASSACRE dwarfs THE TEXAS CHAINSAW, 1950s panel van driving head-on with long chainsaw bar, long-haired woman in dark dress standing silently at far left amid flames, airbrushed horror style
A man's wide staring eye reflected inside the polished chainsaw blade, beside a mirrored farmhouse. Three screaming, blood-smeared faces lunging out of a blood-red haze. The enormous two-scale title lettering where MASSACRE dwarfs THE TEXAS CHAINSAW above it. A 1950s panel van driving head-on at the viewer with a long chainsaw bar. A long-haired woman in a dark dress standing silently at the far left edge amid flames.
Setting
- Open scrubland horizon under a smoke-filled sky
- Crowd of silhouetted figures advancing in the lower foreground
- Barn and farmhouse at lower right
- Panel van driving towards the viewer
Symbols
- Chainsaw with toothed blade
- Flames and smoke
- Wooden fence posts
- Barn
- Farmhouse
- Pickup truck
- Barn door with x-brace
Lettering
- Huge condensed sans-serif capitals, flat pale grey-white fill with dark red outline, two scales of size on one line
Themes
- Slasher horror
- Chainsaw
- Rural
- Arson and fire
Title on it
- The texas chainsaw massacre
Text on it
- THE TEXAS
- CHAINSAW
- MASSACRE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre, young adult, wild dark curly hair, blood-smeared pale face, mouth open, cream shirt |
| Man | Left of centre, adult with shoulder-length dark hair, gripping a wooden plank, teeth bared |
| Man | Right of centre, thin adult, receding dark hair, white shirt, wide toothy grin |
| Woman | Far left, long hair, dark dress, standing amid red flame, expressionless |
| Man | Far right edge, partially cropped, screaming face |
| Other | Large face with wide staring eyes reflected in the chainsaw blade |
| Vehicle | 1950s panel van, cream and yellow, front-on, headlights like eyes |
| Creature | Crowd of many small dark silhouetted human figures across the bottom |
Full-width painted backglass dominated by a huge blood-red wash. Across the very top, in condensed sans-serif capitals, pale grey-white with dark outline: the small words THE TEXAS and CHAINSAW on the left, and MASSACRE much larger filling the upper right. Below, three screaming figures press towards the viewer: centre a young man with wild dark curly hair and a slack, blood-smeared face, mouth open; left a long-haired man gripping a board with both hands, teeth bared; right a thin man in a white shirt grinning. Far left, a long-haired woman in a dark dress stands among flames. A long chainsaw blade with visible teeth and a large 1950s-style panel van runs diagonally across the lower half, the polished bar reflecting a small house scene and a face with wide eyes. At the bottom a crowd of tiny silhouetted figures advances, with a barn, a farmhouse and a parked pickup truck. Teal-green smoke clouds at the top corners contrast with the crimson. Airbrushed, high-gloss horror illustration.
Backglass Blood Sucker Edition
- red
- orange
- teal
- white
Fingerprint: Blood-smeared man's face with wild black hair holding metal starting-chainsaw handle with both hands, jagged toothed chainsaw blade cutting diagonally lower-right, grinning young man at left with shotgun over shoulder, gaunt hollow-eyed older man in stained white shirt smiling, yellow van, dead bare trees, wooden porch, pick-up truck, "THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE" block capitals
A blood-smeared man's face with wild black hair staring out above the bar of a starting chainsaw he grips in both hands, dominating the centre of the glass. A jagged, toothed chainsaw blade cutting diagonally across the lower right third of the artwork. A grinning man with a shotgun slung over his shoulder shouting on the left, and a gaunt hollow-eyed older man in a stained white shirt smiling on the right. A yellow van rendered as a small boxy vehicle beneath the central figure's hands.
Setting
- Smoky teal-green sky
- Dead bare tree trunks
- Front porch of a timber house
- Rural pick-up truck
- Crowd of distant silhouetted figures
Symbols
- Starting chainsaw with toothed chain and bar
- Shotgun barrel
- Chainsaw chain teeth
- Yellow van
- Dead bare trees
- Pick-up truck
- Wooden porch and gabled roofline
Lettering
- Heavy condensed block capitals, pale grey-to-white vertical gradient fill, thin dark keyline and shadow, three words across two lines filling the full width of the top
Themes
- Slasher horror
- Chainsaw
- Rural farmhouse
- Monster on the loose
- Film poster style
Title on it
- The texas chainsaw massacre
Text on it
- THE TEXAS
- CHAINSAW
- MASSACRE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Left of centre, young adult, dark swept-back hair, mouth wide open in a scream or laugh, short-sleeved top, a long-gun barrel resting over his shoulder, face lit orange from below |
| Man | Centre, adult with wild upright black hair, face and forehead smeared with blood and pale scraped skin, staring forward, both hands clamped around a metal starting-chainsaw handle, beaded bracelet at the wrist |
| Man | Right of centre, older and gaunt, receding dark hair, deep sunken eyes and creased cheeks, thin smile, wearing a stained white shirt with an open collar |
| Man | Far left background, long shoulder-length hair and a full beard, dark shirt, staring forward, smaller in scale |
| Other | Far right background, bald corpse-like pale head tilted back with eyes closed, beside a hand gripping a large pale blade |
Illustrated horror-film style glass in a hot red and orange palette with smoky teal-green haze behind the figures. Across the whole top a two-line title reads THE TEXAS on the upper line and MASSACRE oversized to the right, with CHAINSAW filling a second line beneath on the left, all in heavy block capitals with a pale grey-white gradient fill and dark outline. Five figures fill the centre: a grinning young man at left with dark hair, open mouth and a shotgun slung over his shoulder; a wild-haired man in the middle whose blood-smeared face is held in both hands, gripping a starting-chainsaw handle; a gaunt, hollow-eyed older man in a stained white shirt at right smiling; a long-haired bearded man further left; and a bald, corpse-like face at the far right edge. A jagged chainsaw blade with toothed chain runs diagonally across the lower right, over a yellow van and a row of dead tree trunks, a porch-front house, a pick-up truck and a horde of small silhouetted figures.
Backglass CE
- red
- orange
- teal
- black
Fingerprint: Blood-drenched central man with one eye socket caved in teeth bared thrusting huge chainsaw blade diagonally across lower half glass, blade itself painted mirror showing screaming woman's face wide-open eye unusual detail, two other grinning bloodied men framing, burning township with crowd vintage pickup truck bottom edge, THE TEXAS MASSACRE title with CHAINSAW stacked top-left beneath first two words, photographic-style horror palette blood-red orange wash
The most memorable element is the blood-drenched central man with one eye socket caved in, teeth bared, thrusting a huge chainsaw blade diagonally across the lower half of the glass. The blade itself is painted as a mirror showing a screaming woman's face and a wide-open eye, which is a very unusual detail. Framing this are two other grinning, bloodied men, and a burning township with a crowd and a vintage pickup truck along the bottom edge. The title is unusually laid out, with the word CHAINSAW stacked in the top-left beneath the first two words.
Setting
- Burning small-town street
- Crowd of silhouetted onlookers with raised arms
- Wooden house with porch and lit windows
- Vintage pickup truck
- Dark tree stumps and fence posts at left
- Hazy smoke and flame glow
Symbols
- Chainsaw with visible teeth
- Flames
- Blood splatter
- Houses
- Pickup truck
- Crowd silhouettes
Lettering
- Heavy condensed sans-serif block capitals, pale grey-green fill with a light outline, arranged over two lines with the third word stacked in the upper left
Themes
- Slasher horror
- Chainsaw
- Massacre
- Burning town
- Rural texas
- Film poster
Title on it
- The texas massacre chainsaw
Text on it
- THE TEXAS MASSACRE
- CHAINSAW
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre foreground, wild dark curly hair, face and hair matted with blood, left eye socket collapsed and dark, bared crooked teeth, wearing a bloodstained pale shirt, both hands gripping a long chainsaw held diagonally |
| Man | Left of centre, short dark hair, wide staring eyes and open grimacing mouth, wearing a torn pale shirt, clutching a wooden handle, hands raised near his chest |
| Man | Right of centre, dark hair swept back, forehead furrowed, wide bloodied grin showing teeth, wearing an open-collared white shirt, arm extended to the right holding a bloodied severed hand or limb |
| Man | Far left background, shoulder-length wavy hair and full beard, dark open shirt, standing upright and facing forward among dark posts and stumps |
| Woman | Painted as a reflection in the polished chainsaw blade, screaming face with wide-open eye, plus a second eye and face shape lower along the blade |
| Other | A dense crowd of dark silhouetted figures across the bottom, several with arms raised, beside burning buildings and a house with a porch |
A photographic-style horror backglass dominated by a huge blood-red and orange wash. Two lines of block lettering sit across the top: THE TEXAS on the first line and MASSACRE, with CHAINSAW tucked beneath the first line on the left, all in heavy condensed sans-serif capitals, pale grey-green with a soft white edge, set over a teal-green sky that darkens to near-black at the top corners. Three men dominate the centre: at centre a blood-smeared man with wild dark curly hair, a collapsed left eye socket and bared teeth, gripping a long chainsaw blade that runs diagonally to the lower right with a woman's face and an eye reflected in the metal. To his left a man with dark hair, wide eyes and an open grimace clutching a wooden-handled tool, wearing a torn pale shirt. To the right a grinning man in a white open-collared shirt, bloodied, holding a severed hand or limb at the far right edge. At the far left a long-haired bearded man in a dark shirt stands among dark posts and tree stumps. Along the bottom runs a burning scene: a crowd of silhouetted figures with raised arms, flames, a house with a porch, and a 1950s pickup truck. The whole image has a glossy reflection sheen across the upper left.