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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (SE) backglass

Also known as TCM

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

  • orange
  • black
  • yellow
  • red
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (SE) playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 3 pop bumpers

Full vision analysis

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

  • red
  • orange
  • teal
  • white
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (SE) backglass

Full vision analysis

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

  1. Modes 2

    • Story modes
    • Dinner
  2. Multiballs 2

    • Door Multiball
    • Hook Multiball
  3. Goals 3

    • Super Shot
    • Franklin progression
    • Bonus Ball
  4. 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.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (SE) playfield

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

Distinctive

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
Pop bumpers
Three white-capped pop bumpers clustered upper left
Drop targets
Magenta bank of several drop targets mid-right
Ramps
Blue wireform ramp arcing down the right side, second blue rail on the left
Slingshots
Triangular slingshots flanking the lower centre
Upper playfield
Tall doll figure and striped figure at top, raised platforms and blue rails
Apron and lower playfield
Orange wood-grain lower deck, round black 'eat again' medallion, grinning doll face on lower-left apron
Who and what
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
Full description

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.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (SE) backglass

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

Distinctive

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
Who and what
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 description

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.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (SE) backglass

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

Distinctive

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
Who and what
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
Full description

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.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (SE) backglass

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

Distinctive

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
Who and what
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
Full description

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.