This is not a joke.

Congratulations to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

In case you are unaware. The Library of Congress has The National Film Registry. Which  preserves movies that have cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to the history of cinema. 25 movies were added this year, which you can check out the full list below.

2024 Additions to The National Film Registry

• Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895)
• KoKo’s Earth Control (1928)
• Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
• Pride of the Yankees (1942)
• Invaders from Mars (1953)
• The Miracle Worker (1962)
• The Chelsea Girls (1966)
• Ganja and Hess (1973)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
• Zora Lathan Student Films (1975-76)
• Up in Smoke (1978)
• Will (1981)
• Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (1982)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Dirty Dancing (1987)
• Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
• Powwow Highway (1989)
• My Own Private Idaho (1991)
• American Me (1992)
• Mi Familia (1995)
• Compensation (1999)
• Spy Kids (2001)
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• The Social Network (2010)

As you can see, the horror classic that has made people terrified to stop in random parts of Texas for decades will now be preserved for generations to come.

Library of Congress on 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

Graphic, lurid and completely unapologetic in its brutality, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” has since its debut in drive-ins and grindhouse theaters, become a cultural, generational and filmmaking touchstone. Filmed for a pittance and supposedly as difficult of a production as a film can be (beset with record heat and filthy locations), “Texas” would establish many of the tenets of what would become the gore/slasher/splatter genre, including the long-lasting “final girl” trope. Condemned by many at the time of its release for what was seen as its gratuitousness, the film was nevertheless embraced by young movie audiences for both its jump-out-of-your seat-scares (great use of isolation and darkness) and it elements of (very) dark humor.