The filming of the original 1974 movie The Texas Chain Saw Massacre took place primarily in Central Texas, with key locations including a farmhouse on Quick Hill Road near Round Rock, Texas, and scenes shot in Bastrop County. The iconic house used as Leatherface's home was originally located near Round Rock but was later dismantled and moved to Kingsland, Texas, where it now operates as a restaurant called "Hooper’s" in homage to the film's director, Tobe Hooper

. The gas station scene was filmed in Bastrop, Texas, about two hours from the original house location, which served as the setting where the victims first encountered trouble

. The area depicted in the film is generally understood to be somewhere in Texas, with some debate about whether the story is set in South Texas, but the actual filming locations were in Central Texas near Austin, Round Rock, and Bastrop

. While the film claimed to be based on true events, the real-life inspirations were crimes committed in Wisconsin and Texas, but the actual events did not involve chainsaws or take place at these filming locations. The movie's setting is fictional, but its filming sites are well-documented in Central Texas