“It’s exactly what you think it is!”

Ever since Tobe Hooper demonstrated the visceral power a chainsaw could possess when brandished as a weapon, horror films have utilized the buzzy menace to great effect. Limbs fly, blood spatters – neither the innocent nor the undead are safe from its spinning teeth. For this month’s Late Rounds, we present four films in which the chainsaw is as key as the iconic characters that brandish them.