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It was shot quickly on a limited budget with unknown actors wearing the same sweat-soaked outfits for weeks on end. So if "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" had disappeared without a trace, not many people would have been surprised. Instead, it's celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, a half-century in which it has been the benchmark for a subgenre of horror -- the slasher movie. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES