As if The Texas Chainsaw Massacre wasn't already perfect enough, the narrator of the iconic horror's opening scene has confirmed he was paid in weed.
These days, you'd be breaking all kinds of employment laws by paying someone with illicit substances.
But the slasher was made back in 1974, a time when blockbuster movies were more than just a money grab.
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For John Larroquette, the Tobe Hooper-directed slasher was a significant job, marking his first ever movie role.
Although he didn't get any screen time, he played an important part as the narrator of the prologue at the start of the film.
A long-running rumour has circulated online suggesting that Larroquette, now 75, agreed to read out the opener in exchange for some of the green stuff.
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And now, after years of speculation, he's confirmed this to be 'totally true'.
Speaking to Parade, he said: "He gave me some marijuana or a matchbox or whatever you called it in those days.
"I walked out of the [recording] studio and patted him on the back side, and said, 'Good luck to you!'"
The award-winning actor said he first met Hooper while working at a bar in Colorado back in 1969, telling the outlet: "I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life."
The pair struck up a friendship and several years later, when Larroquette moved to LA to pursue a career in acting, Hooper decided to get in touch.
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"Tobe heard I was in town and asked for an hour of my time to narrate something for this movie he just did," he added.
"I said ‘Fine!’ It was a favor."
Little did anyone realise that the low budget movie, which was originally set at just $60,000, would go on to become one of the most popular and iconic horrors of all time.
Leatherface is easily one of the best horror villains on the circuit.
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The Night Court star went on to voice the narration in the sequels, only this time he was paid in actual cash.
"You do something for free in the 1970s and get a little money in the ‘90s," he said. "It’s certainly the one credit that’s stuck strongly to my resume."
Bet it's made its way into plenty of party conversations too.
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Amazingly, Larroquette admitted that he's yet to see the very Texas Chainsaw Massacre films that kickstarted his career.
Why? In his words: "I'm not a big horror fan."
Topics: Horror, Film and TV