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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

R Released Oct 6, 2006 1h 31m Horror List
15% Tomatometer 87 Reviews 53% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
Chrissie (Jordana Brewster) and her friends (Matthew Bomer, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird) set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers (Lee Tergesen, Cyia Batten) harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski) is learning the tools of terror.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is full of blood and gore, but not enough scares or a coherent story to make for a successful horror film.

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Rocco B. Colella Boston Globe Rated: 1/4 Nov 24, 2011 Full Review Brian Tallerico UGO Audiences will start playing the 'Who's Next' game as people run, scream and die, and the whole thing loses the power that this horrific creation once had over cinema. Mar 24, 2007 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Matthew Rozsa matthewrozsa.com Andrew Bryniarski is the definitive Leatherface, as R. Lee Ermey is the definitive Texas country cannibal paterfamilias, in this underrated horror gem. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 21, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins At least no one stumbles and falls during drawn-out foot chases. Rated: 4/10 Nov 21, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Your run-of-the-mill horror film. Rated: 1.5/4.0 Sep 26, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dan C A severely underrated horror flick. This has well written story of how the texas macbre family came to be. It has well paced brutality with a satisfying conclusion which leads nicely into the follow up. The acting is great and kept me engaged throughout. Do not sleep on this. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Robson C Aqui temos a origem de Leatherface e da sua família (agora Hewitt). Mas, como sempre, um grupo de jovens acaba cruzando o caminho deles. Depois do sucesso do remake, que conseguiu modernizar a franquia e retornar para a violência, aqui temos uma continuação, mas que, na verdade, é um prequel. Com isso, acaba caindo em uma armadilha, pois, apesar de apresentar Leatherface e os seus parentes doidos, não pode ir mais além pois já tem o filme anterior. O filme apela mais para gore e sangue. Ele explica como o tio Charlie tornou-se o xerife Hoyt e como o tio Monty teve as pernas amputadas. Leatherface, cada vez mais, se torna um serial killer a la Jason e Michael Myers. A figura dele torna-se mais ameaçadora. O filme continua a estética do filme anterior. R. Lee Ermey continua o bom trabalho iniciado. O resto do elenco está bem, dentro do possível que o roteiro poderia ir, sem causar problemas para a cronologia que estavam criando. O filme foi bem criticado, mas gostei. Frente a outros files da franquia, ele não faz feio. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/17/24 Full Review Lucas t Third best one. 6.4/10. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Arabi R The movie was good, but not better than the first part, but still this one was a another best movie in the franchise Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/13/24 Full Review George X This Masterpiece it's the best in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise cause of an outstanding performance from Leatherfafe and R. Lee Ermy, best movie ever with strong and serious Tone, beautiful soundtrack amazing performance's lot's of action mixed with blood & gore. Best Texas Chainsaw movie God bless Michael Bay Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/24 Full Review Howard H Great backstories, full of gore...Sgt Hoyt is as feared as a character as Leatherface himself... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Chrissie (Jordana Brewster) and her friends (Matthew Bomer, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird) set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers (Lee Tergesen, Cyia Batten) harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski) is learning the tools of terror.
Director
Jonathan Liebesman
Producer
Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller
Screenwriter
David J. Schow, Sheldon Turner, Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Production Co
New Line Cinema, Texas Chainsaw Productions, Platinum Dunes
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Strong Horror Violence/Gore)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 6, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 30, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$39.5M
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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