The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

R

Released Oct 6, 2006

1 hr. 31 min.

Horror

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15%

87 Reviews

Tomatometer

53%

250,000+ Ratings

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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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Critics Consensus

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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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

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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

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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

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Raiodesol S

The only good things about this movie are the makeup / effects and the setting, those are really good. Won't even touch on the rest, because of how bad it is. This is a skippable Texas Chainsaw movie, don't even bother.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/26/23

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Jesse

One of the best movies in the franchise if I'm being honest. In my opinion, it goes the original, the 2003 remake, and this movie as the best movies in the texas chainsaw franchise. This one is really bloody compared to the others but thats one of the things that makes a horror movie realistic looking. I recommend this movie to people just getting into the franchise as well as the other ones I mentioned.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/22/23

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Gabriel S

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (TTCM:TB) rekindles the flame that the original generated, and ended up self-destructing throughout the sequels, but it doesn't bring anything innovative other than the fact that it makes the franchise darker. At least TTCM:TB tries to be serious, very different from its spiritual successors — I've got my eye on you, The Next Generation. TTCM:TB's biggest problem is its lack of character development. We begin the film knowing about the conflict between brothers Dean and Eric over Nam. As the film progresses, these conflicts are forgotten, giving way to the main plot: fleeing from Leatherface. By the way, Andrew Bryniarski, congratulations: best Leatherface so far. Serious, strong, sickly. Going back to the main plot, this movie reminds me a lot of Resident Evil 7. I wonder if the game's producers were inspired by the family dinner scene. The fact is that, of the main plot, nothing to declare, a simple story about surviving a bunch of degenerates. Some scenes are almost reinterpretations of scenes from the films produced in previous years. In TTCM:TB, it's clear that the producers wanted to revitalize the franchise by making it darker, trying to erase the mistakes of TTCM 2 and TTCM: The Next Generation. In general, they succeed, but they don't make TTCM:TB innovative or more interesting. TTCM:TB is the kind of movie that I recommend only for fans of the franchise, or if you're going to watch the movies in the franchise that are reboots, like this movie, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Leatherface, the 2022 reboot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/03/23

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Jonathan Liebesman

Director

Jordana Brewster

Chrissie

Andrew Bryniarski

Leatherface

R. Lee Ermey

Sheriff Hoyt

Lee Tergesen

Holden

Matt Bomer

Eric

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Rated: 1/4

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Brian Tallerico

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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.

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 2/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Matthew Rozsa

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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

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Mike Massie

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At least no one stumbles and falls during drawn-out foot chases.

Rated: 4/10

Nov 21, 2020

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Richard Propes

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Your run-of-the-mill horror film.

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 26, 2020

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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
Executive Producer: Jeffrey Allard, Toby Emmerich, Mark Ordesky, Guy Stodel
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
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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