The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

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2006

1h 31m

Horror

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Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers 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 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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Brian Tallerico

UGO

03/24/2007

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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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

10/30/2006

1.5/5

It's neither as bad as it could have been, nor as interesting as it should have been, and the final desultory reaction is a decidedly minor one.

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Chris Tilly

Time Out

10/28/2006

Oppressive, mean-spirited and sadistic, The Beginning is an unsavoury exercise in cruelty and pain that one hopes will also be the end.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 15

3/5

"Prequel to a reboot" isn't always the best premise for a movie, but the further this got from the source material, the more fun can be had.

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Matthew Rozsa

Dread Central

06/21/2021

3.5/4

I return to these films’ peak moments, again and again, whenever I seek true horror.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/21/2020

4/10

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

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film F

@filmfan9000 Jun 15

This movie did what it was meant to do. Gory and pointless. The title certainly did not suggest a sequel to 'It's A Wonderful Life'.

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Jorge H

@jorge02 Mar 21

It was nice and scary but it's not like the other film, something feels missing but it's worth to give it a try

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Joseph G

@LicenseToChivalry007 Feb 27

Completely superfluous and devoid of originality. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, a prequel to the 2003 reboot, is perhaps one of the worst films of 2006. Taking place four years before the events of the 2003 reboot, the film's premise fails on all cylinders. Predictable ending, cliche characters, uncompelling backstory, incoherent plot, and while R. Lee Ermey does a superb job as the brutal faux Sheriff Hoyt, and Leatherface is terrifying as ever. The latter two are not enough to salvage the movie, given that the audience should have a good idea of what happens next. In short, there will be no happy ending or triumphant victory over Leatherface, since this prequel preludes the events of the 2003 film. Do not watch.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 9

Such a brutal and thrill ride of a horror movie!

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Tommy D

@Thomas005 Dec 4

Very good this movie. Lethearface is very creepy in this movie

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Nov 17

A much better origin story than Leatherface.

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Synopsis

Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers 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 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)