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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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Movie Info
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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)