Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Andrew Bryniarski, Diora Baird, Jordana Brewster

It's 1969. The conflict in Viet Nam has exploded to immeasurable proportions, and 18-year-old Dean Hillšs number is up. Dean's brother Eric, who has already seen his share of combat, plans to take Dea...( read more  read more... )n to enlist in his beloved Marine Corps in hopes of keeping an eye on him rather than letting him take his chances at the local induction center. But Dean's plans do not coincide with his older brotheršs. Instead, he plans to confront Eric about dodging the draft after the boys and their respective girlfriends, Bailey and Chrissie, head across Texas for a final fling of serious fun. Soon after their journey begins, the spirited foursome is spooked by a menacing pair of bikers, Holden and his girlfriend, Alex. When Alex chases the group's jeep, propelling them into a serious accident, Chrissie is thrown from the vehicle. As Alex attempts to rob the injured trio, Sheriff Hoyt arrives on the scene and turns the tables on their would-be assassin. While Chrissie hides in the nearby brush, she watches as the sheriff kills Alex in cold blood and then inexplicably taunts her friends before ordering them into the back of the patrol car. Unbeknownst to Chrissie, Hoyt is headed back to the Hewitt family home where Thomas who is being groomed to become the terrifying monster known as Leatherface and the rest of the Hewitt clan await.

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R, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman

Released: October 6, 2006

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DVD Released: January 16, 2007

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  • April 27, 2009
    "Witness The Birth Of Fear"

    On one last road trip before they're sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends get into an accident that calls their local sheriff to the scene. Thus begins a terrifying experience where the teens are taken to a secluded ho... ...( read more )
  • January 15, 2009
    Aww come on...kill the momentum much!
    We liked not knowing the reason or rhyme behind this family of proverbial weirdos, that was the high point, not knowing the why, the what or the how...was it must to kill that, really!?
    And even if you must kill off the imagination of us all,... ...( read more )
  • January 11, 2009
    It's 1969. The conflict in Viet Nam has exploded to immeasurable proportions, and 18-year-old Dean Hillšs number is up. Dean's brother Eric, who has already seen his share of combat, plans to take Dean to enlist in his beloved Marine Corps in hopes of keeping an eye on him rather... ...( read more )
  • November 28, 2008
    More gore from Leatherface n the Hewitt family, typical Texas mayhem but great insight into why leatherface is the sick twisted killer he is.
  • August 10, 2008
    Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is the terrible prequel to 2003's remake of the original TCM. This film is basically a remake of that film with the twist that everything gets explained in this one. TCM:TB is not a scary film. It's main goal is to try to disgust you with so... ...( read more )
  • July 2, 2009
    Al principio parecía que no, pero al final se transformo en entretenida. Mucha sangre y mutilaciones y todas esas cosas que ya sabemos. No es nada nuevo pero sirve para pasar el rato.

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October 18, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Attention sadists: Demand more from your gorefests than this pro forma return to the well. Has mass murder ever been this dull? full review

October 9, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim

If you are into extremes this ultra-violent blood feast is probably just your ticket. full review

October 6, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning misses everything that made the first one eat into your spine like meningitis. full review

October 4, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Reducing the iconic brute to a victim of childhood neglect and abuse? That's not, as The Beginning's tagline boasts, "The Birth of Fear." It's the death of it. full review

Comments


  • wdward
    July 17, 2008
    Are They Making another Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • GREENBOY94
    May 2, 2008
    is there going to be another texas chainsaw massacre
  • pavacri23
    February 23, 2008
    is not that good
  • SexyExecutioner
    August 3, 2007
    From all the Texas chainsaw massacre this have to be the goriest & the least was the original which probably back in the 70's did look brutal now is more like a family movie compared to other horror films.
  • poemchick1991
    July 16, 2007
    So is this movie about how Leatherface decided to be who he was?
  • LoneWoIf
    June 15, 2007
    its awesome...
  • Jiggy33
    April 25, 2007
    It SUCKED commpaired to the first one!
  • MonoxideMike
    April 19, 2007
    What a fucking waste of money, not gory enough, story sucked, this is why people shouldn't make remakes they ruin the fun and intensity of the original and it didn't even fit well with the remake this was an excuse to make it more like the original, nothing beats the original inbred brothers with a good eye for beef if your going to watch any TCM movie watch the original 2 which are the ways the characters are supposed to be not some half assed kid who got picked on
  • scat2
    April 14, 2007
    ewww?
  • amagus120
    April 9, 2007
    I think this movie was pretty good and it did actually scare me in some scenes. and it was also very gross but meh i rekon it had very good scares. i dunno why but it made me feel all weird wen i saw that biker chik hangin with no feet. yeh i find this movie very good compared to some of the other horror ones.

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