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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) -- 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 house of horror
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) -- Clip: "What Is That?"
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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   17,432 votes
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Director:
Jonathan Liebesman
Writers (WGA):
Sheldon Turner (screenplay)
Sheldon Turner (story) ...
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Release Date:
6 October 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Witness The Birth Of Fear more
Plot:
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 house of horrors, where a young, would-be killer is being nurtured. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 nominations more
User Comments:
Unpleasant and disturbing...as it should be more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Origin (USA) (working title)
Untitled Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, language and some sexual content.
Runtime:
91 min | USA:96 min (unrated version) | Germany:83 min (cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Finland:K-18 | Australia:R | Iceland:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #42851) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Singapore:R21 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Netherlands:16 | Hong Kong:III | Japan:R-15 | USA:Unrated (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 | Germany:18 (cut) (nf) (theatrical version) | France:-16 | Portugal:M/18 | Mexico:C | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Malaysia:(Banned) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (uncut version) | South Korea:18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (DVD rating) (cut) | Italy:VM14 (re-rating on appeal) | Italy:VM18 (original rating)

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Trivia:
New Line had to pay $3 million more than it expected to in order to keep the series in the studio fold after Dimension Films made a pricey deal with original rights holders Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel and Robert Kuhn. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): At the end when the guy is pulled over by the cop on the side of the road, the cop is standing on the left of the vehicle. Real cops stand to the right of the vehicle away from the street. more
Quotes:
Holden: I'm looking for the girl.
Sheriff Hoyt: The girl? She's right there.
[Points to Bailey]
Holden: That's not her.
Sheriff Hoyt: Well if that's not the girl then... oh I don't think you wanna see the other one.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Daddy's Little Girls (2007) more
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91 out of 123 people found the following comment useful:-
Unpleasant and disturbing...as it should be, 6 October 2006
8/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Prequel to the 2003 "Texas Chainsaw..." giving us the origin of Leatherface and his twisted family. That's all done within the first 20 minutes...then it's just a virtual redo on the original with four likable 20-somethings being captured and tortured by Leatherface and his family. Considering it's basically a remake of the 2003 film, it works remarkably well.

It takes place in 1969 and has two brothers (Taylor Handley and Matthew Bomer) going to enlist (after being drafted). Along are their two girlfriends (Jordana Brewster and Diora Baird). But they're stopped by crazy Sheriff Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey) who is Leatherface's uncle...and the "fun" begins.

Very grim and graphic with no humor and shot in muted color...just as the 2003 one. The gore is strong and disgusting (this got trimmed to get an R rating) and I can't say I liked it...but it did it's job. It scared me. I was cringing in my seat a few times and jumped more than once.

Another plus is ALL the acting is good. Brewster, Handley, Baird and Bomer are all good-looking and likable--when the violence starts you really are horrified at seeing such great characters being tortured. Ermey is on hand giving another terrifying performance as Hoyt. His character is so twisted, violent and sick that when he got a taste of his own medicine my quiet audience broke out in applause. Also there's good old Leatherface and his chainsaw chasing everybody.

In some ways I applaud a grim, graphic R rated horror film that pulls no punches--I HATE the watered down PG-13 crap we usually get. But unlike some (like "Scream") this is pretty unrelenting and wears you down. But it scared me and that's exactly what it's supposed to do. An 8.

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