The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

Before being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded house of horrors, with a chainsaw-wielding killer.

Director:

Jonathan Liebesman

Writers:

Sheldon Turner (screenplay), Sheldon Turner (story)

Stars:

Jordana Brewster, Matt Bomer, Diora Baird

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jordana Brewster	...	Chrissie
Taylor Handley	...	Dean
Diora Baird	...	Bailey
Matt Bomer	...	Eric
R. Lee Ermey	...	Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
Andrew Bryniarski	...	Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface
Lee Tergesen	...	Holden
Terrence Evans	...	Monty
Kathy Lamkin	...	Tea Lady
Marietta Marich	...	Luda Mae
L.A. Calkins	...	Sloane (as Leslie Calkins)
Tim DeZarn	...	Supervisor (as Tim deZarn)
Allison Marich	...	Young Luda Mae
Marcus H. Nelson	...	Lackey (as Marcus Nelson)
Lew Temple	...	Sheriff Winston

Storyline

In August, 1939, a worker goes into labor while working in a slaughterhouse and dies after a complicated labor, though the deformed child survives. The possibly orphaned baby is dumped in a garbage container and found by a beggar later, who brings him home. Along the years, the mentally retarded and disturbed boy called Thomas is raised by the Hewitt family in spite of having psychological problems as well as suffering from an unnamed skin disorder, later working in a meat packing plant. In July, 1969, when the facility is closed, the inhabitants move to other places, but the deformed, mentally childlike Thomas flies into a rage after being insulted and kills the foreman. His deranged brother (considered his uncle due to their age difference) executes the sheriff that is going to arrest Thomas, and assumes his identity, wearing his clothes,driving his car though the roads in Texas and entitling himself as Sheriff Hoyt. Meanwhile, the brothers Eric and Dean are traveling in a Jeep with...

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Plot Keywords:

tied feet | tied up while barefoot | cleavage | scantily clad female | panties | 

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Taglines:

Every Legend Has a Beginning.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, language and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Films [France] New Line Cinema [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Origin

Filming Locations:

Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,150,000, 8 October 2006

Gross USA:

$39,517,763

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$51,764,406

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Platinum Dunes, Next Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 96 min (unrated) 83 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

The slim design of the chainsaw Leatherface is using would not have been around in 1969. The models of that time period had considerably more bulky engines. The one he had started appearing in the mid '80s.

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Quotes

Sloane: Please, dear lord no!

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Alternate Versions

SPOILERS: The DVD contains three alternate endings. 1. In this ending, Chrissie gets in the car after escaping from the meat factory and Leatherface is not in the back seat, but then Leatherface saws through the window with the chainsaw and he kills Chrissie. 2. This ending is the same as the theatrical ending, but Leatherface stabs Chrissie with a knife through her chest, instead of ramming the chainsaw through her stomach. 3. Also the same as the theatrical ending, but not with the voice over from John Larroquette, but with subtitles instead

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Connections

Featured in The Kill Count: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) (2019)

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Soundtracks

All Right Now
Written by Paul Rodgers and Andy Fraser
Performed by Free
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Copyright 1970 (Renewed) Fairwest Music USA (BMI)
o/b/o Blue Mountain Music, Ltd.

User Reviews

the 2nd best chainsaw film?

I've been a Texas chainsaw fanatic since i saw the original (when i was about 8) and all the sequels obviously tried hard (except the one with Bridget Jones in which was an utter waste of time) but ultimately failed to be worthy of following up such a classic. the remake was OK, it looked great and had some quality violence but didn't really hit the spot.

but when i had finished watching this one (a prequel to a remake?) I've got to say i was very impressed, of course it had problems. the odd character didn't seem to have much of a purpose other than to die horribly and scared teenage girls still have that tendency to walk towards the screams of pain rather than leg it, but the grimness and violence of it all was pretty much relentless. there was no crap attempts at humour (other than the 'sherrif' but thats laughing at how out of order he is) and once it gets going it doesn't stop until the abrupt ending.

it looks great, the violence is above and beyond what you expect to see at a cinema (i don't know all the cuts made to the us version but the UK version seems to be about 8mins longer) and it felt like i was watching something that deserved to have 'texas chainsaw massacre' in the title.

if you like horror and gore films you should have a great time, go see.