The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

What you know about fear... doesn't even come close.

6.2 / 10 2006 1h 31mR English
HorrorThriller

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Jordana Brewster

Jordana Brewster

Chrissie

Lead
Taylor Handley

Taylor Handley

Dean

Diora Baird

Diora Baird

Bailey

Matt Bomer

Matt Bomer

Eric

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt

Lew Temple

Lew Temple

Sheriff Winston Hoyt

Andrew Bryniarski

Andrew Bryniarski

Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface

Tim DeZarn

Tim DeZarn

Slaughterhouse Supervisor

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jonathan Liebesman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker