The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

Directed by

Jonathan Liebesman

Genre

horror film, slasher film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 1,982 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the late 1960s, a group of young friends on a road trip encounter a sadistic family of killers. They are hunted and tormented by Leatherface and his deranged clan.

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What happens

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American slasher film serving as a prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), and the sixth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. The film was directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and written by Sheldon Turner from a story by Turner and David J. Schow. The film's story takes place four years before its predecessor. It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer and R. Lee Ermey. Originally, the film had the subtitle The Origin. New Line Cinema had to pay $3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the rights to the franchise after Dimension Films made a large offer to buy it. Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper, creators of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, produced alongside Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller. The Beginning was released in North America on October 6, 2006. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $51.8 million on a budget of $16 million. The series was rebooted in 2013 with Texas Chainsaw 3D. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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