The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jonathan Liebesman

Writers (WGA):

Sheldon Turner (screenplay)
Sheldon Turner (story) ...

Release Date:

6 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Witness The Birth Of Fear

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.

Plot Keywords:

Leatherface | Car Accident | Psychopath | Slaughterhouse | Chainsaw

Awards:

5 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12	3:10 PM	MAX
Sun. Nov. 22	4:10 AM	MAX

Cast

Jordana Brewster	...	Chrissie
Taylor Handley	...	Dean
Diora Baird	...	Bailey
Matthew Bomer	...	Eric (as Matt Bomer)
R. Lee Ermey	...	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 De Zarn	...	Supervisor (as Tim deZarn)
Allison Marich	...	Young Luda Mae
Marcus H. Nelson	...	Lackey (as Marcus Nelson)
Lew Temple	...	Sheriff Winston

Also Known As:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Origin (USA) (working title)
Untitled Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel (USA) (working title)

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

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)

Filming Locations:

Austin Studios - 1901 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Producers Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller decided not to make a sequel to the 2003 movie. But the fans kept coming to them, asking how the family got that way and wanting to know the unanswered questions in the 2003 version. And after a meeting with Michael Bay, they let Sheldon Turner write the script and they were prepared to make it.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: 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.

Quotes:

Bailey: We're going on a road trip!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Vehicle

Don't expect anything new

Please don't get me wrong, this is a good horror film. To those looking for gore, it is there any there is plenty of blood shed. I would speculate several scenes have been cut to appease the mpaa. Had this film been release before Hostel, The Hills Have Eyes, or the Saw Franchise, more of the film would have ended up on the cutting room floor. The film is being advertised as it will show up how Tommy Hewitt became Leatherface. Anyone looking for any real discovery to this information will have to look somewhere else. Truthfully the only real incite into the Hewitt family origin is how a homicidal sexual deviant was able to become a Sheriff. Being a prequel, the lack of background information is, to say the least, disappointing.

I don't want to get into specifics, but there are several parts where the film feels as though it being recycled. Some scenes feel as if they were rehashed from other Chainsaw films, needless to say they did not live up. Add to this the typical slasher clichés (don't go upstairs/down to the basement, etc) and it only adds to the predictability.