Main Cast: Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matthew Bomer, R. Lee Ermey
Release Year: 2006
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Bear witness to the birth of the most horrifying legend in the history of cinema as director Jonathan Liebesman explores the nightmarish origins of the psychotic Hewitt family in this sequel to director Marcus Nispel's 2003 hit The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The year is 1969, and despite the fact that the Vietnam War is raging halfway across the globe, all is ominously quiet on the back roads of America. Eighteen-year-old Dean Hill (Taylor Handley) has just received his draft notice, and his older brother, Eric (Matthew Bomer), is determined to watch out for his younger sibling by ensuring that Dean enroll in the Marine Corps rather than risking his luck at the local induction center. Dean has other plans, though, and as soon as the pair and their girlfriends, Bailey (Diora Baird) and Chrissie (Jordana Brewster), return from their final fling in sunny Texas, he plans to confront his brother with the prospect of dodging the draft. When an unsettling encounter with malevolent bikers Holden (Lee Tergesen) and Alex (Cyia Batten) results in a serious car accident in which Chrissie is thrown from the vehicle, the arrival of Sheriff Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey) at first appears to be a moment of divine intervention. However, when Sheriff Hoyt murders thieving Alex in cold blood and then shepherds her friends into the back of his police cruiser as Chrissie watches from the brush, their momentary reprieve soon gives way to an unimaginable terror. As Hoyt transports her ailing friends to the Hewitt home, where a childlike man named Thomas is currently undergoing the transformation into cannibalistic madman Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski), a desperate Chrissie attempts to enlist the aid of Holden in rescuing her friends from a fate worse than death. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Andrew Bryniarski - Thomas Hewitt/Leatherface; Lee Tergesen - Holden; Terrence Evans - Monty; Kathy Lamkin; Marietta Marich - Luda Mae; Leslie Calkins; Tim de Zarn; Allison Marich; Marcus Nelson; Lew Temple - Sheriff Wintson; Cyia Batten - Alex
Credit
John Frick - Art Director, Sally Jane Jackson - Casting, Lisa Fields - Casting, Alma Kuttruff - Co-producer, K.C. Hodenfield - Co-producer, Mari-An Ceo - Costume Designer, K.C. Hodenfield - First Assistant Director, Jonathan Liebesman - Director, Kenny Bates - Second Unit Director, Jonathan Chibnall - Editor, Robert Kuhn - Executive Producer, Alma Kuttruff - Executive Producer, K.C. Hodenfield - Executive Producer, Mark Ordesky - Executive Producer, Toby Emmerich - Executive Producer, Guy Stodel - Executive Producer, Jeffrey Allard - Executive Producer, K.J. Kernan - Location Manager, Steve Jablonsky - Composer (Music Score), K.N.B. EFX Group - Makeup Special Effects, Michael Scott - Camera Operator, Marco Rubeo - Production Designer, Lukas Ettlin - Cinematographer, Brad Fuller - Producer, Tobe Hooper - Producer, Kim Henkel - Producer, Michael Bay - Producer, Andrew Form - Producer, Mike Fleiss - Producer, Stacy Brownrigg - Sound/Sound Designer, Kurt Bryant - Stunts Coordinator, Kelly Port - Special Effects Supervisor, Alma Kuttruff - Unit Production Manager, David J. Schow - Screen Story, Sheldon Turner - Screen Story, Sheldon Turner - Screenwriter, Jim May - Additional Editing, Joel Negron - Additional Editing, Russ Engels - Gaffer, Northwest Sinfonia - Musical Performer, Timothy J. Pedegana - Post Production Supervisor, Shanti Delsarte - Production Coordinator, Leigh Ann Wilbourn - Production Coordinator, Dwayne Grady - Properties Master, Marc Fishman - Re-Recording Mixer, Adam Jenkins - Re-Recording Mixer, Chris Grande - Script Supervisor, Chris Castaldi - Second Assistant Director, Douglas Carter - Second Assistant Director, John D. Milinac - Special Effects Coordinator, George Neidson - Steadicam Operator, Kelly Oxford - Supervising Sound Editor, Alan Rankin - Supervising Sound Editor, Tom Dreesen - Construction Coordinator, Christine Wada - Costumes Supervisor, Kathleen Kiatta - Costumes Supervisor, LeAnn Radeka - Key Costumer, Frank D. Parrish - Key Hairstylist, Troy Breeding - Key Make-up, Morgan Miles - Production Accountant, Randy Smith Huke - Set Decorator, 1741 Films - Title Design, Kelly Nelson - Department Head Hair, Carla Palmer - Department Head Makeup
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, a 2006 horror film, functions as a prequel to the 2003 remake of the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (co-creators of the original 1974 film), the film went into release in North America on October 6, 2006. The film's story takes place four years before the timeline of the 2003 remake.
New Line Cinema had to pay $3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the franchise in the studio fold after Dimension Films made a pricey deal with original rights-holders. The film grossed less than half of what the original film had grossed.
In 1969, on one last fling before leaving to serve in the Vietnam War, two brothers, Dean (Taylor Handley) and Eric (Matthew Bomer), embark on a road trip across Texas with their girlfriends, Chrissie (Jordana Brewster) and Bailey (Diora Baird). After their 4x4 jeep crashes on a deserted highway, the sadistic Sheriff Brian (R. Lee Ermey) mysteriously arrives on the scene. Chrissie hides in the nearby bush as she helplessly watches the sheriff stab one of her three friends. Taking them to his secluded house of horrors, Brian introduces his new captives to the Hewitt family and to their gruesome son, Thomas Hewitt a.k.a. Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski), who has a ravenous appetite for chainsaws and torture. Chrissie becomes an eyewitness to the gory carnage inflicted by Leatherface upon her friends and quickly realizes that only she can offer them any hope of survival. Eric succumbs first to Leatherface's cannibalistic intentions: Leatherface forces his massive chainsaw into Eric's chest, killing him. Chrissie witnesses this horrible event, and before leaving, tries to save Bailey. But the sheriff captures Chrissie and she has to watch Bailey have her throat slit. She insults the family by remarking on their inbreeding, and escapes by stabbing Leatherface and running from the house. Dean follows Leatherface's pursuit of her after attacking the sheriff. Chrissie, Leatherface, and Dean reach a slaughterhouse. Dean tries to neutralize Leatherface, but gets killed in the process. Chrissie runs to her car and bolts onto the road. Thinking she has reached safety, she approaches a police checkpoint, but Leatherface emerges from the back seat of the car. Leatherface kills Chrissie and in the process accidentally runs over a police officer and a man receiving a ticket, killing them. Leatherface exits the car and leaves the crime scene, and the credits begin to roll.
The album reproduces the soundtrack to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Steve Jablonsky composed the original music.
Track Listing
Main Title
Birth
Fired
Chainsaw
Officer Hoyt
Bike Chase
Chrissie Alone
Mama's House
Ten Push Ups
Attempted Rescue
Preparing The Victims
Chrissie Finds Eric
Eric's Death
Face Removal
Dinner
Meat Factory
Dean's Death
Epilogue
Reception
Upon release the film met with highly negative reviews. On "Rotten Tomatoes" the film as of 2009[update] holds a low 13% positive approval rating, with consensus stating: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is full of blood and gore, but not enough scares or coherent story to make for a successful horror film."
Reviewers reacted to the film very negatively — in stark contrast to their reception of the film's predecessor. However, R. Lee Ermey again received some credit for his performance as Sheriff Hoyt.
Box office
In the US, the film opened on $18,508,228 averaging $6,563 at 2,820 sites[1] ranked #2. Overall in the US, the film had a final grossing of $39,517,763.[2] As of 2009[update] the film has a worldwide gross of US$51,764,406.[2]
