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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Jonathan Liebesman
Produced by	Michael Bay Mike Fleiss
Written by	Screenplay: Sheldon Turner Story: David J. Schow
Starring	Jordana Brewster Taylor Handley Diora Baird Matthew Bomer R. Lee Ermey Andrew Bryniarski
Music by	Steve Jablonsky
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	October 6, 2006
Running time	91 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$14,000,000
Gross revenue	$51,764,406
Preceded by	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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.

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 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.

[edit] Plot

[edit] Summary

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.

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[edit] Soundtrack

The album reproduces the soundtrack to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Steve Jablonsky composed the original music.

Track Listing

1. Main Title
2. Birth
3. Fired
4. Chainsaw
5. Officer Hoyt
6. Bike Chase
7. Chrissie Alone
8. Mama's House
9. Ten Push Ups
10. Attempted Rescue
11. Preparing The Victims
12. Chrissie Finds Eric
13. Eric's Death
14. Face Removal
15. Dinner
16. Meat Factory
17. Dean's Death
18. Epilogue

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning at the Internet Movie Database
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning at Allmovie
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning at Rotten Tomatoes