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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

R  |   |  Horror  |  6 October 2006 (USA)
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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.

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Storyline

In August, 1939, a worker goes into labor while working in a slaughterhouse and dies after a complicated labor, though the deformed child survives. The possibly orphaned baby is dumped in a garbage container and found by a beggar later, who brings him home. Along the years, the mentally retarded and disturbed boy called Thomas is raised by the Hewitt family in spite of having psychological problems as well as suffering from an unnamed skin disorder, later working in a meat packing plant. In July, 1969, when the facility is closed, the inhabitants move to other places, but the deformed, mentally childlike Thomas flies into a rage after being insulted and kills the foreman. His deranged brother (considered his uncle due to their age difference) executes the sheriff that is going to arrest Thomas, and assumes his identity, wearing his clothes,driving his car though the roads in Texas and entitling himself as Sheriff Hoyt. Meanwhile, the brothers Eric and Dean are traveling in a Jeep with... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Nicole Moore, Detroit, Michigan

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Erlebe die Geburt der Angst (Witness the birth of fear) See more »

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Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, language and some sexual content | See all certifications »

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6 October 2006 (USA)  »

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Origin  »

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Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$18,508,228 (USA) (6 October 2006)

Gross:

$39,511,038 (USA) (29 December 2006)
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Trivia

Diora Baird who portrays Leatherface victim Bailey would later go on to star in the 2009 spoof Stan Helsing (2009) where her character among others must evade a collective of killers based off horror icons, one a blower wielding skin masked psychopath titled Pleatherface, a parody of Leatherface. See more »

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In the meat house Chrissie hides in the blood pool, but when she is driving away she is clean. See more »

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Chrissie: Do you just fuck all your cousins, or just the ones you find attractive?
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6 October 2006 | by (Ontario, Canada) – See all my reviews

This movie started off like any other horror flick. Especially a Texas chainsaw massacre flick but this movie answers so many questions from the first one and really makes it look like this movie should come first. The blood effects are amazing and the storyline was fresh and overall the movie was amazing! It took a little getting used to because although it was a lot like the first one it was very different. I won't spoil it for ya but this one makes the first one look like a Teletubbies Christmas Special! If you love gore, suspense, terror, and the symbol of all that is just plain wrong then The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is just your slasher!


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