Before being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded ho... Read allBefore being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded house of horrors, with a chainsaw-wielding killer.Before being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded house of horrors, with a chainsaw-wielding killer.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
- Sloane
- (as Leslie Calkins)
- Supervisor
- (as Tim deZarn)
- Lackey
- (as Marcus Nelson)
- Biker Chick
- (uncredited)
- W.W.B
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe chainsaw that Leatherface uses in the film weighed 35 pounds
- GoofsDraft dodgers and military deserters did not go to Mexico, which has an extradition treaty with the United States.
Canada provided asylum for draft dodgers, and Sweden provided asylum for military deserters.
- Quotes
Sheriff Hoyt: [after shooting the sheriff of a small town] Damn, I just killed the entire police department!
- Alternate versionsThe home media releases contains three alternate endings:
- In this ending, Chrissie gets in the car after escaping from the meat factory and Leatherface is not in the back seat, but then Leatherface saws through the window with the chainsaw and he kills Chrissie.
- This ending is the same as the theatrical ending, but Leatherface stabs Chrissie with a knife through her chest, instead of ramming the chainsaw through her stomach.
- Also the same as the theatrical ending, but not with the voice over from John Larroquette, but with subtitles instead
- SoundtracksAll Right Now
Written by Paul Rodgers and Andy Fraser
Performed by Free
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Copyright 1970 (Renewed) Fairwest Music USA (BMI)
o/b/o Blue Mountain Music, Ltd.
The storyline in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" is actually interesting and proved to be so from the very beginning and up to the end. So writers Sheldon Turner and David J. Schow did manage to churn out a wholesome script and storyline here for this 2006 slasher. And today in 2022 was actually my second time to sit down and watch this particular movie in the ""The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise.
Something that you might could have asked for here, was a more deviation from the usual routine that the franchise tends to apply for every single movie. But hey, there is something to be said for familiarity, eh?
They had a good cast ensemble put together for the movie. And while I am mostly unfamiliar with the majority of the cast ensemble for the movie, I will say that they put on good performances and carried the movie quite well. It was especially nice to see the likes of R. Lee Ermey in a movie such as this, and he was actually doing a spectacular job in bringing the Uncle Charlie Hewitt character to life.
For a seasoned horror fan and gorehound as myself then "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" actually did prove enjoyable, as there was enough gore and mayhem to satisfy my craving for the macabre. So that was a thumbs up for the movie.
Visually then "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" is good. There are lots of nice effects, which come of as being realistic and somewhat bloody and gory. Again, something that counted well in favor of the movie.
My rating of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" lands on a six out of ten stars.
- paul_haakonsen
- Feb 17, 2022
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $39,517,763
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,150,000
- Oct 8, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $51,764,406
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1