movie

2006 · United States

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 91 min
Age rating: R
Language: English
Country: United States
Violence: Strong
Frights: Strong

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.

The story

Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.

war veteran
sadism
psychopath
mass murder
gore
knife
biker
prequel
murder
serial killer

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

R. Lee Ermey — Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
Lew Temple — Sheriff Winston Hoyt
Andrew Bryniarski — Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface
Tim DeZarn — Slaughterhouse Supervisor
Lee Tergesen — Holden
Cyia Batten — Alex
Terrence Evans — Monty Hewitt
Marietta Marich — Luda Mae Hewitt
L.A. Calkins — Sloane
Allison Marich — Young Luda Mae
Marcus H. Nelson — Lackey

Directed: Jonathan Liebesman
Written: Sheldon Turner, David J. Schow

Production

Rating: 6.2 / 10 · 2,002 ratings
Studio: Texas Chainsaw Productions, New Line Cinema, Next Entertainment, Platinum Dunes, Vortex/Henkel/Hooper

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

2003
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Where it starts.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 · You’re here

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.