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'{{missing information|the film's production|date=June 2015}} {{Use American English|date = November 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | image = Texas chainsaw massacre the beginning.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Jonathan Liebesman]] | screenplay = [[Sheldon Turner]] | story = {{Plainlist| * Sheldon Turner * [[David J. Schow]] }} | based_on = {{based on|[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)|Characters]]|[[Tobe Hooper]]|[[Kim Henkel]]}} | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Michael Bay]] * [[Mike Fleiss]] * Tobe Hooper * Kim Henkel * [[Andrew Form]] * [[Bradley Fuller|Brad Fuller]] }} | starring = {{Plainlist|<!--DO NOT CHANGE THIS CAST, THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE CREDIT BLOCK ON THE POSTER!--> * [[Jordana Brewster]] * [[Taylor Handley]] * [[Diora Baird]] * [[Matt Bomer]] * [[Lee Tergesen]] * [[R. Lee Ermey]] }} | cinematography = [[Lukas Ettlin]] | editing = Jonathan Chibnall | music = [[Steve Jablonsky]] | studio = {{Plainlist| * Next Entertainment * [[Platinum Dunes]] }} | distributor = [[New Line Cinema]] | released = {{Film date|2006|10|06}} | runtime = 91 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 90:43--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/texas-chainsaw-massacre-beginning-2 | title=''THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING'' (18) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=October 3, 2006 | access-date=January 19, 2016}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $16 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) - Box Office Mojo|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tcmbeginning.htm|website=Box Office Mojo.com|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=19 February 2016}}</ref> | gross = $51.8 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) - Box Office Mojo|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tcmbeginning.htm|website=Box Office Mojo.com|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=19 February 2016}}</ref> }} '''''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning''''' is a 2006 American [[slasher film]] and a [[prequel]] to the [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|2003 film]]. The sixth installment in [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)|''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' franchise]], it was written by [[Sheldon Turner]] from a story by Turner and [[David J. Schow]], directed by [[Jonathan Liebesman]] and co-produced by [[Kim Henkel]] and [[Tobe Hooper]] (co-creators of the original [[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974 film]]). The film's story takes place four years before its predecessor. It stars [[Jordana Brewster]], [[Diora Baird]], [[Taylor Handley]], [[Matt Bomer]] and [[R. Lee Ermey]]. Originally, the film had the [[Subtitle (titling)|subtitle]] ''The Origin''. [[New Line Cinema]] had to pay $3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the rights to the franchise after [[Dimension Films]] made a large offer to buy it. ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' was released in North America on October 6, 2006, by New Line Cinema. The film received negative reviews from critics, who many considering it the worst film in the franchise, critizing the film's obvious turns, writing, directing and acting. It was a [[box office disappointment]], grossing $51.8 million on a budget of $16 million, less than half that of the previous film. Plans for a third film were cancelled, and the next installment, ''[[Texas Chainsaw 3D]]'', was released in 2013. ==Plot== In 1939, a woman dies while giving birth prematurely in a [[slaughterhouse]] in Texas, and the manager disposes of the baby by leaving him in a dumpster outside. When young [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Luda Mae Hewitt|Luda Mae Hewitt]] finds the child, she takes him back to the Hewitt residence, names him [[Leatherface|Thomas]] and raises him as her own son. Thirty years later, Thomas ([[Andrew Bryniarski]]) works in the slaughterhouse under the same manager who left him in the dumpster. When the plant is shut down by the health department, he refuses to leave until the manager makes him. Thomas later returns to murder his manager by beating him viciously with a sledgehammer and finds a [[chainsaw]], which he takes with him. When Sheriff Hoyt attempts to arrest him, Luda Mae's son, [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Sheriff Hoyt / Charlie Hewitt Jr.|Charlie Hewitt]] ([[R. Lee Ermey]]) shoots him and assumes his identity. Meanwhile, brothers Eric ([[Matt Bomer]]) and Dean ([[Taylor Handley]]), are driving across the country with their girlfriends, Chrissie ([[Jordana Brewster]]) and Bailey ([[Diora Baird]]), to enlist in the [[Vietnam War]]. At a diner, they run into a biker gang, one of whom follows them on her motorcycle. She draws a shotgun and orders the group to pull over. In the ensuing chaos, the car crashes, and Chrissie is thrown into a field out of sight. When Hoyt arrives, he kills the biker and makes them put her body in his car. Hoyt then forces the group in as well, and calls for [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Old Monty Hewitt|Uncle Monty]] to tow the jeep, which Chrissie is hiding in. Hoyt drives them to the Hewitt house where he has Thomas butcher the biker's body. He then holds Eric, Dean, and Bailey captive. When Monty brings the wrecked car to the house, Chrissie runs back to the highway and flags down Holden, the biker's boyfriend, and they return to the house together. At the house, Hoyt tortures Dean after finding out that he was [[Draft dodging|going to forgo the Vietnam War draft]]. When Hoyt leaves, Eric breaks free from his restraints and gets Dean to safety before sneaking into the house to free Bailey. Bailey escapes in Monty's truck but Thomas stabs her with a meat hook and drags her back to the house. When Dean attempts to run, he is caught in a bear trap, and Hoyt knocks Eric unconscious with his shotgun. Holden and Chrissie arrive at the house but part ways to search for their friends. While Chrissie finds Dean, Holden takes Hoyt hostage, and orders him to take him to his girlfriend. Meanwhile Thomas has strapped Eric to a wooden table and slices off the nerves in both of his arms.Hoyt calls out to Thomas for help, and he cuts Holden in half with the chainsaw. Chrissie finds Eric in the basement but is unable to free him, and hides when Thomas returns. Thomas inspects Eric's face before killing him with the chainsaw. He then skins his face and wears it as a mask. Chrissie is about to flee when she hears Bailey's screams, and decides to go back and save her. She finds her upstairs, but Hoyt catches her and brings her downstairs for dinner, along with Bailey and an unconscious Dean. Leatherface slits Bailey's throat and tries to take Chrissie to the basement, but she stabs him in the back with a screwdriver, and jumps out of a window. Dean regains consciousness and beats Hoyt before heading off to find Chrissie. Chrissie enters the slaughterhouse, and after noticing that Leatherface has followed her, she grabs a knife and cuts his face, but he overpowers her. Dean intervenes but Leatherface kills him with the chainsaw. Chrissie escapes, hijacks an abandoned car, and drives off. She sees a [[state trooper]] and pulled over pedestrian in the distance, but as Chrissie pulls over, Leatherface appears in the backseat and impales her with the chainsaw, causing her to lose control and crash into the trooper and pedestrian. Leatherface exits the car and walks along the road back towards the Hewitt house. ==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * [[Jordana Brewster]] as Chrissie * [[Taylor Handley]] as Dean A. Hill * [[Diora Baird]] as Bailey * [[Matt Bomer]] as Eric Hill * [[Lee Tergesen]] as Holden * [[R. Lee Ermey]] as [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Charlie Hewitt Jr. / Sheriff Hoyt|Sheriff Hoyt]] * [[Marietta Marich]] as [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Luda Mae Hewitt|Luda Mae Hewitt]] ** Allison Marich as young Luda Mae * [[Andrew Bryniarski]] as [[Leatherface#Remake series|Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface]] * [[Terrence Evans]] as [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Monty Hewitt|"Monty" Hewitt]] * Kathy Lamkin as Tea Lady Hewitt * [[Tim De Zarn]] as Slaughterhouse owner * [[Cyia Batten]] as Alex * [[Lew Temple]] as Sheriff Winston Hoyt {{div col end}} ==Release== ===Box office=== ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' was released on October 6, 2006, in 2,820 theaters, debuting at number 2 at the box office, grossing $18,508,228 on its first weekend. Its second week saw a 59.6% drop in attendance, grossing only $7,485,290 and coming in at number 5 at the box office. During its third week it grossed $3,779,829 and came in at number 10 at the box office. The film dropped out of the top ten and into eighteenth place with $1,269,942. ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' would fail to regain a top ten spot at the box office for the remainder of its theatrical run,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) - Weekend Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=tcmbeginning.htm|website=Box Office Mojo.com|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=19 February 2016}}</ref> ending with $51,764,406 in total gross.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) - Box Office Mojo|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tcmbeginning.htm|website=Box Office Mojo.com|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=19 February 2016}}</ref> ===Home media=== ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' was released on [[DVD]] by [[New Line Home Video]] on January 16, 2007. This release included both theatrical and [[Motion picture rating system|unrated]] versions of the film, as well as a double feature with [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|the first film]]. [[Entertainment Film Distributors|EIV]] would release the film in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] on February 19 that same year as both a two-disk uncut edition, a single-disk theatrical version, and as a part of the ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' collection. New Line would re-release the film in 2008 and 2009 before releasing the film on [[Blu-ray]] on October 15, 2013. The film had previously been released for the first time on Blu-ray by Ais on July 6, 2010.<ref name="dvdreleases">{{cite web|title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) - Jonathan Liebesman|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-the-beginning-v331727/releases|website=AllMovie.com|publisher=Allmovie|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> ===Critical reception=== {{expand section|date=January 2015}} On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], it holds a 13% approval rating based on 87 reviews and an average rating of 3.60/10. The site's consensus states: "''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' is full of blood and gore, but not enough scares or a coherent story to make for a successful horror film."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_texas_chainsaw_massacre_the_beginning/ | title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] | access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] reports a 30 out of 100 rating, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-the-beginning | title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning reviews | work=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' awarded the film zero stars, calling the film "putridly written, directed and acted", also criticizing the film's obvious plot turns.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Travers|first1=Peter|title=Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/texas-chainsaw-massacre-the-beginning-20061006|website=Rolling Stone.com|publisher=Peter Travers|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> Nathan Lee from ''[[The New York Times]]'' panned the film calling it "an invitation to hard-core sadism".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Nathan|title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Th The Saga of Leatherface and His Signature Power Tool|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/movies/06chai.html?_r=0|website=New York Times.com|publisher=Nathan Lee|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> At the [[27th Golden Raspberry Awards]] (2006), the film was nominated for a [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel|Worst Prequel or Sequel]], but lost to ''[[Basic Instinct 2]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} ==Cancelled sequel== In January 2007, [[Platinum Dunes]] executives [[Bradley Fuller]] and [[Andrew Form]] stated that the company would not be producing the third film in the ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' reboot franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/7943 |title=Platinum Dunes Talks 'Texas 3', Upcoming Slate |date=January 6, 2007 |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |publisher=The Collective |access-date=September 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706150003/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/7943 |archive-date=July 6, 2008 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Allmovie|331727}} *{{AFI film}} *{{Mojo title}} * {{IMDb title|0420294}} *{{Metacritic film}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|the_texas_chainsaw_massacre_the_beginning}} *{{TCMDb title}} {{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre}} {{Jonathan Liebesman}} {{Platinum Dunes}} {{Portal bar|Texas|Film}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning}} [[Category:2006 horror films]] [[Category:2006 films]] [[Category:2000s slasher films]] [[Category:2000s serial killer films]] [[Category:American slasher films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise) films|Beginning, The]] [[Category:Films set in 1939]] [[Category:Films set in 1969]] [[Category:Films set in Texas]] [[Category:Films shot in Austin, Texas]] [[Category:American serial killer films]] [[Category:Platinum Dunes films]] [[Category:Films scored by Steve Jablonsky]] [[Category:Films directed by Jonathan Liebesman]] [[Category:Films produced by Michael Bay]] [[Category:Films produced by Andrew Form]] [[Category:Films produced by Bradley Fuller]] [[Category:Films about deserters]]'