The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006, Horror, 1h 31m
88 Reviews 250,000+ RatingsWhat to know
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. Read critic reviews
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Chrissie
Leatherface
Sheriff Hoyt
Holden
Eric
Dean
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Critic Reviews for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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November 24, 2011 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review… -
Audiences will start playing the 'Who's Next' game as people run, scream and die, and the whole thing loses the power that this horrific creation once had over cinema.
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December 30, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
It's neither as bad as it could have been, nor as interesting as it should have been, and the final desultory reaction is a decidedly minor one.
October 30, 2006 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review… -
Gross and sadistic but never scary.
October 28, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 -
Oppressive, mean-spirited and sadistic, The Beginning is an unsavoury exercise in cruelty and pain that one hopes will also be the end.
October 28, 2006 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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Sep 28, 2018Literally one of the top-ten worst films I've ever seen.Stephen S Super Reviewer
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Nov 02, 2013The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning serves as a prequel to the 2003 remake, and therein lies the problem. With the ending being a forgone conclusion, there's no real suspense or mystery. The cast features some impressive actors, including Jordana Brewster, Matt Bomer, and R. Lee Ermey, and they deliver fairly strong performances. Additionally, some of the action scenes are pretty intense. But the overemphasis on gore and the futility of the characters' struggle hurts the film. While some of the backstory is interesting, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning delivers the same formulaic tripe that the previous films dished out.Dann M Super Reviewer
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Jan 18, 2012[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] I'll start by saying this is not a film in any meaning of the word it's just a studio milking one of the easiest cow's to milk for cash in the history of horror cinema. So here's the making of: A bunch of bank managers got together and stripped a classic horror film a.k.a "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (almost) entirely of it's pride. They then decided after stealing 51 million dollars with a remake that they wanted more. So they then took a classic movie with an inspired story and made a pointless prequel with a storyline probably made up on the spot. This so called storyline was the back story of one of the most iconic and terrifying horror characters in history and destroyed his reputation by explaining why he is, the way that he is, and why he brutally murders people with a chainsaw. Is that in any way scary? Hell no.Directors C Super Reviewer
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Nov 22, 2011A long overdue remake, the movie is good, works well, although their history is bloody and not very good, it's a movie that tries to be the category of horror films but fails completelyRodrigo R Super Reviewer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Quotes
| Sheriff Hoyt: | A man's home is his fuckin' castle! |
| Sheriff Hoyt: | I started to think you like wasting my time blonde. Hurry up! (While Dean puts dead biker lady in front seat). |
| Sheriff Hoyt: | I started to think you like wasting my time blonde. Hurry up! [while Dean puts dead biker lady in front seat] |
| Eric Hill: | How many? |
| Chrissie: | Three. All boys |
| Eric Hill: | What are their names? |
| Sheriff Hoyt: | People may not remember what we say here tonight, but by God they'll remember what we did. |
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