The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Theatrical poster
Directed by Jonathan Liebesman
Produced by Michael Bay
Mike Fleiss
Written by Screenplay:
Sheldon Turner
Story:
David J. Schow
Starring Jordana Brewster
Taylor Handley
Diora Baird
Matthew Bomer
R. Lee Ermey
Andrew Bryniarski
Music by Steve Jablonsky
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date(s) October 6, 2006
Running time 91 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $14,000,000
Gross revenue $51,764,406
Preceded by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, a 2006 horror film, functions as a prequel to the remake of the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (co-creators of the original 1974 film), it had its North American release on October 6, 2006. The film's action takes place four years before the timeline of the 2003 remake. The film previously had the subtitle The Origin.

New Line Cinema had to pay $3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the franchise in the studio fold after Dimension Films made a pricey deal with original rights-holders. It grossed less than half of what the orginal film had grossed.

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[edit] Plot

[edit] Summary

The year is 1969. On one last fling before leaving to serve in the Vietnam War, two brothers, Dean (Taylor Handley) and Eric (Matthew Bomer), embark on a road trip across Texas with their girlfriends, Chrissie (Jordana Brewster) and Bailey (Diora Baird). After their jeep crashes on a deserted highway, the sadistic Sheriff Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey) mysteriously arrives on the scene. Chrissie hides in the nearby brush as she helplessly watches the sheriff abduct her three friends. Taking them to his secluded house of horrors, Hoyt introduces his new captives to the deranged Hewitt family and their gruesome son, Thomas Hewitt a.k.a. Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski), who has a ravenous appetite for chainsaws and torture. Chrissie becomes an eyewitness to the gory carnage inflicted by Leatherface upon her friends and quickly realizes that she is their only hope of survival.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Soundtrack

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Film score by Steve Jablonsky
Released October 3, 2006
Genre Soundtracks
Film scores
Label Varese Sarablande

The album reproduces the soundtrack to horror prequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Steve Jablonsky composed the original music.

Track Listing
  1. Main Title
  2. Birth
  3. Fired
  4. Chainsaw
  5. Officer Hoyt
  6. Bike Chase
  7. Chrissie Alone
  8. Mama's House
  9. Ten Push Ups
  10. Attempted Rescue
  11. Preparing The Victims
  12. Chrissie Finds Eric
  13. Eric's Death
  14. Face Removal
  15. Dinner
  16. Meat Factory
  17. Dean's Death
  18. Epilogue

[edit] Reception

Upon release the film met with highly negative reviews. On "Rotten Tomatoes" the film as of 2009 holds a low 13% positive approval rating, with consensus stating: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is full of blood and gore, but not enough scares or coherent story to make for a successful horror film."

Reviews were far more negative in stark contrast to the film's prequel. However, R. Lee Ermey again received some credit for his performance as Sheriff Hoyt.

[edit] Box office

In the US, the film opened on $18,508,228 averaging $6,563 at 2,820 sites[1] ranked #2. Overall in the US, the film had a final grossing of $39,517,763[2]. As of 2009 the film has a worldwide gross of US$51,764,406[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=40&p=.htm
  2. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tcmbeginning.htm
  3. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tcmbeginning.htm

[edit] External links

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