The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

What you know about fear... doesn't even come close.

R 2006 · 91 min · ★ 6.2 (2K) · Horror, Thriller

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.

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman · Written by Sheldon Turner

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Jordana Brewster Chrissie
Taylor Handley Dean
Diora Baird Bailey
Matt Bomer Eric
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

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