The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Oct 5, 2006

1h 31m

★ 6.2

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Texas Chainsaw Productions

New Line Cinema

Next Entertainment

Platinum Dunes

Vortex/Henkel/Hooper

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Trailers

Cast

Chrissie

Jordana Brewster

Dean

Taylor Handley

Bailey

Diora Baird

Eric

Matt Bomer

Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt

R. Lee Ermey

Sheriff Winston Hoyt

Lew Temple

Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface

Andrew Bryniarski

Slaughterhouse Supervisor

Tim DeZarn

Holden

Lee Tergesen

Alex

Cyia Batten

Monty Hewitt

Terrence Evans

Luda Mae Hewitt

Marietta Marich

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