The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) Horror Thriller

Rated R | Threatrical Oct 06, 2006 (US) | Genres Horror, Thriller | Runtime 1h 31m
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Plot Synopsis:

In August, 1939, a worker goes into labor while working in a slaughterhouse and dies after a complicated labor, though the deformed child survives. The possibly orphaned baby is dumped in a garbage container and found by a beggar later, who brings him home. Along the years, the mentally retarded and disturbed boy called Thomas is raised by the Hewitt family in spite of having psychological problems as well as suffering from an unnamed skin disorder, later working in a meat packing plant. In July, 1969, when the facility is closed, the inhabitants move to other places, but the deformed, mentally childlike Thomas flies into a rage after being insulted and kills the foreman. His deranged brother (considered his uncle due to their age difference) executes the sheriff that is going to arrest Thomas, and assumes his identity, wearing his clothes,driving his car though the roads in Texas and entitling himself as Sheriff Hoyt. Meanwhile, the brothers Eric and Dean are traveling in a Jeep with their girlfriends Christie and Bailey, Eric to serve in Vietnam and Dean escaping to Mexico. When the group has a car accident, Hoyt arrests Eric, Dean and Bailey and brings them to his house. Christie follows them trying to rescue the trio, trapped in the house of sad**tic and insane cannibals, in a trip of horror and gore.


Synopsis / Plot Summary: On one last road trip before they"re sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends get into an accident that calls their local sheriff to the scene. Thus begins a terrifying experience where the teens are taken to a secluded house of horrors, where a young, would-be killer is being nurtured.

Tagline: Witness The Birth Of Fear

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Movie Information:

Type: Movie
Year: 2006 (more 2006 movies)
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 91 minutes /
Genres:  Horror, Thriller
Sub-Genres:  Serial Killers
Horror Genres:  Slasher, Survival
Directors: Jonathan Liebesman
Stars: Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, R. Lee Ermey … (cast list)
Release Date: Theatrical Release Date Oct 06, 2006
Box Office: $39,517,763
Nominations: 6

What is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Streaming On?

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is Streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
Language: English
Country: United States
Release Dates: Movie Release Dates / The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Release Dates In Theaters: Oct 06, 2006, Netflix: Sep 01, 2018
Writers: Sheldon Turner, David J. Schow
Producers: Jeffrey Allard, Michael Bay, Toby Emmerich, Mike Fleiss, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Kim Henkel, K.C. Hodenfield, Tobe Hooper, Robert Kuhn, Alma Kuttruff, Mark Ordesky, Scott Rettberg, Guy Stodel
Editors: Jonathan Chibnall, Jim May, Joel Negron

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