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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Genre
Horror
Rating
R
Released
6 October, 2006

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American slasher film and a prequel to the 2003 film. The sixth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, it was written by Sheldon Turner from a story by Turner and David J. Schow, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper. The film's story takes place four years before its predecessor. It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer and R. Lee Ermey. Originally, the film had the subtitle The Origin. New Line Cinema had to pay $3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the rights to the franchise after Dimension Films made a large offer to buy it. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning was released in North America on October 6, 2006. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $51.8 million on a budget of $16 million, less than half that of the previous film. The next installment, Texas Chainsaw 3D, was released in 2013.

Director Jonathan Liebesman
Produced by Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss, Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Screenplay by Sheldon Turner
Story by Sheldon Turner, David J. Schow
Starring Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, Lee Tergesen, R. Lee Ermey
Music Steve Jablonsky
Cinematography Lukas Ettlin
Edited by Jonathan Chibnall
Production, company Next Entertainment, Platinum Dunes
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Released October 06, 2006
Running time 91 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $16 million
Box office $51.8 million
Netflix ID 70045861

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Sixth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise and direct prequel to 2003's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre which sees Leatherface terrify two brothers and their girlfriends who take one last road trip before the men ship off to Vietnam.

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The film was nominated in the category of Worst Prequel or Sequel at the 27th Golden Raspberry Awards, but lost to Basic Instinct 2.

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