The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - Unrated (New Line Platinum Series)
by Jonathan Liebesman
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Actor: Diora Baird, Jordana Brewster, Matthew Bomer, R. Lee Ermey, Taylor HandleyDirector: Jonathan Liebesman
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 EX; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-16
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: New Line Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - Unrated (New Line Platinum Series)
Movie Review: TCM The Beginning, and with any luck, the end!
Summary: 2 Stars
After the mild success of the 2003 remake, it just wouldn't seem right to pass up one more opportunity to milk the TCM series for all it was worth, which brings us to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. For the few viewing this product who aren't already aware, this is a prequel to the remake of the original. It elaborates on the history of Thomas Hewitt (Leatherface), and attempts to provide a background on the chainsaw wielding fiend.
The "prequel" bit actually only makes up about ten minutes of the movie. There's the expected gross-out birth giving scene, followed by a quick montage of medical forms describing young Thomas's skin disease and psychological disorders, and that's about it. The movie then settles into the normal story, unfortunately it's the exact same story that we've witnessed in every other TCM film (with the lone exception of part two). That is: couple/couples encounter setbacks in rural Texas backroads and fall into the clutches of the cannibalistic tribe.
It seems most negative reviews revolve around the fact that this movie is "senseless violence" or "pure sadism". While this may not be completely untrue, it's hardly the determining factor concerning this film's mediocrity. As a horror fanatic, I did not find this appealing simply because it's nothing but another chronicle of a Leatherface murder spree that incorporates almost nothing new or special other than a modest increase in the gore department, but even that is too polished and glitzy looking to really appreciate. Maybe a quick thrill for younger viewers who measure a movie by the blood and guts, but for anyone seeking some thought provoking horror you best look elsewhere.
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Summary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - Unrated (New Line Platinum Series)
The only thing more shocking than how it ended is how it all began! Born under unspeakable circumstances a young orphan is taken in by the sick and demented Hewitt family and soon the seeds of a deranged murderer are planted. When two brothers and their girlfriends stumble across the house of horrors. Leatherface reveals his ravenous appetite for chainsaws and torture as the teens fight to survive.Running Time: 89 min.System Requirements:Running Time: 84 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?HORROR Rating:?R UPC:?794043106545 Manufacturer No:?N10654The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a prequel to the recent remake of Tobe Hooper's classic 1974 splatter film, with an emphasis on the vogue for torture and bottomless depravity that characterize contemporary horror. As one might expect, The Beginning is just that, an origins tale about the Hewitt family of backwoods Texas. Step by step, we discover the source of their taste for human flesh, penchant for snaring young people passing through, and, most of all, how young Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski) came to choose his favorite power tool and wear a mask made of someone else's flesh. R. Lee Ermey is very effective in his perverse authority figure mode as Hoyt, the lawman who earned his badge through unorthodox means and now supplies specialized food to the Lone Star cannibals. Much less interesting than Hooper's two Massacre films, The Beginning (on which Hooper has a production credit) is not so much a tribute to the films he directed but a more sadistic continuation of the franchise. --Tom Keogh
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