The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The
Beginning Resolves Unanswered Questions.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning
provides
insite to the history of Leatherface and is great horror in spite of
the prequel status. When you suspend judgement regarding the film's
origins you can see that good horror is just good horror, and this one
hits the mark.
Review by BHM Contributor Ronnie
Angel October 20, 2006
Release:
2006 Written by: Sheldon Turner Directed
by: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Jordana Brewster as Chrissie Taylor
Handley as Dean Diora Baird as
Bailey Matthew Bomer as Eric Lee
Tergesen as Holden R. Lee Ermey
as Sheriff Hoyt Andrew Bryniarski as Thomas
Hewitt/Leatherface
After years of butchering the name of The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre franchise with horrible sequels and endless
random characters, the combination of the remake (
The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
, 2003) and now The Beginning have seriously saved
the TCM good name. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning
is one of the best new horror movies I have seen in a while.
The story begins in the familiar Travis County TX town in 1939 with the
birth of Thomas Hewitt on the floor of the meat packing plant. The
mother does not live through the birth and Thomas gets literally tossed
out with the day’s garbage. He is found later by a young
woman
rummaging through the trash who brings the baby back home with her to
meet “the family". As a side note, I cannot really
figure out how these people are related. Trust me, I have tried.
This family consists of all the familiar faces from the 2003 remake,
including Sheriff Hoyt (Lee Ermey in a truly demonic role perfect for
him), the mother-figure Luda Mae, old Monty the tow truck man before
his "accident", and now Thomas Hewitt/Leatherface himself.
Through the beginning credits we see young
Thomas growing into the
monster that he is with the usual characteristics of a serial killer,
including self mutilation, animal cruelty, arson, etc.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning then
fast-forwards to
1969 and Thomas is working in that same meat packing plant where he was
born - he apparently has been working there for some time.
Unfortunately for Thomas, the plant is being closed for health reasons.
When the time comes that Thomas is told to leave the plant forever, he
does not go without a fight.
Things
get ugly, somebody dies, and the town Sherriff is dispatched to
apprehend Thomas. The Sherriff first stops to pick up Hoyt who is
Thomas Hewitt’s official “care giver”.
Well, we all
know that in the later installments of the franchise Hoyt is the
Sherriff, and here we find out how his new title comes to pass.
The new "Sheriff" makes a pledge to his family to never go hungry again
thanks to his new home cooking (you will have to watch the flick to see
what that means) and also makes a comment about ridding their town of
bikers and hippies…and thus begins the madness.
While all of this is going on we meet some kids making their way
through the area. There is Eric who is soon to be reenlisting to go
back to Vietnam, his brother Dean who is going to burn his draft card
and flee to Mexico and their girlfriends Bailey and Chrissy. When a
biker chick tries a daring highway robbery which leads to the group
wrecking their car on a local backroad, the new "Sheriff" shows up
immediately and takes out the would be robber before detaining three of
the hapless kids and taking them back to the old house. Chrissy hides
and eventually makes it to the house to attempt to save the others with
the help of another biker she runs into on the road.
From here The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre The Beginning
turns into a very exciting, very gory cat and mouse game, wherein one
may be in serious trouble while another is not and then the roles
reverse. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning
starts with
a bang and keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the movie,
with many surprises and some answers to questions the remake posed.
There is tons of gore for the gore fans, and plenty of suspense and
action as well. It is fun to see the initial reactions of some of the
"family" to the new “activities”.
If there is any problem that I have with
this movie, and prequels in
general, it is that you know what is going to happen to the characters.
So really you can't root for a hero, because you it is no secret that
they will die. At the same time you know that the villains will all be
in the next movie. Nevertheless, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Beginning
is a great horror movie and a great addition to the saga. And in spite
of the fact that it is a prequel, there is a great horror movie ending.
See this one ASAP! Questions
or comments about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning?
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Things
get ugly, somebody dies, and the town Sherriff is dispatched to
apprehend Thomas. The Sherriff first stops to pick up Hoyt who is
Thomas Hewitt’s official “care giver”.
Well, we all
know that in the later installments of the franchise Hoyt is the
Sherriff, and here we find out how his new title comes to pass.
