The original 1974 film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, shocked audiences with its bone-chilling realism. The horrifying story, drawn from a series of true events, is considered by many to be one of the greatest thrillers of all time and a landmark of terror that has influenced countless films in its wake. Its menacing evil character, Leatherface, will forever be one of the most recognizable screen villains. Now the company continues on that path with a startling prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, which details the beginnings of the Hewitt clan and exposes their psychotic idea of family fun. It's 1969. The conflict in Viet Nam has exploded to immeasurable proportions, and 18-year-old Dean Hill's (Taylor Handley) number is up. Dean's brother Eric (Matthew Bomer), who has already seen his share of combat, plans to take Dean to enlist in his beloved Marine Corps in hopes of keeping an eye on him rather than letting him take his chances at the local induction center.
How in the blue hell can anyone in Hollywood think that making a prequel to a horror movie is a good idea. Let's take a close look at this here. The whole crazy ass family is in the original movie, right? So we know going in that none of them are going to die. There are four random strangers that get entangled with the crazy family. None of them were able to prevent what happened to the four random people in the original movie so we can deduce that they are all going to die. Therefore, this is basically just a way to cram Leatherface gore down our throats and make some easy first weekend box office money? Got it. This movie was so beyond pointless its not even funny. The only storyline worthy points are that you learn how the crazy sheriff guy got his sheriff outfit and you learn how the dude in the wheelchair lost his legs. Was anyone losing sleep not having known how those two things happened? I know I wasn't.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. Not even horror buffs. It's a total waste of time, people!
