The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 · 91 min · Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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 sadistic and insane cannibals, in a trip of horror and gore.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 40%, Disturbing 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Fear40%
- Disturbing25%
- Tension20%
- Anxiety10%
- Relief5%
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The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Disturbing, Tension. Genres: Horror. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Disturbing
- Fear
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Disturbing | Fear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 40 % | 32 % | 27 % | 15 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Sympathy | 44 % | 30 % | 28 % | 13 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Sympathy | 44 % | 29 % | 21 % | 11 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Tension | 49 % | 39 % | 31 % | 21 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Disturbing | 56 % | 50 % | 43 % | 31 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Tension | 60 % | 57 % | 36 % | 38 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Tension | 66 % | 66 % | 43 % | 48 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Tension | 71 % | 70 % | 57 % | 54 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Tension | 78 % | 74 % | 69 % | 63 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Disturbing | 85 % | 80 % | 79 % | 71 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Disturbing | 86 % | 83 % | 75 % | 70 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Tension | 84 % | 83 % | 63 % | 69 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Tension | 84 % | 83 % | 63 % | 71 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Tension | 86 % | 83 % | 68 % | 73 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Sympathy | 83 % | 76 % | 65 % | 66 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Disturbing | 76 % | 68 % | 66 % | 57 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Disturbing | 83 % | 70 % | 79 % | 59 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Disturbing | 93 % | 79 % | 88 % | 68 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Tension | 89 % | 73 % | 81 % | 66 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Disturbing | 78 % | 53 % | 73 % | 52 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Alex
Sloane
Young Luda Mae
Lackey
Biker Chick (uncredited)
Biker Chick (uncredited)
Details
- Directed by
- Jonathan Liebesman
- Written by
- David J. Schow, Sheldon Turner, Sheldon Turner
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2006
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Horror
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
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