The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
A grimy, merciless descent into brutality that rarely lets up, offering little beyond visceral dread and hopelessness.
Same composer: Steve Jablonsky · Dark, bleak, relentless · about survival and violence
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
A grimy, relentless descent into rural terror, with suffocating tension and visceral shocks that leave you rattled.
About 2003 film directed by Marcus Nispel
Genres horror, slasher
Directed by Marcus Nispel
Written by Michael Bay, Scott Kosar
Starring Jessica Biel, R. Lee Ermey, Mike Vogel, Lauren German, John Larroquette, Eric Balfour, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew Bryniarski
Music Steve Jablonsky
Runtime 113 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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