Review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) by Rickym — 17 Oct 2009

The Best Of the Best of the Chainsaw flicks Scary Suspenseful and Gory as hell Leatherface rules.

This review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) was written by Rickym on 17 Oct 2009.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning has generally received mixed reviews.

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