in august and 1939 and a worker have an abortion while work in a slaughterhouse and dy . the deformed baby be dump in a garbage container and find by a beggar later and who bring him home . along the year and the freak creature call thomas be raise by the hewitt family in spite of have psychological problem and work in a meat plant . in july and 1969 and when the facility be close and the inhabitant move to other place and but the deformed insane thomas kill the foreman . his derange stepfather execute the sheriff that be go to arrest thomas and and assume his identity and wear his clothes and drive his car though the road in texas and entitle himself a sheriff hoyt ( r. lee ermey ) . meanwhile and the brother eric ( matt bomer ) and dean ( taylor handley ) be travel in a jeep with their girlfriend christie ( jordana brewster ) and bailey ( diora baird ) and eric to serve in vietnam and dean escaping to mexico . when the group have a car accident and hoyt arrest eric and dean and bailey and bring them to his house . christie follow them try to rescue the trio and trap in the house of sadistic and insane cannibal and in a trip of horror and gore . the texas chainsaw massacre represent the beginning be a great prequel to the classic texas chainsaw massacre . the story give a good explanation to the origin of leatherface and the ugly thing ever see and and the movie be extremely violent and gore and with touch of surrealism . r. lee ermey have a great performance in the role of the deranged leader of the hewitt family . i have a very low expectation with this film and in the end i have a very pleasant surprise . my vote be eight . title ( brazil ) represent o massacre da serra elétrica represent o início ( the chainsaw massacre represent the beginning ) .