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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Research dossierInterviews, institutional records, edition guides, and critical histories. Edition listings document supplements; they do not provide free access to the disc interviews.
Video interview · youtube.com
Lisa Collins interviews members of The Beginning’s cast. This is archival promotional material; its upload date is later than the film’s release.
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Samuniverse Production interviews the actor who played Leatherface in both Platinum Dunes films. The conversation links the remake and its prequel through one performer.
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A release-period interview about The Beginning. Ermey’s work is central to understanding how the prequel expands the man using Sheriff Hoyt’s identity.
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RadioFree’s interview with Brewster focuses on making The Beginning. It provides an actor’s perspective on the prequel’s central survivor role.
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The distributor’s edition page describes the theatrical and uncut versions and supplements. It provides a direct reference for the prequel’s home-video research.
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DC’s catalog record identifies the collected six-issue WildStorm story about the Hewitt family. This is a licensed comics continuation, not another feature film.
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